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Study 2. Tax Collection Strategies in the JESSICA C.
Municipality of Echague, Isabela: An MANAGUELOD
Assessment JOSE P. GALLENA,
JR.
Study 3. Investment Opportunities through MA. RITA A. REARIO
Mengal Festival
Study 4. Local Resource Mobilization in the MELODY E. LIM
Municipality of Echague
JOAN TOMAS-RUIZ

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.

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