PAASCU Accreditation (2013-12-18)

Release Date: 18 December 2013
Issuing Office: Office of the President and Chancellor ([email protected])
To: The Lasallian Community
From: Br. Ricardo P. Laguda FSC, President and Chancellor
Subject: PAASCU Accreditation

I am pleased to announce that the Federation of Accrediting Agencies of the Philippines (FAAP) has just granted De La Salle University (1) an institutional accreditation, and (2) Level IV Accreditation for the undergraduate programs in Business, Accountancy, Economics, Education, Liberal Arts, Computer Studies, and Science. These accreditations are follow-throughs to the PAASCU reaccreditation of the seven programs we had earlier this year.

With undergraduate Engineering programs already granted Level IV status last year and earlier this year, 97% of our undergraduate degree offerings are now Level IV.

I would like to thank all those who worked hard to prepare the reports, especially the officers and staff of the Quality Assurance Office, the research and advanced studies directors, and the external directors of all concerned colleges. The support and cooperation of faculty members and staff, who provided information and documents and updated their Faculty Information Form (FIF), are also greatly appreciated.

This bit of good news certainly adds an extra cheer to our Christmas Season—shall we say, a “Maligayang PAASCU”?

I hope that after you re-energize during the holidays, you continue to support our quality assurance efforts, this time for the reaccreditation of the graduate programs of Liberal Arts, Education, and Science, and the preliminary accreditation of our graduate programs in Business Administration. I ask that you give the same effort toward the renewal of our CHED Centers of Excellence status and our CHED autonomous status next year.

Let us continue our tradition of excellence in teaching-learning, research, and community engagement, and improve day by day.

Animo La Salle!