Evaluation of Policy for Admission of New Students through Independent Examination in North Sumatra University Uses Stake’s Countenance Model

Abstract

This study aims to describe comprehensively the evaluation of the policy for admission of new students through an independent examination at the University of North Sumtera (UMBPT-USU). This evaluation study uses Stake's Countenence Model. Data collection techniques using analysis of literature studies, secondary data documents, observation, and indepth interviews that support validity analysis. The results of this study illustrate: (1) the antecedents phase process (formulation of policy making), (2) the transaction phase (planning, implementing, organizing, and supervising policies (3) outcome phase of the results of the implementation of the independent exam in receiving new students at the University of North Sumatra.In accordance with Stake's model, this paper describes two principal ways of proccesing descreptive evaluation data, the contingencies among antecedents, transactions and outcomes and finding the congruence between intens and observations of each phase and judgment made by the evaluator based on certain standard criteria.This evaluation is expected to provide results that can be one of the references in the new student admission policy at state university (PTN).