Awareness of Standards
ALCUCOA provides LCUs with a clear understanding of the quality standards they need to attain.
Strengths & Weaknesses
Accreditation helps LCUs identify the strengths, weaknesses, and areas of development of their academic programs.
Funding Support
Accreditation activities help LCUs clearly identify areas that need support, especially in terms of funding.
Parental Confidence
An ALCUCOA accreditation helps parents make informed decisions on where to send their children for quality education.
Institutional Prestige
Getting accredited by ALCUCOA ultimately provides prestige and recognition to local colleges and universities.
A key feature of the accreditation process done by ALCUCOA is the evaluation of programs based on specific areas, including governance, faculty, curriculum and instruction, research, and extension, among others. Each area is broken down into very specific and detailed aspects and every program subjected to accreditation must comply with such aspects and requirements.
The accreditation process of ALCUCOA therefore thoroughly looks into every detail of a program to identify strengths, weaknesses, and areas for improvement. An LCU may, for instance, find itself successful at following the prescribed curriculum yet also lacking when it comes to other areas such as student services or physical plant.
Given that accreditation is meant to help LCUs to improve their systems and overall quality, ALCUCOA in effect enables groundbreaking educational innovation. For ALCUCOA, accreditation does not only mean LCUs are compliant with basic standards of quality assurance but are also able to reach their full potential by coming up with their own significant contributions to the field of higher education through new, creative, and trailblazing curricula, programs, projects, and efforts covering instruction, research, and social engagement.
Encourages LCUs to push beyond minimum requirements and contribute creatively to Philippine higher education.
Enables LCUs to provide more accessible quality education for students from local communities.
It cannot be denied that an accreditation status conferred by ALCUCOA is tantamount to the affirmation of an LCU's certified credibility, reputation, and overall legitimacy as an institution of higher learning. Since its inception in 2003, ALCUCOA successfully solidified its credibility as the primary accrediting body for local higher education institutions.
Its national board is composed of respected and renowned academics and education managers with extensive academic and professional background and expertise. It also carefully selects and rigorously trains its diverse set of accreditors — scholars with the right qualifications, academic degrees, key leadership positions, and, most importantly, integrity.
In view of this multifaceted discussion on the raison d'etre of accreditation, ALCUCOA essentially embodies quality assurance to ensure that LCUs at the very least observe the minimum value of accreditation to protect their students. In the long haul, the ones who benefit from accreditation are no less than students who come from local communities and are of high potential to do great things.