THE ROLE OF VISIONARY LEADERSHIP IN QUALITY CULTURE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERNAL QUALITY ASSURANCE SYSTEM AS A MEDIATION (AN EMPIRICAL STUDY IN INDONESIAN PRIVATE HIGHER EDUCATION)

The government has responsibilities towards higher education qualities in Indonesia through The Ministry of Research, Technology, and Higher Education or Kemenristekdikti. The increasing global competition makes higher education in Indonesia follow a higher education trend called the implementation of a quality assurance system or SPMI. Directorate General of Learning and Student Affairs, in order to realize Kemenristekdikti’s vision, has established a development program of SPMI 2015-2019 that aims to make a quality culture in Indonesia's higher education. 100 respondents involved as a proportionally determined research sample. Data analyzed by the explanatory approach using structural equation modeling or SEM and processed with the AMOS program. This research is expected to give a contribution to improving the growth of quality culture in higher education