Home-Along-The-Riles acquires MLQU. What’s next for tertiary education?

Philippine tertiary education used to be dominated by family-owned universities. Sure, the state and the religious orders build and operate tertiary schools. But that is in accordance with a global mandate. From the Jesuits to the Dominicans, running schools was part—and still is part—of a universal mission. The state has the same obligation, raised to a level of excellence by the UC (University of California ) system and some land grant universities in the US.

The axis of tertiary education in the Philippines used to be this: State, Religious Orders, Families running universities.