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Congruence of the institutional research agenda with
regional and national priorities especially with the
concerned government agencies.

To enhance research productivity in higher

education, CHED has set the general policies, directions,
initiatives and priority areas for research and research-

related programs (NHERA-2 2009-2018). Since the

research areas are products of experts from the various

disciplines to include institutional leaders, senior

researchers and representatives from funding

institutions, the University RDET program and project is

anchored on these agenda in the planning process, to
include site-specific research areas along key disciplines

that provide solutions to institutional (teaching-learning

environment) as well as local community problems.

The University research priorities are specified in

the University Research Agenda. The agenda were defined
with due consideration of the strengths and weaknesses

of various University components and the opportunities

and threats from factors of the external environment.

The identification of the University research agenda

was based on established commodity-based research

thrusts from which ISU developed a name and became

known in research. In addition, the University focus on

seven research thematic thrusts based on international

and national research trends. With these “commodity-
based” research thrusts and the “thematic” research

thrusts as simultaneous considerations for potential

sources of potential researchable areas, and based on

external environment (opportunities and threats) and

internal (ISU’s strengths and weaknesses), the University

research agenda were generated.