URGENCY OF CHARACTER EDUCATION COLLEGE

The Indonesian nation has now become a multidimensional crisis, illustrated by the behavior of children, adolescents, adults of the common people, the state apparatus, the political elite of this nation. As an example of the many deviant behavior Among them happen any cheating mass in national examinations, brawl between student, fights between students, harassment, drugs, fraud, corruption among the political elite, murder and more criminal acts committed by public Indonesia as is often reported on television and in print media. Such actions are not only done by adults but also many of the students both students and college students.

The phenomenon was a little more will give you a slump character, morals, morals and ethics of the nation. Seeing this phenomenon, it is deemed urgent to immediately improve morals, moral, and ethical children of this nation, an effort that can be done is through education. This is in line with the educational purposes for students to develop the potential participants in order to become a man of faith and fear of God Almighty, noble, healthy, knowledgeable, skilled, creative, independent, and become citizens of a democratic and accountable.

Instill character, morals or morality in education which is currently known as character education. character education is expected to be one of the solutions to overcome the problems of the nation's moral decline.

Instill character values in a person can not be done instantly, but it must be done in a holistic and sustainable. In order to produce a character as to which these are not enough in a short time but should be carried out continuously until the value of these characters embedded within and appears to be a habit. In other words, in doctrin characters at least through three phases namely knowing (knowledge), acting (execution), habits (habits). In order to achieve this, character education is given to participants of students at all levels of education, including college.

Interest exerts character education is to create a young generation of superior character so it can build towards a better nation than at present. Unfortunately however, the discussion and research on character education in college was minimal, despite the success of character education at the previous level has not shown significant results. Though college is a very appropriate place in order to supplement and strengthen the good characters are formed at the level of previous education. So that graduates produced not only skilled in the art alone but at the same time have a superior character, as outlined in the national education goals.

The college is the highest institution in the world of education for a knowledge-seekers is a community with distinctive characteristics in the structure of people's lives. The college is a place to maintain and develop the science and technology needed by the public as a form of moral responsibility devotion. Besides the college as an educational institution in general is a great investment that has a strategic value in shaping and developing human resources for the sustainability of the nation and the state.

The college, which in essence become a place of education for the nation's future should be concretely be lose character education. Because the student is the agent of change that the future will be the leaders of this nation reformer. If the students in the college is considered moral decline, then it is conceivable however nation's future will be. For that it is important there is attention to character education in college.

Implementation of character education in college has its own challenges, one challenge is the notion that college is an institution of teaching, research and application of science, where explicit character education is no longer the task of college. In addition there is a presumption that character education is delivered in rank primary and secondary schools should be a sufficient provision for the students. In fact, today many of our big student doing immoral acts such as casual sex, use of illegal drugs, usefully anarchists, and others. Then the college should not be a hands-off related to the education of character because character education should be carried out continuously without limiting the level of education. So that the characters are expected to be fulfilled.

Similarly in primary and secondary school education high education character should not be a separate subject on its own or with subjects that already exist, but can be applied by integrating character education with the subjects that are taught and become an integral part of the field of knowledge learned. For good moral attitude is the basis or foundation for all fields of expertise. In addition there needs to be exemplary of the entire academic community in establishing a good academic culture in universities. For example through increased discipline, friendly service, and increase social sensitivity to participate and build community around the college.

Instill character education in universities are expected not only in terms of knowledge alone but rather to unearth these characters through sharing science in college. Thus it conveys the character education in college is very important to supplement and strengthen the character building that has been in the form of the primary and secondary education. So the need for attention to character education in college.

Apart from the above to embed the code is not only a task of formal education both primary, secondary and higher education, but become a common task for both parents and the environment. Because the success of character education can not be separated from the role of parents and a supportive environment.