Alexander Flor - Academic Career

Academic Career

From 1976 to 2000, Flor served in the faculty of the College of Development Communication of the University of the Philippines Los BaƱos. In 2002 he was asked to become the Vice Chancellor for Research and Development of the UP Open University, then as founding Dean of the University's Faculty of Information & Communication Studies, arguably the first Asian institution to operationalize the convergence of communication arts and computer science in its curricular offerings.

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