THE CAPACITY OF THE SOFT SKILLSOF STUDENTS, LECTURERS AND ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

This study aims to describe the capacity of the soft skills of students, lecturers, and
administrative staff in terms of gender. The research was conducted by using survey method at the
Universitas Negeri Medan (UNIMED) in 2013. The coefficient of reliability of the instruments used was
0.726. 400 students, 300 lecturers, and 200 administrative staffs were taken as samples and selected
proportionally. The results of the study are: 1) The capacity of the soft skills of students classified as
moderate , 2) the capacity of the soft skills of female students is higher than male students, 3) In general,
the capacity of lecturers of the soft skills is already high , but female lecturers still have a relatively low
psychological abilities and male lecturers have a relatively low interaction capabilities, 4) the capacity of
the soft skills of female lecturers is higher than the capacity of soft skills male lecturers, 5) the capacity of
administrative staff soft skills classified as moderate, and 6) the capacity of women administrative staff
soft skills is higher than men. Researchers recommend that female lecturers training and men should be
placed in different groups, while training for students and administrative staff, women and men can be
combined in the same group.