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Isabela State University

10-POINT AGENDA

1. Aggressive resource generation to increase income and augment decreasing government
subsidy through profitable and sustainable income generating enterprises and
fund/resource sourcing and networking, including harnessing the support of all
benefactors.

Increasing Income through IGEs:

a) Production of Hybrid Rice Seed for commercialization;
b) IGE specialization by Campus;
c) Expanding and increasing gross sales and net income of all existing IGEs through profit
maximization and cost minimization;
d) Establishment of new and promising IGEs that are profitable and sustainable;
e) Institute a system of IGE fund management in terms of bookkeeping, recording and
documentation per project and regular audit of individual IGE records by internal auditor;
f) IGE managers to be given control of enterprise activities including purchase of inputs and
facilities with revolving/petty cash funds per project to minimize, if not eliminate, delays in
the procurement of urgently needed inputs;
g) Review and formulate standard policies on the preparation of IGE Income Statement
(particularly costs like implicit costs and depreciation), the computation of IGE income and
the computation of incentives of those involved; and
h) Institute a system of IGE proposal format to include feasibility study and detailed financial
plan from which to base financial activities and income projections for purposes of audit
and performance for insensitives.

Resource Generation

a) Strengthening the Resource Generation Office – by redefining and expanding its role to
include marketing of packaged proposals, agencies/organizations and looking and
working for linkages at all levels (foreign and national donors/institutions;
b) Tapping the support of all benefactors for scholarships, grants and donations; and
c) Soliciting donations/grants for books, equipment, facilities, buildings, etc.

2. Address pressing student concerns in terms of instructional quality, facilities and
equipment, student services, graduate placement and efficient service to the studentry.

a) Strict implementation of evaluation of teaching performance;
b) Recruitment of faculty members with appropriate degree and specialization;
c) Proper utilization of fiduciary fees paid by students;
d) Prioritization in the purchase of required laboratory equipment and supplies, books, library
materials, instructional materials and facilities;
e) Improvement and strengthening of student services, expansion of student scholarships
but adopting a system of selection and criteria through the Integrated Scholarship for
Student Participation;
f) Establishment of graduate placement office and operationalizing its role through
networking/linkaging with prospective employer-companies and the holding of job fairs;
g) Regular sending of semestral/summer grades of students to their parents;
h) Strict monitoring of boarding houses; and
i) Regular dialogues with, and/or surveys of the students to identify and address their
concerns.

3. Enhance policies for professional advancement of faculty and non-teaching employees as
well as operationalize the Incentive and Reward System and the University Grievance
Machinery.

a) Staff Development Fund from 101 Fund and the pooled potential COE/COD fund;
b) Strict implementation of the Staff Development Policies, particularly, the verticalization of
higher degrees and the school/university where to enroll;
c) Echo-seminar to be conducted by faculty and employees sent to trainings and seminars;