Academic Mobility Strategies
and Challenges: The T.I.P.
Experience
SEAMEO-TSUKUBA Symposium VII
Dr. Cynthia C. Llanes
Vice President for Academic Affairs
Technological Institute of the PhilippinesQuezon CityFebruary 10, 2019

Outline• Brief Introduction of T.I.P.
• The Philippine Government's initiatives along
academic mobility• T.I.P Programs on Academic Mobility• Challenges of Academic Mobility• Continuing Improvement of the Process• Concluding Statement

With more than 1,000 forgedpartnerships with academe(local and international),
industry, and government
agencies

CHED Memorandum Order(CMO) No. 5 s. 2016 Policy
Framework and Strategies onthe Internationalization ofPhilippine Higher Education

T.I.P Programs on Academic Mobility

1. Home-basedInternationalization
2. Cross borderInternationalization

T.I.P.’S MAJOR CHALLENGE
The lack of financial capacity is a major
challenge for outbound faculty
members and students of T.I.P..
Majority of T.I.P. students belong to lower
economic bracket families and theavailability of government funding isvery limited.
Thus, only a few can afford to finance anacademic mobility activity.

Home-based Internationalizationa) the alignment of the programs’ curricula tomeet international standardsb) integration of international teaching andlearning componentsc) conduct of joint research projects withinternational contentd) holding of international conferences
seminars and workshops, ande) the establishment of linkages withinternational research partnersf) visiting professors as lecturers

Home-based Internationalization:alignment of the program curricula tomeet international standards

Home-based Internationalization:alignment of the program curricula tomeet international standards

Home-based Internationalization:
integration of international teaching
and learning components

Home-based Internationalization:

conduct of joint research projects withinternational content
T.I.P.s partnership with the California Polytechnic State University(Cal Poly) led to development and design of multiple input single
output (MISO) converters and human-powered generators DC
House set-up in T.I.P. Quezon City.

Home-based Internationalization:
the establishment of linkages withinternational research partners

Home-based Internationalization:

conduct of international conferences,seminars and workshops
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON OUTCOMES-BASED TEACHING AND LEARNING

Home-based Internationalization:

conduct of international conferences,
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON OUTCOMES-BASED TEACHING AND LEARNING
seminars and workshops

Cross-border education activities• Benchmarking activities with foreign
universities• Students going abroad for creditmobility• Student Exchange through theSEAMEO SEA TEACHER PPROGRAM

Cross-border education:
International Benchmarking

Cross-border education:
International Benchmarking

Cross-border education:

SEAMEO SEATEACHER INTERNSHIP

T.I.P. HAS HOSTEDEXCHANGE STUDENTS FROMUNIVERSITIES IN THAILAND
AND INDONESIACHALLENGES FOR OUTBOUND STUDENTS
1.

Only a few students can afford aself-financed cross-bordereducation activity.
2. Security risk is another barrier forstudents who are deployed asinterns in foreign countries thatare susceptible to manmade andnatural calamities.

CHALLENGES FOR INBOUND STUDENTS• Language barrier became a major problem
when a group of exchange students haddifficulty communicating using the English
Language.
• Gender issue is another constraint
becauseT.I.P. has no facility for mixed genderhousing. Students of different genders cannot
be accommodated within the sameapartment. Therefore , we can only
accommodate a group of exchange studentsof the same gender at a time.

Some T.I.P.Implementation Guidelines
1. Language and cultural preparation ofexchange students : Mandatory session on
English Conversation and Orientation on
Filipino Culture
2. Dedicated student buddy to mentor theinbound students
3. Assigned faculty mentor to look after eachof the interns

CLOSING STATEMENTS

The T.I.P. students participation in the SEA teacher
program opened opportunities for local andinternational employment with attractive
compensation packages
T.I.P. commits to positively respond to improvement
opportunities raised through assessment andevaluation results, formal internal monitoring, andexternal reviews.
T.I.P. shall continue to explore possible sources offunds to allow more student participants in the SEA
TEACHER Program, to further improve the SEA
Teacher program’s implementation at T.I.P. , andexpand its cooperation with international partners
with the end-in-view of strengthening student
competence and enhancing academic learning andexcellent performance through academic mobility.