PAASCU Attends 2024 CHEA/CIQG Annual Conference

PAASCU Attends 2024 CHEA/CIQG Annual Conference By Marlu Vilches In wintry Washington, D.C., the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) and its International Quality Group (CIQG) jointly held CHEA’s annual conference on the theme “Quality Assurance Matters.” Held in The Capital Hilton from 29 January to 1 February, it was joined by over 300 participants…

Medical Education Accreditors attend WFME Webinar

Aiming to clarify why the World Federation of Medical Education (WFME) has shifted from a prescriptive-based direction to a principle-based approach, the Federation hosted its first webinar, “Getting Started with WFME PGME Standards: An Introductory Webinar,” last December 19, 2024. The online seminar explored the content of the recently released revision of the WFME Standards…

PAASCU attends the 2023 APQN Academic Conference and Annual Meeting

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

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

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

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

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…

PAS Training Session

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…

PAASCU 65th Anniversary General Assembly

PAASCU celebrated its 65th founding anniversary and annual general assembly last November 25, 2022, at Manila Marriott Hotel. The theme of this year’s assembly is Making Roads: Challenges and Opportunities to EQAAs in the New Normal. The occasion began with a Mass of Thanksgiving presided over by the Board of Trustees priests: Fr. John Christian…