<![CDATA[The Directorate General of Vocational Education, Ministry of Education and Culture, has begun to paymore attention to Vocational education. The real steps of the Directorate General of Vocational Educationof the Ministry of Education and Culture can be seen from its two special programs, namely the D2 fasttrack program for SMK and the D-3 upgrade program to applied bachelor's degree. This study aims toprovide a basis for one of the universities in Bandung to determine whether it is the right step to increasethe D-3 level to become an Applied Bachelor. Quantitative Descriptive Analysis was conducted to providea real picture of the condition of existing D-3 students. The results showed that the majority of studentschose the D-3 level because they wanted to immediately graduate from college and then work. Meanwhile,students who enter the D-3 level because they are not accepted in the first choice occupy the lowest positionon the D-3 level selection criteria indicator and are included in the assessment criteria. Therefore, there isstill no urgency to increase the D-3 level to an Applied Bachelor degree from the perspective of highereducation consumers, namely college students.]]>
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