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The Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities (PAASCU) is a private, voluntary, non-profit and non-stock corporation which was registered with the
PAASCU was established in November 5, 1957 as a private, voluntary, non-profit and non-stock corporation. Under the suggestion of Bro. Hyacinth Gabriel Connon, F.S.C., the president of the Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines (CEAP) in 1953, the CEAP came to the conclusion that standards needed to be created to improve Catholic education in the country. A Manual of Accreditation with self-survey forms was crafted for eight different areas: Purposes and Objectives, Faculty, Instruction, Library, Laboratories, Physical Plant, Student Services, and Administration. The CEAP established an accreditation committee to form the accreditation association and its standards. With the help of Fr. James Meany, S.J. and other key supporters, the PAASCU was established with Fr. Meany as its inaugural president in 1957. The Bureau of Education and Culture (now the
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purposes are matched by actual practice in the various areas being evaluated. Thus, a school is judged on the basis of the "total pattern" presented by it.
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of the Philippines. It is a service organization that accredits academic programs which meet commonly accepted standards of quality education.
PAASCU is an accrediting body composed of different private educational institutions that stamp other private schools with a quality standard attained with regard to their programs.
History
PAASCU was established in November 5, 1957 as a private, voluntary, non-profit and non-stock corporation. Under the suggestion of Bro. Hyacinth Gabriel Connon, F.S.C., the president of the Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines (CEAP) in 1953, the CEAP came to the conclusion that standards needed to be created to improve Catholic education in the country. A Manual of Accreditation with self-survey forms was crafted for eight different areas: Purposes and Objectives, Faculty, Instruction, Library, Laboratories, Physical Plant, Student Services, and Administration. The CEAP established an accreditation committee to form the accreditation association and its standards. With the help of Fr. James Meany, S.J. and other key supporters, the PAASCU was established with Fr. Meany as its inaugural president in 1957. The Bureau of Education and Culture (now the Department of Education
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) formally endorsed PAASCU as an accrediting agency in November 1967.
In 1977 the Federation of Accrediting Agencies of the Philippines was established and one of its three founding members was PAASCU.
In 1991 the International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education
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(INQAAHE) was established and one of its founding members was PAASCU. The INQAAHE is an international association of over 200 organizations that are active in theory and practice of quality assurance higher education.
PAASCU is also one of the founding members of the Asia-Pacific Quality Network (APQN). The APQN was established with the purpose of satisfying the needs of quality assurance agencies in higher education. PAASCU has since led the way in that regard.
Accredited Programs by PAASCU
These are the following programs that are accredited by PAASCU:Standards
PAASCU judges an institution not by comparison with other institutions but primarily by the degree to which each institution's owavowed
purposes are matched by actual practice in the various areas being evaluated. Thus, a school is judged on the basis of the "total pattern" presented by it.
See also
*Educational accreditation
Educational accreditation is a quality assurance process under which services and operations of educational institutions or programs are evaluated and verified by an external body to determine whether applicable and recognized standards are me ...
* Higher education in the Philippines
Higher education in the Philippines is offered through various degree programs (commonly known as "courses" in the country) by colleges and universities—also known as higher education institutions (HEIs). These HEIs are administered and regula ...
* List of universities and colleges in the Philippines
This is a partial list of notable Higher education in the Philippines, higher education institutions in the Philippines.
Ilocos Region Government
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Cagayan Valley Government
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Central Luzon Government
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* Commission on Higher Education
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* Professional Regulation Commission
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* Federation of Accrediting Agencies of the Philippines
References
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* {{authority control School accreditors Private education in the Philippines Organizations established in 1957 1957 establishments in the Philippines