A six-man team from the Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities – Commission on Accreditation (PACU-COA) is here Thursday until Friday, 6-7 March 2008, to conduct a formal visit of the liberal arts and business administration programs currently being offered by Emilio Aguinaldo College.


PACU-COA Accreditation Team agrees for a pictorial before getting into the serious business of its visit’s purpose. Second from the right is Dr. Conrado E. Iñigo, Jr., waiting to finish the brief photo session as he is set to brief the school administrators and officials of Emilio Aguinaldo College. Behind them is EAC’s educational philosophy, displayed on a white board, “a life lived in virtue, excellence and service”. L-R: Mr. Stephen Andrada, Ms. Nanita M. Borja, Dr. Ermenia R. Javier, Dr. Iñigo, and Ms. Arlene de Leon. Inset photo is Eng'r. Luisito Hagos, Jr.

The team is led by Dr. Conrado E. Iñigo, dean of the C.M. Recto Academy of Advanced Studies (Graduate School), and dean of the College of Business Administration of Lyceum of the Philippines University, Intramuros, Manila.

“We are not here to look for your mistakes, or to find out your weaknesses. Rather, we are here to help you achieve your mission to better serve your clienteles (students),” thus quipped Dr. Iñigo.

Visiting team chair Dr. Iñigo told the school administrators of the activities for the first day which include preliminary meeting of the PACU-COA Team, followed by a courtesy call to the EAC President, preliminary meeting with the administrators and self-survey teams, verification of activities, examination of exhibits, classroom observation, libraries, offices, school site, interview with the school officials.

The second day’s activities include continuation of the verification of activities, meeting with the students, faculty, and the non-teaching employees.

The last leg of the two-day formal visit is the consensus-making of the PACU-COA Team, meeting with administrators and the self-survey teams, and wrap-up.

The five other members of the team are: Dr. Esmenia R. Javier, executive vice-president and concurrently vice president for Academic Affairs of Lyceum of the Philippines – Batangas; Mr. Stephen I. Andrada, formerly head of the Political Science and Public Administration, now director of the Human Resource Management Center of the University of Baguio (UB); Ms. Nanita M. Borja, assistant chief librarian of the Technological Institute of the Philippines (TIP); Ms. Arlene C. de Leon, assistant professor, College of Education, and coordinator for Community Service, Pontifical University of Santo Tomas (UST); and Engr. Luisito C. Hagos, former dean of the College of Engineering of New Era University (NEU).

PAFTE-NCR President Melchor S. Julianes, chair of the EAC institutional adhoc committee for accreditation, welcomed the team and introduced some 17 members of the administration and the academe of EAC.

The members of the visiting team from PACU-COA were earlier made known through a letter of February 26, 2008, received from its chair, Dr. Rosita L. Navarro.

PACU-COA is one of the founding members of the accrediting outfits under the Federation of Accrediting Agencies of the Philippines (FAAP).