Equal Opportunity in Higher Education Tkough The Free Tuition Program For New Studens In South Sulawesi

In implementing the mandate of Law No. 32 Year of 2004 on the regional autonomy, particularly in the field of
education, the Governor of South Sulawesi Province take immediate measures to launch the policy package program of “Free Tuition Fee (SPP)” for two semesters for new students in public or private universities in the province. The purpose of the current study was to describe the "Free Tuition Fee Program" by using the theory of Edward III consisting of how the program is communicated, resources owned, disposition used, and bureaucratic structures used. This study used qualitative research design and took place in the Department of Education, South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia. The results of this study showed that the factor s of communication, resources, disposition, and the structure of bureaucracy in the process of implementing a
Free Tuition Fee Program for two semesters for new students in South Sulawesi has not gone well. The ineffectiveness of the program is mainly due to the lack of funds for the managers to perform intensive communication and thus lack of consistency of information given to the Free Tuition Program's organizers.
Keywords: Equal Opportunity, Universities, Free Tuition, New Students