Dr. Susi Hartati, S.Kp., M.Kep., Sp.Kep.An. Pengarang

Abstract: The quality of higher education in Indonesia has not been evenly distributed including vocational nursing schools. The academic quality assurance for nursing vocational schools is not at its best, which has an impact on the quality of nurse graduates who will provide health services. The purpose of this research is to examine the influence of leadership and academic culture, on academic quality assurance. The quantitative research uses a questionnaire on 122 permanent lecturers at 24 nursing schools. The validity and reliability of the questionnaire were conducted. The hypothesis was tested using path analysis and continued with the goodness of fittest. This paper has explained how leadership and academic culture has a direct positive impact on academic quality assurance. The study also found indicators of directing and academic freedom have a major contribution to academic quality assurance. The influence of leadership and academic culture are discussed. This paper highlights the importance of leadership and academic culture and to academic quality assurance in nursing vocational schools Index Terms: academic quality assurance, leadership, academic culture