Curriculum and Pedagogy

• Global Perspectives: Internationalization promotes the integration of global and intercultural perspectives into the curriculum across all subjects. This moves learning beyond national boundaries to cover worldwide issues, diverse cultural viewpoints, and the links between local and global life.

• Skill Development: It shifts educational goals to focus on developing intercultural competence, global citizenship, and skills essential for a globalized world, such as critical thinking, adaptability, communication across cultures, and a tolerance for different worldviews.

• Teaching Methods: It encourages the adoption of more diverse and internationally recognized teaching methodologies to meet the needs of a diverse student body and foster a broader understanding of different academic practices.

Students and Staff

• Mobility: It facilitates student and staff mobility programs (e.g., exchange programs, study abroad, international research collaboration), enriching the academic experience and providing firsthand cross-cultural exposure.

• Diversity: It increases the diversity of the student body and staff, creating an immersive and inclusive academic environment that integrates diverse cultures into the educational experience.

• Learning Outcomes: The system aims to produce graduates who are globally conscious, prepared for the international job market, and equipped to engage with people and businesses from different countries.

Institutional Structure and Policy

• Strategic Planning: School systems adopt formal internationalization strategies and policies that guide their efforts, aligning the institution's mission and vision with global standards and needs.

• Quality and Standards: Internationalization is often seen as a proxy for educational quality. It exposes institutions to different global standards of practice, which can lead to the adoption of new practices to improve academic quality, research, and institutional operations.

• Partnerships: It involves establishing cross-border academic partnerships, agreements, and networks with institutions in other countries for collaboration on research, programs, and development assistance.

• Resource Management: It can influence the distribution and use of educational resources, including technology, financial investment (e.g., revenue from international student tuition), and human resources (e.g., recruitment of international faculty).

The Autonomous Status granted to La Consolacion University Philippines (LCUP) by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) significantly amplifies its ability to pursue the internationalization of education by increasing its institutional freedom and flexibility.

The connection between LCUP's autonomous status and its internationalization efforts is primarily one of empowerment and accelerated action in the key areas of curriculum, partnerships, and global recognition.