
AppliedHE 3M & PACUCOA Soft
Skills Assessment
A Smarter Way Forward for
Philippine HEIs
Special Invitation to All PACUCOA Member Institutions Take advantage of our exclusive 50% discount for PACUCOA members in the first year of the AppliedHE 3M Performance Improvement Consulting Project
Why It Matters Now
What’s Included in the 3M Framework?

1. JOB-Ready Rating
- Evaluate stakeholder satisfaction (Students, Faculty, Alumni, Employers)
- Great branding and marketing tool for the institution
- Showcase strengths and visibility of individual academic programs

2. ALUMNI-Ready CRM
- Track and engage Alumni
- Manage Alumni communications efficiently
- Generate funding & donations
- Serve as a job portal and community hub

3. FUTURE-Ready Soft Skills Assessment (SSA)
- Scientifically validated tool to assess all 15 PACUCOA-required soft skills
- Per test @ USD50 per graduating student
- Digital certificates, scorecards, and employer-verifiable QR codes
All 15 Soft Skills Covered
✓Technical literacy ✓Critical thinking ✓Leadership ✓Collaboration ✓Creativity ✓Communication ✓Negotiation ✓Flexibility ✓Social skills ✓Intercultural skills ✓Productivity ✓Media literacy ✓Information literacy ✓Resilience ✓Initiative
FUTURE-READY SOFT SKILLS ASSESSMENT (SSA)
A Gold Standard for Accreditation and Employability
How It Works
- Online assessment for graduating students
- Real-world, scenario-based evaluation of all 15 soft skills
- Secure, proctored testing environment ensures credibility
- Digital certification with individual scorecards
- QR-coded credentials verifiable by employers worldwide
- Transforms accreditation documentation into a marketing advantage
Exclusive PACUCOA Offer:
50% OFF for the First Year
Standard project cost: USD15,000 per year for 5 years
Why Choose the AppliedHE 3M Project?
- Full coverage of soft skills documentation
- Employability benchmarking
- Trackable alumni data
- Employer data supports internships & partnerships
- Enhanced metrics improve domestic & international rankings
- Stronger alumni networks
- Donation and career tracking features
- Key data points for rankings
- Build job-ready, globally competitive graduates
- Improve employer reputation
- Stay resilient in the age of AI and automation
- Survey Students, Faculty, Alumni, and Employers
- Benchmark satisfaction, performance, and expectations
- Use results to inform strategy, QA, and institutional development
Take Action Now
PACUCOA’s new standards are about to be launched. This is the perfect time to
implement the 5-year AppliedHE 3M Consulting Project and turn compliance into a
long-term strategic advantage.
🎯 One solution. Multiple benefits.
Let’s prepare your institution to lead—not follow.