The Program on Higher Education Research and Policy Reform (HERPR) of the UP Center for Integrative and Development Studies (UP CIDS) will hold a forum entitled “Who Serves the Poor in Philippine Higher Education?” on Thursday, 4 October 2018, from 9:00 AM to 12:00 NN, at the UP CIDS Conference Hall, Lower Ground Floor, Ang Bahay ng Alumni, UP Diliman, Quezon City.
The event will feature the findings of the studies conducted by HERPR Research Fellows Mr. Karol Mark Yee and Dr. Geoffrey Ducanes on access of the poor to higher education from 1999 to 2014, particularly highlighting nuances in the profile, context, and the variety of barriers faced by students coming from the poorest households in accessing college education.
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