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PUP: The Total University Ten-Point Agenda

1. Foster High Quality Campus Environment2. Strategize and Institutionalize Income Generating Projects3. Strengthen Research, Publications and Creative Works4. Model Quality Management and Fiscal Responsibility5. Improve Sense of Community Involvement and Linkages6. Institutionalize the Principles of Academic Freedom and Responsibility

7. Promote Academic Excellence in Student and Faculty Performance Nationallyand Internationally

8. Nurture and Enrich Our Cultural Heritage9. Integrate ICT with Instruction, Research, Service and Production

10. Evolve Wholesome Living and Pleasant Working Environment for Faculty,Employees and Students

1. Foster High Quality Campus Environment

* Expand state-of-the-art campus development programs* Promote strong and vibrant life in the campus* Improve campus site* Complete ongoing and new infra projects

* Repair and rehabilitate existing structures* Upgrade classroom facilities and laboratories* Fast-track construction of on-campus residence infrastructures (Hasmin and

Condotel)* Put up centers for specific purposes like the centralized accreditation

center, research center, student center, student/faculty/admin health andrecreation centers

2. Strategize and Institutionalize Income Generating Projects

* Offer quality consultancy and training services* Improve outsourcing services* Promote industry-academe linkages

* Amplify networking with alumni and friends of the University* Generate income through commercialization of research outputs

3. Strengthen Research, Publications and Creative Works

* Provide incentives and benefits to faculty members who engage in research,textbook writing, and other creative works

* Encourage faculty members to present papers in national as well asinternational research colloquia, fora and conferences of professional andscientific organizations

* Institutionalize a Center for Data and Statistical Analysis* Encourage collaborative research in the biological, physical and

mathematical sciences

* Develop applied research in biotechnology, environmental science,information technology, and alternative fuel

* Develop strategies to increase external research funding both from privateand government funding agencies

* Publish refereed research journals* Device mechanisms through which linkages, partnership and research tie ups

with S&T agencies could be expanded, strengthened and institutionalized

4. Model Quality Management and Fiscal Responsibility

* Bring about change in traditional bureaucratic organizational climate and


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culture* Professionalize the bureaucracy through improved interpersonal relations and

organizational practices* Deliver needed services to end-users (students, faculty, and staff)

utilizing material resources wisely, effectively, and promptlyright at the timethat these resources are needed the most

* Exhibit political will to serve different sectors of the academic community

5. Improve Sense of Community Involvement and Linkages

* Make its presence felt by meeting the needs of surrounding barangays andother nearby communities

* Enhance student and faculty participation in outreach programs* Keep both internal and external communities informed about the developments

in community outreach programs of the University* Strengthen accountability to the communities being served by conducting

needs assessment, impact studies, and public general meetings* Establish mutually beneficial linkages with national and international

organizations, businesses, alumni and associates of the university.

6. Institutionalize Principles of Academic Freedom and Responsibility

* Advocate the practice of academic freedom in all aspects of academic life* Recognize the importance of responsibility in practicing such freedom* Foster mutual respect between and among members of the academic community

administrators, faculty, staff, alumni and family* Develop control mechanisms that will check and monitor violations of such

principles

7. Promote Academic Excellence in Student and Faculty Performance Nationally andInternationally

* Maintain an accreditation rate of at least 95% for all academic programseligible for accreditation

* Increase recognition of centers of development/excellence* Offer new programs such as Bachelor of Science in Biology, Bachelor of

Science in Railway Engineering, Master in Engineering, etc.* Pilot ladderized programs in HRM, Tourism, IT and other courses* Increase student success in completing academic program as measured by high

retention and graduation rates and high percentage of passing rate in differentlicensure board examinations

* Increase percentage of faculty with masters and doctoral degrees* Strengthen alliance with international institutions and agencies for student

and faculty academic exchange and scholarships* Upgrade academic programs and standards towards global competitiveness by

developing learner-centered curricula that incorporate international andinterdisciplinary components in the undergraduate, Graduate School and Open

University* Recognize outstanding students and student organizations, faculty and

employees* Pilot a Tele-University as an alternative delivery of instruction* Increase recruitment, retention and graduation rates of foreign students

8. Nurture and Enrich Our Cultural Heritage

* Support worthy programs and projects that will nurture and enrich ourcultural heritage

* Identify areas through which different cultural activities could be best


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nurtured and enriched* Initiate and maintain partnership with the National Center for Culture and

the Arts and other cultural organizations for future national and internationalproductions/endeavors

* Strengthen degree programs in the Arts, Humanities, Languages andLinguistics and Communication

9. Integrate Information and Communication Technology (ICT) with Instruction,

Research, Service and Production

* Technologize the campus* Maximize application and utilization of ICT* Strengthen web-enhanced and on-line teaching and learning in the Graduate

School and Open University* Computerize all campus operations* Operationalize a University Management Information System (MIS)

10. Evolve Wholesome Living and Pleasant Working Environment for Faculty,Employees and Students

* Promote development and motivation of staff

* Provide incentives for faculty and staff* Study possibilities for additional healthcare assistance to faculty and

staff* Invest in equipment and other capital development for efficient services* Provide food courts and lounges to faculty members, staff and students* Make the campus more attractive, healthy and safe* Give members of the community a greater sense of participation and shared

responsibilities in maintaining campus environment

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