PERANAN PEMBIMBING SKRIPSI DALAM PROSES PENULISAN SKRIPSI DI PROGRAM STUDI PENDIDIKAN EKONOMI JURUSAN PIPS FKIP UNS SURAKARTA (Studi Kasus Mahasiswa Angkatan 2009)

The objectives of research were: (1) to find out the role of skripsi supervisor in the students process of writing Skripsi; (2) to find out the constraints the skripsi supervisor encountered in the students process of writing skripsi; and (3) to find out the attempt the skripsi supervisor had taken to deal with such constraints in the students’ process of writing Skripsi. This study employed a qualitative research approach. The data source of research included informants, place or location, as well as document and archive. The sampling techniques used were purposive sampling and snowball sampling. Techniques of collecting data employed in this research were interviews, observation, and document analysis. The data validation was carried out using data (source) and method triangulations, meanwhile the technique of analyzing data used was an interactive analysis. Considering the result of analysis, it could be concluded that: (1) the role of skripsi supervisor in the process of writing skripsi in 2009 students of Social Science Education Department of Economics Study Program of Teacher Training and Education Faculty of Surakarta UNS started the assignment of skripsi supervisor, followed by skripsi consultation; in practice it could be seen that the roles of skripsi supervisor were: directing and guiding, motivating, and mediating; (2) the constraints the skripsi supervisor encountered in the process of writing skripsi in the 2009-generation students of Social Science Education Department of Economics Study Program of Teacher Training and Education Faculty of Surakarta UNS were the dense activity of skripsi supervisor, dissent among the skripsi supervisor, and the lecturer saw his/her guided students were plagiarist and undertook his/her direction lazily; (3) the attempts the skripsi supervisor had taken in dealing with the constraints in the process of writing skripsi in the 2009-generation students of Social Science Education Department of Economics Study Program of Teacher Training and Education Faculty of Surakarta UNS included: to schedule the skripsi consultation time, to hold discussion among both supervisors, to hold skripsi consultation via email, and to give direction and motivation. Keywords: Role, Skripsi, Supervisor Skripsi