SPECIAL CONSIDERATION. The Commission on Higher Education signs a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with other private Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) on Tuesday (Aug. 30, 2022). The MOA is to provide special consideration to students affected by the closure of Colegio de San Lorenzo. (Photo courtesy of CHED) MANILA - The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) inked a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with several private higher education institutions (HEIs) on Tuesday that grants special consideration to students affected by the closure of Colegio de San Lorenzo (CDSL). In a press conference live-streamed on Facebook, CHED Chairperson Prospero de Vera III said the MOA included the waiving of some provisions in the existing Manual of Regulations for Private Higher Education (MORPHE), considered the "general law governing private universities." "We are authorizing or allowing the universities to exercise discretion and exercise flexibility in how they determine the units that