The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of soft skill integration in the curriculum on quality of college life of diploma business students in Malaysian private higher educational institutions.,Descriptive quantitative survey research was used to assess the views and relationship between variables from 429 business students in Peninsular Malaysia. The adapted self-administered questionnaires were distributed through stratified random sampling method. Descriptive analysis, correlation and regression analysis were used in the findings.,The results advocated significant influence from soft skill integration on quality of college life. Soft skill integration in critical thinking and problem solving especially has significant positive influence on quality of college life in all the aspects from academic, social and also facilities.,Generalizability of the research as it was conducted in the northern region of Peninsular Malaysia only. It was also limited by subjectivity bias of the students who responded to the questionnaire.,The implication of this study was that it serves as an evidence-based information of soft skill integration and effects on college quality. In this way, it provides an empirical reference to the authorities for better guidelines, evaluation, control and development in the curriculum, delivery approaches, co-curriculum, campus environment or facilities.,Local education in particular is closely linked to the neighboring community and also dependent on the socio-economic needs of the state or region. According to Kayrooz and Parker (2010), greater engagement with local issues and higher local autonomy for spending could lead to greater effectiveness and efficiencies.,The study was a pioneering research in the context of Malaysian private higher education, guided by Devadason et al.’s (2010) soft skill integration study in Malaysian public higher education, plus Sirgy et al.’s (2007) study on quality of college life.

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软技能整合对文凭商科学生大学生活质量的影响

这项研究的目的是检验课程中软技能整合对马来西亚私立高等教育机构文凭商科学生大学生活质量的影响。描述性定量调查研究用于评估429种变量的观点和变量之间的关系马来西亚半岛的商科学生。通过分层随机抽样的方法，分发经过调整的自我管理问卷。研究结果采用描述性分析，相关性和回归分析。结果表明，软技能整合对大学生活质量具有重大影响。批判性思维和问题解决中的软技能整合尤其在学术，社会和设施等各个方面对大学生活质量都具有积极影响。该研究仅在马来西亚半岛北部进行了推广。这也受到受访者的主观偏见的限制。本研究的意义在于，它作为软技能整合及其对大学质量影响的基于证据的信息。通过这种方式，它可以为当局提供经验依据，以更好地指导，评估，控制和发展课程，授课方式，共同课程，校园环境或设施。尤其是本地教育与周边社区和社区密切相关。还取决于该州或地区的社会经济需求。根据Kayrooz和Parker（2010）的说法，