PUP: The Total University Ten-Point Agenda
- Foster High Quality Campus Environment
- Strategize and Institutionalize Income Generating Projects
- Strengthen Research, Publications and Creative Works
- Model Quality Management and Fiscal Responsibility
- Improve Sense of Community Involvement and Linkages
- Institutionalize the Principles of Academic Freedom and Responsibility
- Promote Academic Excellence in Student and Faculty Performance Nationally and Internationally
- Nurture and Enrich Our Cultural Heritage
- Integrate ICT with Instruction, Research, Service and Production
- Evolve Wholesome Living and Pleasant Working Environment for Faculty, Employees and Students
- 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 and recreation centers
- 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
- 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 as international research colloquia, fora and conferences of professional and scientific 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 private and 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
- Bring about change in traditional bureaucratic organizational climate and 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 promptly—right at the time that these resources are needed the most
- Exhibit political will to serve different sectors of the academic community
- Make its presence felt by meeting the needs of surrounding barangays and other 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.
- 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
- Maintain an accreditation rate of at least 95% for all academic programs eligible 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 different licensure board examinations
- Increase percentage of faculty with master’s 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 and interdisciplinary 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
- Support worthy programs and projects that will nurture and enrich our cultural heritage
- Identify areas through which different cultural activities could be best nurtured and enriched
- Initiate and maintain partnership with the National Center for Culture and the Arts and other cultural organizations for future national and international productions/endeavors
- Strengthen degree programs in the Arts, Humanities, Languages and Linguistics and Communication
- 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)
- 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