Abstract: The study focused on the implications of the ASEAN University Network to its member universities in the Philippines, and its involvement with the Commission on Higher Education to provide an understanding of higher education internationalization in the framework of networked learning that develops and maintains connections which structuralize a platform and venue of collaboration. This study identified the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of the regional university network, and the involvement of CHED to its operations. The interviews with the heads of departments concerned, complemented the discovered respective areas of implications from the related literature, as well as expounded the engagements done by, and with, the member universities and AUN. Despite the gaps, impartial information was acquired in the respective areas of the network. The findings of this research encapsulate the convergence of the implications of the ASEAN University Network to the member universities, and the key function of the involvement of the Commission on Higher Education for the expansion of the said regional network. The researchers thus recommend the identified areas of improvement to be considered for the network to formulate plans of action towards a robust and enduring AUN in achieving ASEAN integration.
Keywords: AUN, CHED, higher education institutions, internationalization.
Title: ASEAN University Network in the Philippines: Implications to the Member Universities and Involvement with CHED
Author: Aina Mari M. Sisante, Katrine Joy D. Azuelo, Godfrey Anthony D. Bañares, Kyle L. Bonador, Marielle Erika V. Placio
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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