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ABSTRACT : This paper is about the policies recently implemented by the Philippine government to improve the quality of higher education in the Philippines. As this paper discusses policies, it also tries to abstract the notion of quality. Hence, the first part is a presentation of the reasons for the urgent need for quality assurance in academic institutions in order to comprehend the demand for quality as well as come up with an understanding of quality. The second part is a discussion of the recent government policies in order for Philippine higher education to respond to the quality demands of a globalizing education. It also tries to present the notion of quality in each policy. The last part is a brief discussion of the challenges of these policy changes to higher educational institutions in terms of talent, governance, and funding.





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