Issues and Concerns

in Private Higher
Education
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 Suggested HEI typologies for Policy
Formulation
(Dr. Daniel Levy, Director, PROPHE)

◆ Identity institutions
◆ Religious and cultural in nature
◆ To foster the identity of the group for
which it was established and to protect
the interests of the group.

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 Suggested HEI typologies for Policy
Formulation
(Dr. Daniel Levy, Director, PROPHE)
◆ Semi-Elite PHE’s
◆ Based on academic leadership and quality of
education
◆ High selectivity of students and professors
◆ National/regional reputation
◆ Founded by business elites/ religious affiliations
◆ Aspires for inter/national legitimacy
◆ Market niche and prospect employers
◆ Good teaching and research standing
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 Suggested HEI typologies for Policy
Formulation
(Dr. Daniel Levy, Director, PROPHE)

◆ Non-Elite
◆ Serious NE: more job-focused, practical
◆ Problematic NE: “diploma mills”; low
quality and non-transparent

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 Suggested HEI typologies for Policy
Formulation
(Dr. Daniel Levy, Director, PROPHE)

◆ For-Profit
◆ Market-driven institutions

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 1.
"QUALITY EDUCATION”

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 QUALITY ASSURANCE MECHANISMS

◆ In the Philippines, QA mechanisms are voluntary.

◆ CHED QA standards for private HEI’s are different
from public HEI’s.
◆ CHED typologies
◆ 432 COE’s and COD’s
◆ 59 PHEI’s with Autonomous Status
◆ 16 PHEI’s with Deregulated Status

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 QUALITY ASSURANCE MECHANISMS

◆ PHEI’s undergo QA for two reasons

◆ Marketing
◆ Resource management
◆ Diploma mills and For-Profit HEI’s

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 2.
ACCESS TO "QUALITY
EDUCATION”

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 K to 12 Enrollment Gap

◆ The K-12 left a vacuum of college freshman

enrollees during SY 2016-2018.

SY 2015- SY 2016- SY 2017-

2016 2017 2018
Public 1,884,984 1,641,607 1,385,458
Private 2,219,857 1,947,877 1,596,345
TOTAL 4,104,841 3,589,484 2,981,803
% DEC -13% -17%
% Gap 15% 16% 13%
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 ACCESS TO “QUALITY EDUCATION”

◆ RA No. 10931: Universal Access to

Quality Tertiary Education Act
◆ RA No. 10931 is only aimed at students
from SUC’s/ LUC’s.

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 ACCESS TO “QUALITY EDUCATION”

◆ Compared to Public HEI’s, Private HEI’s are

run by private funding. They need to profit
to have upkeep for schooling.
Consequently, if Prv HEI’s have to maintain
quality, they have to raise their
matriculation.

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 ACCESS TO “QUALITY EDUCATION”

◆ CMO No. 3, s. 2012: Enhanced Policies,

Guidelines and Procedures Governing
Increases in Tuition and Other School Fees,
Introduction of New Fees, and for Other
Purposes
70% Salaries, wages, allowances of teaching/
non-teaching personnel
20% Improvement of school facilities
10% School profit
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 3.
FACULTY RETENTION AND
QUALITY

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 FACULTY DISPLACEMENT

◆ In the implementation of SHS last SY 2016-2017,

3,229 HEI workers were displaced due to the
enrollment gap of that year.
◆ 85% (2,747) from Private HEI’s
◆ 76% (2,452) teaching and 24% (777) non-
teaching
◆ 59% (1,869) permanent and 41% (1,320)
contractual
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 CONCERNS ON FACULTY “QUALITY”

◆ Seniority over competence

◆ Security of tenure
◆ Salary below industry standards
◆ Uneven skill sets or not industry proficient
◆ Administration resistance to faculty opinion

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 CONCERNS ON FACULTY “QUALITY”

◆ RA No. 10912: An Act Mandating and

Strengthening the Continuing Professional
Development Program for All Regulated
Professions, Creating Continuing
Professional Development Council, and
Appropriating Funds Therefor, and for Other
Related Purposes

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