The Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) will formally decide on Monday, May 27, whether to approve the application of 344 private colleges and universities to increase their tuition and other fees this school year.
Colleges and universities can no longer enforce “no permit, no exam” policy.
The Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) has decried the “enrollment by injunction” tactic of schools who have been ordered last year to close down certain course programs that did not meet government quality standards.
More nursing programs offered by colleges and universities will be “phased out” by the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) starting 2013 for failing to meet quality standards.
The University of Santo Tomas (UST), criticized for allegedly bending its rules to grant former Chief Justice Renato Corona a doctorate in law, has broad powers in the exercise of academic freedom, but officials of the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) are unsure if these include ignoring inquiries about its programs.
Antonio Calipjo Go was incensed when he learned in January that the venerable University of Santo Tomas (UST) had reportedly bent its rules to grant Renato Corona, the ousted Chief Justice, a doctorate in law, summa cum laude.
The man who took over the weather bureau following the controversial sacking of its longtime chief has quit, opting to retire as government pushes ahead with critical reforms in the country’s storm warning and disaster preparedness system.
The government has asked officials of state universities and colleges (SUC) to study, survey and profile their students to prove that their schools have been serving the poor in the provinces.
The Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) has said no legal hurdles now block its order to close down two substandard programs at the Philippine Maritime Institute or PMI Colleges after a Quezon City court rejected the school’s plea to stop the closure of its programs.
Small but scattered protests greeted the opening of classes for colleges and state universities on Monday morning as youth groups expressed outrage over what they saw as an education crisis worse than the previous administration.
ILOILO CITY, Philippines—Militant youth groups in Iloilo on Monday met the opening of classes with protest actions against tuition and other school fee increases. Around 50 student leaders and members of Anakbayan, League of Filipino Students and National Union of Students of the Philippines held a picket in front of the regional office of the [...]
