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Dr. Ethel Agnes P. Valenzuela SEAMEO INNOTECH (Philippines) and Member of the Technical Panel of Transnational Education, Commission on Higher Education. Branding in Philippine Higher Education: Roots and Models. Who’s giving the Quality Brand?.
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Dr. Ethel Agnes P. Valenzuela SEAMEO INNOTECH (Philippines) and Member of the Technical Panel of Transnational Education, Commission on Higher Education Branding in Philippine Higher Education: Roots and Models
Who’s giving the Quality Brand? • The Philippine Government is clear on getting a “ quality brand” for its higher education institutions. • Quality brand is a national aspiration and embodied in several legislation
Why support “quality brands”? • Over 1, 700 private higher education institutions under the supervision of CHED and 200 public HEIs and local colleges • Almost 3 million higher education students enrolled yearly • Over 1,000 academic programs in the undergraduate and graduate levels.
What do Filipino students and parents look for? Quality and accessible HEIs
Rationale for Government Branding of Quality Philippine Higher Education Institutions (PHEIs) • Education Commission Survey (EDCOM) Report • Philippine Commission on Education Reform (PCER) • Trifocalization of Philippine Higher Education
Branding for Accountability • The Commission on Higher Education’s brand: • Center of Excellence -COEs • Center of Development- CODs
Center of Excellence (COEs) and Centers of Development (CODs) • COEs are public of private HEIs that demonstrate the highest degree and levels of standard in instruction, research, extension, external linkages in providing HE professionals • CODs are HEIS, public and private that have potentials to become COEs in the future
COEs … • Act as a role model/leader in local, regional and national arena in the delivery of the academic programs • Strong in research • Provide assistance to agencies and institutions within its geographical area • Develop pioneering instructional programs • Undertake basic and applied research
COEs … • Have massive national and international linkages • Develop quality programs which are within the strategic development plans of the government
CODs • Act as a role model/leader in local, regional and national arena in the delivery of the academic programs • Strong in research • Provide assistance to agencies and institutions within its geographical area 4. Establish linkage with COEs to further program development.
Branding for Accountability • Qualifying for Application to Centers of Excellence Brand • Must have 3 programs with level III accreditation (FAAP) • At least 100 students each in the academic level • Has current and on-going research which leads to knowledge development
Criteria for selecting COEs • Institutional Quality – 45% (admin/faculty qualifications, laboratory facilities, high performance in licensure examination for the last 3 years • Research and Publication – 35%- (profile of researchers, on-going research programs, papers published in journals, papers published in full conference proceedings, collaborative research projects with local and international bodies
Criteria for COE • Institutional Qualifications- 10%- vision, mission and goals, institutional development plans, comprehensive student services (guidance, dormitory, admission, publication, student organization, counseling services, social action activities and student leadership programs)
Criteria for COE • Extension and Community Development- 10%- extension training over the last 5 years, fairs and demonstrations, information, education and advocacy, impact of community projects to the people, international and local partnership, institutional consultancies
Branding for AUTONOMY • Autonomous • Institutions • Deregulated • Institutions
CRITERIA FOR SELECTION of Autonomous and Deregulated Status • Established as Centers of Excellence or Centers of Development and or private higher education institutions with FAAP Level III Accredited programs • Outstanding overall performance of graduates in the licensure examinations under the Professional Regulation Commission. • Long tradition of integrity and untarnished reputation
Benefits of HEIs with Autonomous Status • Exemption from the issuance of Special Order (S.O.). 2. Free from monitoring and evaluation activities of the CHED. However, identified PHEIs shall submit requested data as part of the data gathering activity of CHED for its MIS. 3. Entitlement to grant of subsidies and other financial incentives/assistance from the Commission on Higher Education, whenever funds are available. 4. Privilege to determine and prescribe their curricular programs to achieve global competence.
Benefits of HEIs with Autonomous status 5 . Privilege to offer a new course/program in the undergraduate/ graduate level/s without securing permit/authority from the CHED. However, the higher education institution must inform the CHED Regional Office concerned of the new course/program to be offered. 6. Privilege to establish branch/es or satellite campus/es without the prior approval of the CHED, but with information to the CHED-Regional Office where the new branch/campus is to be located. 7. Privilege to offer extension classes and distance education course/program to expand access to higher education, and to establish affiliation with recognized foreign higher education institution/s in pursuit of international standard of education 8. Authority to grant Honoris Causa to those deserving, per pertinent provisions of existing CHED issuance on conferment of honorary degrees.
Quality Branding for FUNDING • The Commission on Higher Education’s provides subsidy and financial incentives to HEIs with • Autonomous • Deregulated • Center of Excellence • Center of Development • Higher Accreditation Levels
Other Incentives for Branded Institutions • Exemption on Monitoring and Evaluation by the govt • Curricular deregulation • Freedom to link outside of the country for academic partnership and curricular enrichment • Faculty and student scholarship • Other research grants
New Trends in Branding • Increased marketization and competition- Trend of small players having a different brand/tune- more to recruit the masses- those who are in mid to low income status for increase enrolment
Trends in Branding of Phil Higher Education • Criteria and Guidelines for quality assurance in branding and using quality brands for international recognition of degrees (e.g. APEC and ASEAN MRAs)
Issues and Challenges • Criteria and Guidelines for quality assurance in branding- comparability across regions, countries • Presence of national information centers to disseminate quality brands • Harmonization of brands with the ASEAN Brands
Issues and Challenges • Professionalism and credibility of the board of reviewers- how to sustain and maintain • Link between funding and quality assurance – for how long will CHED sustain incentives???