Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: ABSTRACT High tuition costs often hinder underprivileged students from accessing higher education, making the KIP-K scholarship a vital macro-level intervention. However, performance contracts create distinct academic pressures that dictate how recipients engage in their studies. This study aims to analyze the multidimensional academic engagement configurations of student recipients of the KIP-K scholarship in the Economic Education Study Program at UNIPMA, alongside its driving factors, barriers, and challenges. Methode, utilizing a qualitative approach with Creswell’s phenomenological design, informants were selected through purposive sampling, consisting of 13 active KIP-K scholarship students, 3 faculty lecturers, and 1 representative from the Student Affairs Bureau. Data were analyzed inductively using the Miles and Huberman framework. Finding, the results indicated that students internalize the scholarship as a profound moral obligation that activates their holistic engagement. Behavioral engagement is manifested through stable class attendance and proactive organization participation, emotional engagement is reflected in channeling grading anxieties into positive coping mechanisms, while cognitive engagement is demonstrated through independent self-regulated learning strategies. Strict university regulations and family poverty serve as key drivers, whereas physical exhaustion and tech limitations are successfully bypassed through campus resource access. Conclusion, the essence of their lived experiences is a moral responsibility-based learning struggle that fosters high academic resilience. Contribution, this research contributes an academic engagement qualitative model driven by institutional performance contracts, shifting the perspective of scholarship evaluation from mere administrative compliance to an internal catalyst for learner grit and academic resilience. Keywords: academic engagement; economic education; KIP-K scholarship; phenomenology ABSTRAK Tingginya biaya pendidikan sering kali menghambat akses masyarakat kurang mampu menuju perguruan tinggi, sehingga program KIP-K hadir sebagai bentuk intervensi makro pemerintah yang sangat krusial. Namun, adanya kontrak kinerja ketat melahirkan dinamika tekanan akademik tersendiri bagi penerimanya. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis konfigurasi keterlibatan akademik (academic engagement) multidimensi mahasiswa penerima beasiswa KIP-K pada Program Studi Pendidikan Ekonomi UNIPMA, beserta faktor pendorong, penghambat, dan tantangannya. Metode, menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif dengan rancangan fenomenologi Creswell, informan dipilih secara purposive sampling yang terdiri dari 13 mahasiswa aktif penerima KIP-K, 3 dosen prodi, dan 1 perwakilan Biro Kemahasiswaan. Analisis data dilakukan secara induktif menggunakan model Miles dan Huberman. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa mahasiswa menginternalisasi beasiswa sebagai mandat moral besar yang mengaktifkan keterlibatan mereka secara holistik. Keterlibatan perilaku ditunjukkan lewat stabilitas kehadiran dan keaktifan berorganisasi, keterlibatan emosional tecermin dari pengelolaan kecemasan nilai menjadi koping positif, sedangkan keterlibatan kognitif diwujudkan melalui strategi belajar mandiri. Regulasi institusi dan kemiskinan keluarga menjadi pendorong utama, sementara hambatan fisik dan keterbatasan gawai dimitigasi melalui fasilitas kampus. Kesimpulan, esensi pengalaman hidup mereka adalah perjuangan belajar berbasis tanggung jawab moral yang melahirkan resiliensi akademik tinggi. Kontribusi penelitian ini berkontribusi memberikan pemodelan kualitatif mengenai keterlibatan akademik yang dipicu kontrak kinerja, mengubah paradigma beasiswa dari sekadar kepatuhan administrasi menjadi katalis internal ketangguhan belajar mahasiswa. Kata kunci: beasiswa KIP-K; fenomenologi; keterlibatan akademik; pendidikan ekonomi
Institution: Universitas PGRI Madiun
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7225102000