Monthly Archives: January 2017

COCOPEA Proposed Bill on Free Private Higher Education

Posted on January 23, 2017 by Joel Tabora, S.J.

Proposed legislation on Free Private Higher Education submitted by COCOPEA to legislators through Sen. Paulo Benigno “Bam” Aquino IV on 23 January 2017.  Please see “COCOPEA to Sen. Bam Aquino on Free Private Higher Education” SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE  ) … Continue reading →

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COCOPEA to Sen. Bam Aquino on Free Private Higher Education

Posted on January 23, 2017 by Joel Tabora, S.J.

22 January 2017. Hon. Paulo Benigno Aquino IV Chair Senate Committee on Education, Culture and the Arts Senate of the Philippines Dear Senator Aquino: In the context of the discussion of your draft legislation on free tuition in State Universities … Continue reading →

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Creative Disruption in Philippine Higher Education

Posted on January 19, 2017 by Joel Tabora, S.J.

  [Address to the Educational Forum of the Philippine Association of Schools Colleges and Universities on “K-12 and Creative Disruption”, Club Filipino, 19 January 2017.] “Quality, accessible, and liberating basic education for all” as promised by DepEd under the leadership … Continue reading →

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Resolutions of PASUC and COCOPEA adopted during the 2nd PASUC-COCOPEA Conversations (Ateneo de Davao University, Davao City, 12-13 January 2017)

Posted on January 16, 2017 by Joel Tabora, S.J.

Acting jointly, the Philippine Association of State Universities and Colleges (PASUC) and the Coordinating Council of Private Educational Associations (COCOPEA) resolved as follows: Resolution 1: That the Philippine System of Education provide access to quality higher education to all qualified … Continue reading →

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Leveling the Playing Field Through Governance of the Educational System:  “Reasonable Regulations” vs. Academic Freedom

Posted on January 15, 2017 by Joel Tabora, S.J.

I will be brief.  We are invited in this segment of our conversations to reflect on how we are being “governed” as we operate to contribute to the excellent output of a Philippine Educational System. Within the current legal framework … Continue reading →

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Welcome to the COCOPEA-PASUC Conversations in Davao

Posted on January 14, 2017 by Joel Tabora, S.J.

Fr. Joel Tabora, S.J., Chair, COCOPEA First, in the name of the Ateneo de Davao University, but more so in the name of the Coordinating Council of Private Educational Associations (COCOPEA), it is my privilege to welcome you to this … Continue reading →

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Ashomilymillar 06 January 2017

Posted on January 12, 2017 by Joel Tabora, S.J.

[Homily of Fr. Antonio S. Samson S.J. at the wake mass for Fr. Oscar Millar S.J.]  I was asked to preside at this wake Mass for Fr. Oscar Millar S.J. because I had lived and worked with him at Ateneo de Davao … Continue reading →

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