Abstract:
University graduates in Indonesia have not been appropriate with the community hope and it is far away from the world class university graduates. Therefore, the efforts to improve the quality of education have to be supported by all parties, including the educational implementers in central, districts, schools, and community in Indonesia. This paper is aim to discuss for the growing need of soft skills in term of instructional reform in higher education System. It was based on the thesis that changing curriculum is not adequate. We must change what teacher’s does in the classroom. There will be no educational reform until we have instructional reform, i.e. changes in what teacher does in the classroom to create an environment where Students learning takes place. As a best practice, a course design has been developed based on Student-centered Learning Approach by integrating the Soft Skills Attributes. Finally, the transformational academic leardership of lecturer is a crucial element in term of quality improvement in teaching and learning at Higher Education.
