Analyzing and Explaining the Cultural Foundations of Higher Education (Emphasizing Islamic Approach to Competency Based Culture)

The purpose of this study is to analyze the why and why of the cultural foundations of higher education from both general and specialized perspectives with emphasis on the Islamic approach.

The present study is an analytical-explanatory method based on Shine Iceberg theory based on verses and narratives.

In analyzing the cultural foundations of higher education, first the general principles of higher education, including science production, its transfer and application of knowledge, about the four factors of faculty members, students, curriculum and environment, were investigated based on Shine's theory in the artifact layer. In the next step, in accordance with the values ​​and behavioral norms, the cultural foundations of higher education were specifically outlined in six dimensions, each of which has a competency-based approach to the nature of its higher education. Then the method of monotheistic rationalism was recognized in the deepest layer of the Shine, ie beliefs and assumptions.

The correct university culture based on monotheism is based on the continuous ijtihad of the scholars and scholars of the Islamic religion according to the requirements of the time, in order to bring the academic sciences into conformity with the teachings of Islam. Thus, the mixing of elements of culture and its instances with the Islamic approach to meritocracy can be explained.