Risk-Based Regulation of Higher Education in the Philippines: A Case Study

Severo C. Madrona, Jr

doi:10.64423/arpa.v29i1&2.60

Authors

Severo C. Madrona, Jr National College Of Public Administration And Governance University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.64423/arpa.v29i1&2.60

Keywords:

risk-based regulations, public governance, public management reform, higher educational institutions, quality assurance

Abstract

Risk-based regulations a reintegrated in public governance as part of public management reform where financial management principles have been introduced with in public administration. Of late, risk-based regulations are applied in the regulation of higher educational institutions (HEIs) in developed states. Proponents of the framework challenge the one-size-fits-all traditional regulation which applies the same levels of scrutin y to all educational providers, that is, educational providers are subjected to the same processes of monitoring and evaluation. It is within this context that this paper is being written. It presents a case study on the application of risk-based regulation of higher education in the Philippines through CHED CMO No. 40 Series of 2008 (2008 Manual of Regulation for Private Higher Education) and the CHEDCMO No. 46 Series of 2012 which introduced the concepts of outcomes-based and typology-based quality assurance of higher educational institutions (HEIs) resultant in their horizontal and vertical classifications. In so doing, this paper exam ines how CHED (1) defines the risk (2) measures the exposure; (3) sets the strategy to address the expos ureand determines how to allocatere sources to each individual target by setting the frequency and depth of inspection, and (4) executes and learns the given strategy.

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