The Profile and Functions of Vice-Presidents for Administration of State Universities and Colleges in the Philippines : Basis for Policy Inputs
Education has been regarded as an important mechanism in the development of any country. Educating the citizenry means providing them the opportunity to prepare themselves to be productive and earn a living for themselves and their families. More than this, educated citizenry provides the needed manpower, the technical skills and the knowledge for the country's economic development. It leads to the productive use of one country's resources. It is said that education provides students the means for upward mobility and success. It is this reality in life and the important role of education in empowering the citizenry that President Aquino's five-point agenda include among others, Human Development and Poverty Reduction. One of the strategies implemented to attain the goal of poverty alleviation is strengthening the education sector, more particularly the State Universities and Colleges (SUCs). The SUCs were provided clear mandate of accommodating the poor and deserving students the avenues or access to education. Priority courses were identified that will address the global economy. More importantly, the leadership of SUCs were envisioned to be equipped with leadership and management capabilities along the five-point agenda of the government. Thus, the Executive Development Program for SUCs (EDPS) was formulated in collaboration with the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and the Development Academy of the Philippines. Said program is pursuant to the Public Higher Education Reform (PHER) Roadmap for 2011-2016. The EDPS aims to equip the Vice-Presidents for Administration of SUCs with leadership and managerial capabilities to face the challenges of running the operations of their respective institutions. The program was part of the Flagship Course on Administrative Service Excellence. All Vice-Presidents of SUCs throughout the country were invited to attend the said program
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2016
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Authors: | Mallari, Myrna |
Other Persons: | Santiago, Myrel (contributor) |
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[2016]: [S.l.] : SSRN |
Subject: | Philippinen | Philippines | Hochschule | Higher education institution |
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Extent: | 1 Online-Ressource (16 p) |
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Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Language: | English |
Notes: | In: Review of Integrative Business and Economics Research, Vol. 5(4), p. 122-137, 2016 Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments 2016 erstellt |
Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012979987
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