Lecturers' Performance in Conducting A Research to Improve the Quality of Private Higher Education of Serambi Mekkah University Banda Aceh Indonesia

The purpose of this study is: to find out the performance of lecturers in conducting a research to improve the quality of private higher education of Serambi Mekkah University. This research uses qualitative approach with descriptive method. Techniques of data collection are: interview, observation, documentation. Techniques of data analysis are using data reduction, data display, drawing conclusions and verification. The subjects of this study are Rectors, Lecturers, and Students at Serambi Mekkah University. Based on the research result, it is found that: (1) the quality of lecturers' proposal in conducting a research to improve the quality of private higher of at Serambi Mekkah University can be improved by understanding and enhancing self-competence, having skills in producing good proposal in conducting a research, being creative and innovative thus to make will it run effectively and efficiently; (2) the ability in conducting a lecturer's research by lecturers to improve the quality of private higher education at Serambi Mekkah University showed an increase from the previous year; and (3) the strategy to publish research results of lecturers in conducting research for the enhancement of quality of private higher education at of Serambi Mekkah University is by holding methodology training and scientific research ethics, providing proper facilities, allocation of teaching hours, and giving funds or connecting with institutions that can finance their research project.