Peran Perguruan Tinggi dalam Aplikasi Variasi Model Pemberdayaan Masyarakat Desa di Jawa Barat

Abstract

This paper identifies people empowerment models based on socioeconomy characteristics of rural areas in West Java.  Furthermore, the paper tries to reconstruct university role as part of those models. Three practices of people empowerment are listed below: development for community, development with community, and development of community.  An observation toward certain rurals in West Java has found out that development with community model adjust perfectly in most places in West Java.  For village cathegorized as center of growth,  a model of development of community was proposed. High education institution has different roles for each models.  For example,  a role as facilitator and consultant  is marked  as university role  for  the  development  of  community models.  Meanwhile, development with community models required university  to act as coaching for public in order to strengthening and guarding the process of development.