WITHIN the past few years, accrediting associations gathered their own groups to draft survey questions on the area of internationalization. This was in response to CHEd Memorandum Order (CMO) 55, Series of 2016 issued November 15, in which the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) made explicit what internationalization of higher education is, as distinguished from transnational education or international education. Just like any major change introduced in higher education, this global-related undertaking needs quality assurance. Albeit the questions of the self-survey leave room for home-based internationalization, since majority of the private colleges and universities in the provinces usually have less resources in terms of experts and funding grants. Internationalization attempts therefore, can be home-based, at best. These higher education institutions cannot avail of international experts — that is, academics who have studied or had been visiting professors or researchers in universities offshore, and hence, have had actual experience in offshore settings in an academic capacity. These changes in higher education need to assure stakeholders that there is sustained assurance of quality.