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address the deteriorating quality of instruction brought about by the seeming
complacency and indifferent attitude of some faculty members and personnel to
student concerns.

a) Regular class observation of faculty members by Department Chairs and Deans;
b) Implementation of an improved PES developed through participatory approaches;
c) Strict evaluation of the performance of faculty members and non-teaching employees;
d) Standardization of the syllabi of common general education subjects and the
departmentalization of their Midterm and Final Exams;
e) Putting-up of suggestion/complaint box and looking into the concerns of students, even
those coming from anonymous sources;
f) Regular dialogue with student leaders and/or surveys of students to gather feedbacks
regarding faculty teaching performance and employee services/efficiency;
g) Disciplinary actions on erring/misbehaving and inefficient faculty and employees; and
h) Value orientation in-house seminars.

7. Relentlessly pursue academic excellence through a continuing and invigorating
accreditation system towards the establishment of Centers of Excellence and Centers
of Development.

a) All academic programs must meet the minimum standards set by proper technical
panels (e.g. TPAE) in terms of curricula, faculty, equipment, facilities, etc.;
b) All academic programs to be eventually accredited by proper accrediting bodies;
c) Clear-cut policy guidelines on internal Accreditation and set directions and targets for
institutional/Campus accreditation;
d) Pooled potential COE/COD Funds to be diverted to accreditation of programs to be
called Accreditation Support Fund;
e) Evaluate impact of fund support given to potential COE/COD colleges;
f) Aggressive self-survey of all programs which have not yet been evaluated/accredited;
g) Regular monitoring of accreditation as a continuous process;
h) Moratorium on the offering of new courses/academic programs unless and until the
minimum requirements are first met, particularly on the number of full time faculty and
basic equipment;
i) Review of course offerings of colleges and evaluate their appropriateness in a college.
Misplaced course offerings affect the Staff Development of the faculty in a college as
well as the accreditation of such curricular program;
j) Faculty mainstreaming so that faculty members will be properly aligned to an
appropriate college. Teachers handling purely G.E. subjects should belong to Arts and
Sciences.
k) Colleges to initiate the holding of regional for trainings, conferences in cooperation with
other institutions and organizations for accreditation and SUC leveling; and
l) Faculty publication in referred journals at all levels, particularly, in international and
national journals and publications to improve accreditation and SUC leveling status.

8. Encourage involvement in resource sharing between and among SUCs in the Region,
including consortia programs in instruction, research and extension.

a) Strengthening of existing linkages with SUCs in the region;
b) Establishment of viable new consortia with SUCs in the region;
c) Consortia in the holding of national and regional for trainings, seminars and
conferences.

9. Put in place a strong and expanded University Internal Audit System Office.
a) Establishment of the Internal Audit System Unit in the Office of Management and
Development directly under the Office of the President to review, evaluate and monitor