• Source: Association of Local Colleges and Universities

The Association of Local Colleges and Universities or simply ALCU is composed of forty (40) local colleges and universities of the Philippines. ALCU is working closely with the Senate Committee on Education, which is headed by Senator Alan Peter Cayetano, in legislations that benefit existing local colleges and universities.
The primary thrust of ALCU is to improve the quality of instruction, research, and extension of its member schools and to provide value public tertiary education.
The association has created in the later part of 2003 the Commission on Accreditation, Inc., which is working closely with the Accrediting Agency of Chartered Colleges and Universities in the Philippines, Inc. (AACCUP).
During the investiture of Atty. Adel A. Tamano at the Justo Albert Auditorium of the PLM, he mentioned his plan of drafting the best-practices manual for local colleges and make it a project of the ALCU.




Accreditation and standards


Together with the Accrediting Agencies of Chartered Colleges and Universities of the Philippines (AACCUP), the ALCUCOA formed the National Network of Quality Assurance Agencies (NNQAA) in 2004 to ensure the public of quality higher education among public higher educational institutions. With the help of AACCUP, Dr. Nida Africa, and the PAASCU executive director, ALCU member schools immerse themselves in quality assurance activities involving the following areas of accreditation. These include:

Employability
Community service
Curriculum and instruction
Research
Faculty
Student services
Administration
Physical plant and facilities
Library
Laboratory
Many ALCU member schools are now aiming for accreditation to uplift the quality of their program offerings.
To uphold quality higher education, ALCU partnered with the Commission on Higher Education as part of the Technical Working Group that three ordinances namely CMO No. 32, series of 2006, and CMO Nos. 1 and 10, series 2005.




Member-Schools


The following is a list of local colleges and universities or LCUs that are members of the association. These include:




References

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• List of colleges and universities in Connecticut
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• List of colleges and universities in the Philippines
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• Community college
• Higher education in the Philippines
• Council for Christian Colleges and Universities
• Tribal colleges and universities