Development of Guidelines to Promote the Competence of Graduates According to Higher Education Qualification Standards in the Educational Administration Field of Study

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This research aimed (1) to analyze the components confirming the competence of graduates according to the higher education qualification standards, the field of educational administration with empirical data (2) to examine the consistency of these components and indicators with empirical data, and (3) to improve a competency development manual for graduates. The sample group used in the research was conducted into 2 phases: Phase 1 consisted of 400 lecturers in the field of educational administration by two-stage random sampling, and Phase 2 consisted of
5 experts, higher education lecturers who teach in the field of educational administration, educational administrators, and educational institution administrators by purposive random sampling. The research instrument was a questionnaire on the competency of graduates according to the higher education qualification standards in the field of educational administration, consisting of 80 items in a 5-level rating scale based on the concept of Likert (1967), classified into
4 components and 2 levels of education, namely, master's degree and doctoral degree, with
a discrimination power index of .20 or higher and a reliability of .65 for the whole version. Data were analyzed using the mean, standard deviation and second-order confirmatory factor analysis using the M-Plus program.

            The results of the research found that the competency components of both master's degree and doctoral graduates consist of four dimensions: knowledge (10 indicators), skills (10 indicators), ethics (10 indicators), and character (10 indicators). The consistency check results at both levels were consistent with the empirical data. These findings have practical implications for improving the competency development manual for master's degree graduates, suggesting that the focus should primarily be on skills, followed by knowledge, ethics, and personal characteristics. Similarly, the doctoral degree should focus mainly on skills, followed by individual traits, knowledge, and ethics.