PAASCU attends the 2023 APQN Academic Conference and Annual Meeting

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The Asia Pacific Quality Network (APQN) held its annual general meeting and academic Conference last November 3-4, 2023, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, hosted by the American International University-Bangladesh. The Conference’s theme is “Innovation and Sustainable Development in Higher Education.” The event brings together Higher Education Institutions, Quality Assurance Agencies, government agencies, and organizations to discuss transformative…

PAASCU 2023 General Assembly

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PAASCU held its 66th general assembly last November 21, 2023, with the theme “PAASCU in the light of EDCOM II.” Dr. Karol Mark Yee, Executive Director of the Second Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM II), and Dr. Cynthia Rose Bautista, Member of the EDCOM II Advisory Council for Academe and Former Vice President for Academic…

PAASCU Invited to the 16th ALCUCOA National Conference

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The Association of Local Colleges and Universities Commission on Accreditation (ALCUCOA) held its 16thNational Conference at the Manila Hotel on October 2-3, 2023. This year’s Conference theme is “TheFuture of Quality Assurance in Philippine Higher Education.” The Conference provided its participantswith a forum to discuss important issues, including the function of quality assurance post-pandemic,how local…

Visioning Activity

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The PAASCU Board of Trustees and representatives from the eight PAASCU Commissions convened for a two-day visioning activity last August 3-4, 2023 at Marco Polo Hotel Ortigas. The purpose of the activity was two-fold, i.e., to provide an update on the Strategic Plan of SY2021-2024 and to receive inputs on the new plan that will…

INQAAHE Conference 2023

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The Independent Agency for Quality Assurance in Education (IQAA) served as the host organization for the 17th biennial conference of the International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (INQAAHE), which was held in Astana, Kazakhstan, from May 29 to June 1, 2023. The conference’s theme was “Roadmap to Enabling Quality in Tertiary Education…

PAASCU is now WFME Recognized

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The World Federation of Medical Education (WFME) has awarded Recognition Status to PAASCU for ten (10) years. PAASCU was visited by WFME and was composed of foreign medical experts. The assessors include Dr. Julio Cesar Gomez Fernandez, Dr. Peih-ying Lu, Ms. Wambui Wang’ombe, and headed by Ms. Julie Drendall. The assessors went with the PAASCU…

PAS Training Session

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PAS Training Session A PAASCU Accreditation System (PAS) training session was conducted online via Zoom on February 22, 2023. In her presentation, Ms. Catherine Salamanca of Rakso CT described how member schools could navigate PAS, create their PAS Account Numbers (PAN), and explore its other features like submitting self-survey reports and scheduling accreditation visits for…