ABSTRACT: Education plays a crucial role in the development of human civilization in a country. Through education, humans grow and develop to build an intellectual power, which has been naturally acquired since birth. Without education, humans would hardly adapt to the modern environment as of now. In education, learning process is significantly influential in building the learners’ intellectual power. Meanwhile, Higher Education is required to produce employable graduates, who have professionalism in the related field of study, independence, creativity, and logical thinking. The success or failure of a learning process is affected by several factors, such as lecturer, learner, and material. By using descriptive and qualitative approaches, through participatory observations and interviews, the findings show that the Higher Educations in the Central Mountainous Region of Papua, Indonesia, especially the lecturers have experienced a dilemmatic teaching. On the one hand, lecturers are required to improve the institutional quality; but in another hand, human resourses,  infrastructures, and funds are unavailable. Therefore, it is highly challenging to develop the Higher Educations in the Central Mountainous Region of Papua, Indonesia. Creativity is needed in managing Higher Education in the midst various limitations. This paper elaborates the learning concept of Higher Education students in the Central Mountainous Region of Papua, Indonesia.

KEY WORDS: Higher Education; Learning Concept; Central Mountainous Region of Papua; Human Resourses Development.

About the Authors: Rudihartono Ismail and Errisa Dwi Siswandani are the Lecturers at the Governmental Studies Program STISIP (Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Sosial dan Ilmu Politik or College of Social and Political Sciences) Amal Ilmiah YAPIS (Yayasan Pendidikan Islam or Islamic Education Foundation) in Wamena, Papua, Indonesia. For academic interests, the authors are able to be contacted via e-mails at: rudihartonoismail6889@gmail.com and errisa.dwisand@gmail.com

Suggested Citation: Ismail, Rudihartono & Errisa Dwi Siswandani. (2018). “The Learning Concept of the Higher Education Students in the Central Mountainous Region of Papua, Indonesia: A Case Study of Students at the STISIP Amal Ilmiah YAPIS Wamena” in HONAI: International Journal for Educational, Social, Political & Cultural Studies, Volume 1(2), November, pp.101-114. Bandung, Indonesia: Minda Masagi Press owned by ASPENSI and STISIP Amal Ilmiah, Wamena, Papua, ISSN 2621-1653 (print) and ISSN 2621-3621 (online).

Article Timeline: Accepted (September 19, 2018); Revised (October 28, 2018); and Published (November 30, 2018).