PHILIPPINES: THE HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS, AND THE CHALLENGES

The Higher Education Institution (HEI), the Teacher, and the Challenges in the World of   Today

( Asia-Pacific)

      Prof. Belen Lorezca-Tangco, 
OP, PhD, PhD.  
University of Santo Tomas,

The Higher Education Institution (HEI),

            

         This presentation dwells on the Higher Education Institution (HEI), the Teacher, and some challenges in the World of today. Asia-Pacific is the region taken as the situs or subject, with the Philippines in Southeast Asia in focus. Research and academic linkages as well as cultural and industrial ties between Asia and Latin America are mentioned for inter regional exchanges.

The presentation aims to share from the heart reflections on the HEIs along with the teachers in a tapestry of globalization and internationalization by way of descriptive and experiential approaches.

          Globalization is the main phenomenon that  affects various sectors in society.

         The educational sector is not excluded in this phenomenal engagement.

        Schools, colleges, and universities bear the inevitable changes that benefit and/or burden them.          Mobility of students, faculty, and staff is part of the internationalization process that is considered a positive response to globalization. Multiculturalism and multilateralism may have become requirements to cope with the wind of change, but heavy yokes to some professionals.

        Teachers/ educators find ways to be effective in their chosen career or vocation. Higher education institutions or HEIs have to be more vigilant in the proper alignment with qualification frameworks being demanded by countries and regions. ....

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