Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities

Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities

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Abbreviation	PAASCU
Formation	November 5, 1957 (1957-11-05)
Type	Higher education accreditation Nonprofit organization
Headquarters	The Tower at Emerald Square, Rizal corner Tuazon Streets, Quezon City, Metro Manila 1109 Philippines
President	Bro. Edmundo L. Fernandez FSC
Website	paascu.org.ph

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 Securities and Exchange Commission 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 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. With the help of Fr. James Meany, S.J. the PAASCU was formed with Fr. Meany as its inaugural president in 1957. The Bureau of Education and Culture (now Department of Education) 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 is PAASCU.

In 1991 the International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (INQAAHE) was established and one of its founding members is the 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 member of the Asia-Pacific Quality Network (APQN). The APQN has been established with the purpose of satisfying the needs of quality assurance agencies in higher education.

Accredited Programs by PAASCU

These are the following programs that are accredited by PAASCU:

No.	Program
1	Accountancy
2	Agriculture
3	Basic Medical Education
4	Business
5	Computer Science
	● Information Technology
	● Information Management
	● Information Systems
6	Criminal justice
7	Education
	● Elementary
	● Secondary
8	Engineering
	● Civil Engineering
	● Chemical Engineering
	● Computer Engineering
	● Electrical Engineering
	● Electronics and Communications Engineering
	● Industrial Engineering
	● Manufacturing Engineering and Management
	● Mechanical Engineering

No.	Program
9	Entrepreneurship
10	Graduate Education
	● Arts and Sciences
	● Business Administration
	● Education
	● Nursing
	● Public Health
11	Hospitality Management
12	Interior Design
13	Liberal Arts
14	Medical Technology
15	Nursing
16	Nutrition and Dietetics
17	Occupational Therapy
18	Pharmacy
19	Radiologic Technology
20	Social Work
21	Tourism

Standards

PAASCU judges an institution not by comparison with other institutions but primarily by the degree to which each institution's own avowed 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
• Higher education in the Philippines
• List of universities and colleges in the Philippines
• Commission on Higher Education
• Professional Regulation Commission
• Federation of Accrediting Agencies of the Philippines

External links

• PAASCU official website