Latest CHED COEs and CODs

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Centers of Excellence/Development in Science and Mathematics
University of the Philippines Baguio
COD-Mathematics

Central Luzon State University
COD-Biology, Chemistry

Ateneo De Manila University
COE-Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics
COD-Biology, Environmental Science

De La Salle University
COE-Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics

University of Santo Tomas
COE-Chemistry
COD-Biology

University of the Philippines Diliman
COE-Biology,Chemistry, Geology, Marine Science, Mathematics
Molecular Biology, Statistics, Physics

University of the Philippines Los Banos
COE-Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics
COD-Statistics

University of the Philippines Visayas
COD-Biology, Marine Science

Silliman University
COD-Biology

University of San Carlos
COE-Chemistry
COD-Biology,Physics

Central Mindanao University
COD-Biology,Mathematics

Mindanao Polytechnic State College
COD-Mathematics

Mindanao State University-Naawan
COD-Marine Science

Mindanao State University-Iligan Inst. of Technology-Iligan City
COE-Chemistry,Mathematics
COD-Biology,Physics

Centers of Excellence/Development in Information Technology

Colegio de Dagupan-COD
Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University-COD
Lorma Colleges-COD
St. Mary's University-COD
St. Paul University-COD
University of St. La Salette-COD
Angeles System Plus Computer College-COD
Angeles University Foundation-COE
Holy Angel University-COD
De La Salle University-Dasmarinas-COD
Manuel S. Enverga University Foundation-Lucena-COD
University of the Philippines-Los Banos-COE
Ateneo de Naga University-COD
University of Negros Occidental-Recoletos-COD
Cebu Institute of Technology-COE
Silliman University-COD
University of San Jose-Recoletos-COD
University of the Philippines-Cebu College-COE
Asian Development Foundation College-COD
Ateneo de Zamboanga University-COD
Dipolog Medical Center College Foundation-COD
St. Vincent College-COD
Capitol University-COD
Mindanao State University-IIT-COD
Ateneo de Davao University-COD
University of the Immaculate Conception-COD
University of the Philippines-Mindanao-COD
University of Mindanao-Davao City-COD
Notre Dame of Marbel University-COD
Asia Pacific College-COE
Ateneo de Manila University-COE
De La Salle University-COE
Far Eastern University-East Asia College-COD
Mapua Institute of Technology-COD
Technological Institute of the Philippines-Manila-COD
Technological Institute of the Philippines-Quezon City-COD
University of the East-COD
University of the Philippines-Diliman-COE
Saint Louis University-COD
University of the Cordilleras-COE


Centers of Excellence/Development in Business and Management Education

Ateneo de Manila University
COE-Entrepreneurship, Business Administration

Centro Escolar University
COD-Business Administration

Saint Paul University Philippines
COD-Business Administration

Holy Angel University
COD-Business Administration

Ateneo de Naga University
COD-Entrepreneurship, Business Administration

Silliman University
COD-Accountancy

University of San Carlos
COD-Business Administration

University of Mindanao
COD-Business Administration

Centers of Excellence/Development in Criminology Education

University of Luzon-COE
University of Baguio-COE
University of the Cordilleras-COE
Cagayan de Oro College-COD
Capitol University-COD

Centers of Excellence/Development in Teacher Education Education

Mariano Marcos State University-COE
St. Paul University Philippines-COD
St. Mary's University-COE
Holy Angel University-COD
Bicol University-COE
Ateneo de Naga University-COE
West Visayas State University-COE
University of San Carlos-COE
Cebu Normal University-COD
Leyte Normal University-COE
Silliman University-COE
Xavier University-COD
Notre Dame of Marbel University-COE
De La Salle University-COE
Philippine Normal University-COE
Centro Escolar University-COE
University of Santo Tomas-COE
St. Louis University-COE

From: Office of Policy Planning, Research and Information,
Commission on Higher Education

[Draex]

^^ UPLB was only awarded a COD status (instead of COE) since they lack 1 Faculty (PhD holder). If Dr. Pacificador did not transferred to DLSU, UPLB INSTAT could have been a COE

This was mentioned during the 2006 Joint Student-Faculty Conference on Statistical Sciences at UP Diliman. I was among the research paper presenter by the way

[spanishsardine]

what happened to other COE's like engineering? bat ang daming school na nabawasan ng COE? UP manila walang COE? saan *** source mo TS? dami ko tanong lolz

[Viva La Tigresa]

Magandang tanong yan spanishsardine.

O, fortherecord, siguraduhing tama ang isasagot mo sa mga tanong ha.

:)

[sanpo]

@Draex, there are alot of if's and but's imo. I'm sure others who got demoted to COD or failed to have coe's/cod's have their own story as well :p

Bakit wala din COE ang DLSU for business management (considering na meron and ADMU) ?? I think kuilang kulang tong copy paste na to ._.

[fortherecord]

what happened to other COE's like engineering? bat ang daming school na nabawasan ng COE? UP manila walang COE? saan *** source mo TS? dami ko tanong lolz

Since nasa Diliman ang CHED Office,I went there yesterday...

I asked CHED's Office of Policy Planning, Research and Information for the latest list of COEs and CODs, they gave me documents that contain the information I posted earlier.

With regard to Engineering COEs and CODs, the Office of Programs and Standards (OPS) gave me another document which states that they are still under evaluation.

Surprisingly, hindi nag-apply for re-evaluation ang 9 na Engineering COEs/CODs ng UP College of Engineering. :)

[Draex]

@sanpo. yeah, got ur point there. pero how I wish INSTAT could have been a COE since it's the only school that has special problem, practicum and specialization in their curriculum.

I think there are some disciplines here not stated since the topic is the "latest" COE/COD. Maybe "business management" didn't have a re-evaluation recently.

[fortherecord]

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Please note that the second batch of COEs/CODs is still in process by CHED

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[herakleon]

pansin ko...

Bakit hindi yata included sa Center of Excellence in Information Technology ng CHED ang

AMA Computer College

at

STI Computer College?


Are their program offering not that competitive? considering that both of them have been claiming that they are the leading schools in Computer Education and Information Technology...

[marcus74]

So, tama pala na ang COEs ng UP Diliman eh nabawasan dahil karamihan eh nag expire na. I think may nagsabi sa ibang thread dito na kakaunti na lang ang COE ng Diliman.

[Viva La Tigresa]

Magaling fortherecord, magaling. Natututo ka na kung paano mag-research ng maayos at hindi puro sa Internet lang. Buti at sinunod mo ang aking payo. *okay*

Dapat talaga, kapag nagpiprisinta ka ng mga detalye dito, siguraduhing galing sa reliable source. O kitamo, tama pa ang oficinang pinuntahan mo. Kung ipagpapatuloy mo lang na ganyan, hindi ka nasusupalpal.

Which reminds me, tama ang sinasabi ni galileo_ na kumonti ang COE/COD ng mga eskuwelahan lalo ang up.

galileo_, mabuhay ka. Ikaw talaga ang eksperto pagdating sa ganitong usapin. *okay*

[Viva La Tigresa]

I think may nagsabi sa ibang thread dito na kakaunti na lang ang COE ng Diliman.

Si galileo_ ang nagsabi nun, ang eksperto pagdating sa mga usaping CHED.

:)


May tanong ako kay fortherecord, tutal nagpunta na din naman pala siya sa CHED.

Bakit kumokonti ang COE/COD ng mga eskuwelahan? Hindi kasi ako kuntento sa sinabi mong under evaluation pa ang ilang mga kurso eh. :)

[joy_taurus_12]

Are these the only fields where CHED has re-evaluated (updated) their list of COEs / CODs?

So, kung ito pa lang ang updated, it means that -

UP has 9
Ateneo has 8
La Salle has 6
UST has 3


Are Engineering, Medicine, Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities not yet re-evaluated?

[UP]

pansin ko...

Bakit hindi yata included sa Center of Excellence in Information Technology ng CHED ang

AMA Computer College

at

STI Computer College?


Are their program offering not that competitive? considering that both of them have been claiming that they are the leading schools in Computer Education and Information Technology...

yung totoo..hindi talaga maganda dun. My mom used to be a director of branch of AMA here in laguna. After 2 years of being a director inofferan siya ng masmataas na posisyon. Pero hindi niya tinaggap at umalis na siya, ang dahilan, "ayaw na niyang manloko ng tao". Ang daming palpak na instructor sa loob, kahit minsan may UP, hindi sapat para sa dami ng estudyante. Minsan nga dumating sa punto nag-aral si mommy ng programming para magturo kasi sa sobrang sabog ang tinuturo ng mga instructor. Gumawa pa siya ng sariling study sa mga graduate, halos sa 1000 na estudyante <2% lang yung may "maayos"(ka level ng UP, la salle at ateneo) na trabaho na related talaga sa tinapos. May joke pa nga twing graduation, "yan 1000 estudyante natin, may 5 na magiging successful at pwede inalagay sa commercial". YUng <2% na yun karamihan kick-out o hindi na kinaya ang tuition sa "TOP U". Talamak na panloloko lang daw ang ginagawa ng AMA.

Kahit sino-sino lang ang tinatanggap, ang exam na wala man lang kalahati ng utak ang gagmitin at professors na walang magawa kung hindi ipasa ang mga estudyante.

YUNG ECE, sobrang naiinis yung mom ko. Oo pumasa sa board, pero yung critical thinking hindi na-train, exam na pang-highschool. Sorry sa masasaktan pero totoo to.::bop:


back to the topic

oo expired na yung iba, pero pinagtataka ko bakit hindi nag-apply for re-evalutaion ang engineering ng DILIMAN. anyway baka eto ang dahilan, may ibang professor dito sa "LB", na kung sila masusunod hindi na sasali ang UP sa COE at COD, lage na kasing nabibigayan ang UP, dapat may permanent award na lang ang UP o yung iba naman, ayaw nila kasi "wala naman dapat patunayan ang UP"..anyway....napaisip tuloy ako kung eto ang isa sa mga dahilan ng engineering ng diliman. Joke tuloy ang lalabas na COE at COD ng engineering ngayon.:rotflmao:

[arch23]

spanishsardine: CHED is slow in creating COEs and CODs in a many fields. in response to your question about UP Manila, it has only a few at this time because most of its programs are in the health sciences and CHED has not identified COEs and CODs in those areas yet (outside of medicine and nursing).

fortherecord: thanks for the updates. i know that ched is still working on it updates, but up's own data on up los banos is incorrect. COEs for six of uplb's research institutes are missing (plant breeding, food science & technology, crop protection, molecular bio & biotechnology, animal acience, and farming systems & soil resources), all of which offer degree programs in those fields. [ http://www.uplb.edu.ph/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2:academics&catid=22:academics&Itemid=8]

[philippines123]

baka naman kase tumaas na rin ang standards para maging CoE...
example... noong 1990, dapat ang dept. ay merong at least 5PhDs, at 20 publications a year, ngayong 2009 dapat 10 PhDs at 30 publications per year, plus newly acquired equipment.

so bababa talaga bilang ng mga CoEs sa lahat ng schools. Pero mas ok na ito, at least pataas ng pataas ang standards

[philippines123]

gaano ba katagal ang pagpa-process at evaluation period? Saka ilang tao ng CHED ang gumagawa nito?
di naman siguro magagawa lahat ng ito sa 1 linggo lang di ba?
saka dapat maglabas din dito ng criteria kung papano maging COE at COD, tapos yung changes nito based sa mga past criteria for evaluation.

[fortherecord]

Magaling fortherecord, magaling. Natututo ka na kung paano mag-research ng maayos at hindi puro sa Internet lang. Buti at sinunod mo ang aking payo. *okay*

Dapat talaga, kapag nagpiprisinta ka ng mga detalye dito, siguraduhing galing sa reliable source. O kitamo, tama pa ang oficinang pinuntahan mo. Kung ipagpapatuloy mo lang na ganyan, hindi ka nasusupalpal.

Which reminds me, tama ang sinasabi ni galileo_ na kumonti ang COE/COD ng mga eskuwelahan lalo ang up.

galileo_, mabuhay ka. Ikaw talaga ang eksperto pagdating sa ganitong usapin. *okay*

oh cmon...

Sinunod ang payo mo??Wag kang magmagaling :)

Those are CHED's second batch of COEs and CODs.

[fortherecord]

spanishsardine: CHED is slow in creating COEs and CODs in a many fields. in response to your question about UP Manila, it has only a few at this time because most of its programs are in the health sciences and CHED has not identified COEs and CODs in those areas yet (outside of medicine and nursing).

fortherecord: thanks for the updates. i know that ched is still working on it updates, but up's own data on up los banos is incorrect. COEs for six of uplb's research institutes are missing (plant breeding, food science & technology, crop protection, molecular bio & biotechnology, animal acience, and farming systems & soil resources), all of which offer degree programs in those fields. [ http://www.uplb.edu.ph/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2:academics&catid=22:academics&Itemid=8]


Those UPLB COEs are National Centers of Excellence, which are created by Presidential Executive Orders (just like UPD's MSI and NIGS).

[fortherecord]

11/05/2008 | 02:29 AM

Wide-ranging reforms may be introduced in the tertiary education system starting school year 2009-2010, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) said Tuesday.

In a press conference, CHED Chairman Emmanuel Y. Angeles said the strategic plan that will be submitted to the President next month will upgrade tertiary education to make it at par with neighboring countries.

"We are planning to consult with our stakeholders and get their reactions about our concerns and proposals which are all geared towards promoting quality education. We are starting the national consultation this month, and hopefully by December we could already submit the final reports and recommendations to the President for approval," he told reporters in Quezon City.

Mr. Angeles said the plan has four major concerns, namely, faculty development, facilities development, scholarship for poor and deserving students, and strengthening the research capability of higher educational institutions.

He said priority will be given to teachers’ pre-service training, licensure examination, and reserving some courses only for those with a masters degree.

Mr. Angeles said CHEd is proposing the creation of the National Coordinating Council, which will draw up common standard for accreditation of colleges and universities.

He added that centers of excellence will be supported, and incentives will be provided to schools with accredited programs.

Mr. Angeles said CHEd also takes note of the Palace’s directive to address the demand for skilled workers.

"We will have scholarship programs for students who will take science, engineering and mathematics-related courses," he said.

He added the government has set aside a budget to improve English instruction. "Only 10% of total applicants to call centers actually get accepted. To support this booming industry, the government has subsidized a program to improve English instruction in colleges."

Mr. Angeles said they are proposing that educational institutions be required to disclose annually a business plan to generate income aside from tuition to "limit the annual increase of fees."

Another proposal is adding another year in the undergraduate course.

"Currently, we are not at par with our peers who have a 12-year education system before entering universities. The entire educational system should not be less than 15 years," Mr. Angeles said.

Excluding preschool, the Philippine educational system has 10 years of basic education and four years of tertiary education.

Mr. Angeles said by adding another academic year in the tertiary level, students will not be forced to absorb information within only four years of college.

"Nowadays there occurs a mental indigestion... students are forced to take in everything in such a short span of time, they do not even have enough breaks because they take classes even during the summer," he added.

Other recommendations subject to consultations are:

* expanding options for the medium of instruction in Grade 1 such as the use of regional dialects;
* requiring universities and colleges to determine admission of students based on scholastic aptitude test scores; and
* reforming some curricula in the higher education (phasing out obsolete subjects and updating textbooks).

Officials from the Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines and De La Salle University said "they have yet to study" the CHEd’s proposals.

Retrieved from: http://www.gmanews.tv/story/131386/C...n-by-2009-2010


VOLUME 14 | NO. 33 | February 07, 2007

Teacher Education Council sought to be strengthened
Committee Source: HIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION

TO ENSURE the continuing education, training and professional enhancement of teachers, trainors and instructors in all levels of education in the country, members of the Committee on Higher and Technical Education headed by Las Piñas City Representative Cynthia Villar have decided to adopt a resolution urging the strengthening of the existing Teacher Education Council (TEC) of the Department of Education (DepEd).

The substitute House Resolution was drafted by a technical working group (TWG) created by the Committee, to replace several measures all proposing the institutionalization of a government-funded program for the continuing education for teachers in all levels, with corresponding sanctions for those who will fail to undergo or complete the program.

These measures include House Bill 110 principally authored by Rep. Juan Edgardo Angara (Aurora); HB 1620 by Rep. Roseller Barinaga (2nd District, Zamboanga del Norte); HB 1645 by Rep. Juan Miguel Zubiri (3rd District. Bukidnon); HB 3719 by Rep. Iggy Arroyo (5th District, Negros Occidental) and HB 2078 by Rep. Matias Defensor (3rd District, Quezon City).

The body agreed with the recommendation of the TWG to strengthen the existing TEC rather than establish a separate program for the continuing education and training of post secondary and higher education trainors, instructors and professors as the latter will entail additional financial burden to the government.

The TWG also recommended the adoption of a resolution instead of coming out with a bill finding no reason to legislate a government-funded continuing training program for teachers, trainors and instructors because such is already in place. The program is being administered by the DepEd, Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and the Technical Skills and Development Authority (TESDA), and the educational institutions themselves.

It also opined that legislating the proposed continuing training program may “constitute a breach of academic freedom and institutional autonomy” which are constitutionally and legally bestowed on all institutions of higher learning.

Centers of excellence

The TEC was created by virtue of Republic Act 7784, or the law which strengthens teacher education in the Philippines by establishing centers of excellence. It is mandated to design collaborative programs or projects that will enhance pre-service teacher training, in-service training, re-training and teacher development.

During the meeting presided over by Rep. Eulogio “Amang” Magsaysay (Party List, AVE), Beatriz Sanga, the Committee’s secretary, apprised the body on what transpired during the TWG’s meetings that led to the subsequent crafting of the resolution.

Effective despite limitations

She said majority of the TWG members opted to strengthen the existing TEC instead of establishing new centers of excellence throughout the country. While there were proposals for the reorganization of the TEC, she continued, both the TEC Board members and the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) pointed out that such is not necessary since the TEC has effectively performed its mandate and functions despite its limited financial resources.

TEC Executive Director Beatriz Torino confirmed that only P15 million out of the P100 million budget appropriated under RA 7784 was released to the TEC on its first year of operation.

Torino added that the council was still able to perform its mandate through the annual appropriation of P5.5 million from the DepEd budget.

No duplication of functions

Also opposing the TEC’s reorganization was Dr. Ceferina Taringting of the Association of Local Colleges and Universities (ALCU) who stressed that there is no duplication of functions of the TEC and the Technical Panels for Teacher Education (TPTEs) under the CHED since each office has its own focus.

The technical panels, composed of academicians, practitioners and representatives of professional organizations and appropriate government agencies, serve as advisory and consultative bodies to the CHED on various disciplines.

Among such disciplines include Science and Mathematics; Humanities, Social Sciences and Communication; Information Technology, Health Profession Education; Engineering, Technology and Architecture; Maritime Education; Business and Management; Agricultural Education; Teacher Education; and Legal Education and Criminology.

No sanctions

Meanwhile, Mariano Piamonte of the Catholic Educators Association of the Philippines (CEAP) explained the TWG’s recommendation not to impose any sanction on teachers who will not undergo or fail to complete the continuing education training program.

Piamonte said schools will encounter problems in looking for substitute teachers for those teachers who will be sanctioned. He also mentioned that the Professional Regulatory Commission (PRC) has already issued new rules requiring all professionals, including teachers, to go through a continuing professional education as a requisite for the renewal of their licenses.

Incentives

CHED Director Romeo Isaac also explained the recommendation to re-conceptualize the center of excellence project in order to give either honorific tributes or monetary incentives to the Hall of Famers, or those educational institutions which have maintained their being centers of excellence.

He said the honorific tribute shall be vested on centers of excellence that are more financially capable, while the monetary incentive shall be awarded to those less-privileged schools.

Retrieved from: http://www.congress.gov.ph/committee...php?newsid=767

[arch23]

Those UPLB COEs are National Centers of Excellence, which are created by Presidential Executive Orders (just like UPD's MSI and NIGS).

Yes, which have more weight, as they're at a higher level (understandably not listed with CHED -- since they're above CHED's scope -- but should be mentioned by UP). Thanks for verifying.

[Viva La Tigresa]

oh cmon...

Sinunod ang payo mo??Wag kang magmagaling :)


Matagal na akong magaling. ;)

Keep up the good work, boy. *okay* However, I'm still waiting for your answers (detalyado sana ha?) to my query. Bakit kumokonti ang COE/COD ng mga eskuwelahan? O, aabangan ko ang sagot mo ha. :)

Those are CHED's second batch of COEs and CODs.

Yep you got it right. Those are the latest statistics galileo_ was talking about. Remember when he said kumonti ang COE/COD ng up? O, iyan yun.

:)

[fortherecord]

Matagal na akong magaling. ;)

Keep up the good work, boy. *okay* However, I'm still waiting for your answers (detalyado sana ha?) to my query. Bakit kumokonti ang COE/COD ng mga eskuwelahan? O, aabangan ko ang sagot mo ha. :)



Yep you got it right. Those are the latest statistics galileo_ was talking about. Remember when he said kumonti ang COE/COD ng up? O, iyan yun.

:)

You are really misinformed. The first batch of CHED COEs and CODs have already expired.

Bumaba ang bilang ng COEs/CODs ng lahat ng Universities and Colleges, not just UP.

Bakit?

Dahil hindi pa tapos i-evaluate ng CHED ang second batch of COEs and CODs for the following fields:

Humanities, Social Sciences and Communication
Health Profession Education
Engineering, Technology and Architecture
Maritime Education
Agricultural Education


Additionally, the commission has finished evaluating the second batch of COEs/CODs for the following fields (refer to the data I have posted earlier):

Science and Mathematics
Information Technology
Business and Management
Teacher Education
Legal Education and Criminology


P.S.
Hindi ako kagaya ni galileo na nag-imbento ng data.
Sabihin ba namang UST currently has 13 COEs and 17 CODs. :)

[fortherecord]

Yes, which have more weight, as they're at a higher level (understandably not listed with CHED -- since they're above CHED's scope -- but should be mentioned by UP). Thanks for verifying.

Those National Centers of Excellence don't need to be re-evaluated, unlike the ones identified by CHED. :)

[p1215]

Those National Centers of Excellence don't need to be re-evaluated, unlike the ones identified by CHED. :)


The National Centers of Excellence do not need to be reevaluated as National Centers of Excellence because the NCOE status is permanent. However they need to be re-evaluated as CHED COEs if the CHED has a COE scheme for the corresponding field. For example the National Institute of Physics and the Marine Science Institute are both National Centers of Excellence but their designation as CHED COE's is reviewed every five years.

Among the National Centers of Excellence the Marine Science Institute appears to be the only one without the "National" in its name. This is because the first director of MSI refused to rename the MSI to National institute of Marine Science. Apparently they prefer to be known as "The Marine Science Institute". It is one of only four World Centers of Excellence within the Global Environment Facility/World Bank Program on Coral Reef Targeted Research and Capacity Building for Management.

[USTalum]

Those National Centers of Excellence don't need to be re-evaluated, unlike the ones identified by CHED. :)

Wow! They passed the standards of no less than a presidential decree? Bigat! Are UP Diliman and UP Los Banos the only schools that have that honor?

[fortherecord]

Wow! They passed the standards of no less than a presidential decree? Bigat! Are UP Diliman and UP Los Banos the only schools that have that honor?

UPLB National Centers of Excellence
Six UPLB research institutes were recognized as Centers of Excellence by virtue of Presidential Decree:


Institute of Plant Breeding
Institute of Food Science and Technology
National Crop Protection Center
National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
Institute of Animal Science
Farming Systems and Soil Resources Institute


UP Diliman National Centers of Excellence



National Institute of Physics
National Institute of Geological Sciences
Marine Science Institute

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http://www.uplb.edu.ph/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2&Itemid=8

[philippines123]

I think the pressure of producing more CoEs and CoDs is on the private schools

Aminin natin... sila ang may pera. Ang mga State Us and Cs, poorly funded. Maraming studies about about poorply funded ang mga state Us natin, pero so far, UP pa rin ang may pinakamraming COEs and CODs.

Since may pera ang mga private institutuions, bakit di nila bigyan ng scholarshoips ang mga students/faculty members nila to pursue PhDs, fund their researches and continuously upgrade their equipment/labs. Kesa naman ibuhos lahat ng pera sa basketball programs (including free car at condo ng mga players) /other sports program e mas magandang researches and scholarships ang pagtuunan ng pansin.

[thebigQ]

Ganun talaga, "You can't have it all".

Look at UP's performance sa UAAP. Kailan ba tayo huling nag General Champion?

[_randyleo]

UPLB National Centers of Excellence
Six UPLB research institutes were recognized as Centers of Excellence by virtue of Presidential Decree:


Institute of Plant Breeding
Institute of Food Science and Technology
National Crop Protection Center
National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
Institute of Animal Science
Farming Systems and Soil Resources Institute


UP Diliman National Centers of Excellence



National Institute of Physics
National Institute of Geological Sciences
Marine Science Institute

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http://www.uplb.edu.ph/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2&Itemid=8

Add UPLB's Institute of Computer Science. It was recently awarded National Center of Excellence in Information Technology Education.

[p1215]

There are also National Institutes of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology in UP Diliman, UP Visayas, and UP Manila.

UPLB National Centers of Excellence
Six UPLB research institutes were recognized as Centers of Excellence by virtue of Presidential Decree:


Institute of Plant Breeding
Institute of Food Science and Technology
National Crop Protection Center
National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
Institute of Animal Science
Farming Systems and Soil Resources Institute


UP Diliman National Centers of Excellence



National Institute of Physics
National Institute of Geological Sciences
Marine Science Institute

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http://www.uplb.edu.ph/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2&Itemid=8

[Viva La Tigresa]

You are really misinformed. The first batch of CHED COEs and CODs have already expired.

Bumaba ang bilang ng COEs/CODs ng lahat ng Universities and Colleges, not just UP.

Bakit?

Dahil hindi pa tapos i-evaluate ng CHED ang second batch of COEs and CODs for the following fields:

Humanities, Social Sciences and Communication
Health Profession Education
Engineering, Technology and Architecture
Maritime Education
Agricultural Education


Additionally, the commission has finished evaluating the second batch of COEs/CODs for the following fields (refer to the data I have posted earlier):

Science and Mathematics
Information Technology
Business and Management
Teacher Education
Legal Education and Criminology


P.S.
Hindi ako kagaya ni galileo na nag-imbento ng data.
Sabihin ba namang UST currently has 13 COEs and 17 CODs. :)


I'm afraid you got the answer I'm dying to see here. Whoa! How surprising.


Next.

If the courses under COE/COD status have expired, do they still enjoy being called a COE/COD?

:)

[fortherecord]

If the courses under COE/COD status have expired, do they still enjoy being called a COE/COD?

Technically, those courses are no longer Centers of Excellence and Development.

Why?
Their COE/COD distinctions have already expired.

However, they still carry the honorary title of being a COE or COD.

[light-emitting]

OffT: ^ Naggagaguhan lang kayong dalawa. Para kayong ewan. Yung isa nagffish ng sagot na akala mo naman hindi niya alam. Parang t@nga na dapat pinopost para alam. Yung isa naman, pinapatulan. Grow up.

[Viva La Tigresa]

OffT: ^ Naggagaguhan lang kayong dalawa. Para kayong ewan. Yung isa nagffish ng sagot na akala mo naman hindi niya alam. Parang t@nga na dapat pinopost para alam. Yung isa naman, pinapatulan. Grow up.


Eh walang basagan ng trip.

At least, yung mga hindi pa nasasabi ni fortherecord dito, napopost niya dahil tinanong ko. At buti naman, tama. *okay*

Gusto mo bang ikaw tanungin ko? Sigurado wala kang masasagot, kaya huwag na lang. I only ask people who are worthy and capable of answering my questions.

You're not one of them.

:)

[taurus90210]

please post naman mga criteria para maging COEs at CODs, kung pano mag-apply, ano requirement, sino kailangang kontakin, etc.
Thanks!

[light-emitting]

Eh walang basagan ng trip.

I don't need you to even ask me. Who are you anyway? :lol: Thanks for saying what I really wanted to hear. Wala ka lang talagang magawa at nangttrip ka. :bashful:

[Viva La Tigresa]

I don't need you to even ask me. Who are you anyway? :lol: Thanks for saying what I really wanted to hear. Wala ka lang talagang magawa at nangttrip ka. :bashful:

Who am I? I am The Viva La Tigresa.

*okay*

You? light-emit... gosh. Are you even categorized under "who"?! :lol:

Sasabihan mo pa ng "t" si fortherecord eh siya na nga yung nagbibigay ng detalye sa iyo. Pumunta pa siya ng CHED para maipakita dito ang bago tungkol sa COE. Pasalamat ka pa at natututo ka kahit paano sa iskulmeyt mo eh.

Bad, bad, light-emit.

:)

[isQuash]

:rotflmao: offtopic po, hindi ko lang matiis na di sabihin... nasampolan ng katarayan ni ate vi si light emitting hahaha!!

on topic:

sa threadstarter ipagpatuloy lang mga data mo at wag pansinin ang fellow upian mo na minura ka pa...

kelan daw ang tapos ng evaluation ng ibang courses?

[KuyaDanny]

Why are COD/COE certifications being allowed to expire?

I would think that an institution with an expiring COD/COE designation would work for recertification before the existing one expired. Does that imply that CHED is taking more time than before to evaluate? Or does that mean that some administrators have been complacent?

[fortherecord]

I don't care what others say...

Love me or hate me...You can't ignore my very informational posts. *okay*

[Viva La Tigresa]

Why are COD/COE certifications being allowed to expire?

This is to give way to those courses from other schools applying for COE/COD status. CHED cannot accommodate all those who wanted to be categorized as such because of its limited budget.

However, this is no longer the scenario now. In 2006, CHED came up with a revised memorandum regarding the budget provided to COEs/CODs. Under this memorandum, only those who would apply for a research output, which CHED finds worthy of getting funds, would be given monetary benefits. Not unlike before when CHED provides monetary grants to ALL COEs and CODs.

Also, courses with COE/COD status are strictly monitored by the commission. Should the courses fail to perform the responsibilities, they are automatically stripped of the status.

I would think that an institution with an expiring COD/COE designation would work for recertification before the existing one expired. Does that imply that CHED is taking more time than before to evaluate? Or does that mean that some administrators have been complacent?

Yes, you're right. The school has to undergo the laborious task of going through the recertification all over again because they have to update their research outputs, faculty content, etcetera and present it to CHED.

CHED, on the other hand, will have to go through the same process also (which is a very long and tedious one) until a panel decides if the courses (both old and new applicants), are worthy of being given the status.

:)

[Viva La Tigresa]

I don't care what others say...

Love me or hate me...You can't ignore my very informational posts. *okay*


Ang taray!

O, sagutin mo na yung tanong nung taurus at ni isQuash.

:)

[Viva La Tigresa]

This is to give chance to those courses from other schools applying for COE/COD status. CHED cannot accommodate all those who wanted to be categorized as such because of its limited budget.

Clarification and added information lang. According to a ranking CHED official, because of lack of funds, courses they have evaluated worthy of a COE/COD status have to wait for another three years before they can be accommodated. :(

This is especially true even before the revised memorandum order I mentioned earlier was implemented. If we take a look at how CHED handles its budget for this category, the limiting of budget to research-oriented courses is a good move. Schools are given an extra push to conduct researches which we all know is lacking in most Philippine universities.

[Viva La Tigresa]

mga ate't tita, ang sabi ninyo, ina-apply ang COD/COE status? kung ang isang iskul na may magaling na course e hindi (interesadong) magapply ng COD/COE status, masasabi ba nating hindi kagalingan ang course ng iskul na yun kasi wala siyang COD/COE istatus?

hhhhmmmm.... *sabay upo, de-quatro, pangalumbaba, habang nakatingin sa kisame at salubong ang kilay with pahabol na malalim na hininga* char! ahihihihihi...

join ever!

talbog!


Oist Gandang Hyufee, magandang katanungan iyan. Hayaan mo at sasagutin ko ang mga katanungan mo kapag libre na ang lola moh. Medyo visi-visihan ang Ate Vi eh. Hafee Cen-cen.

:glee:

[fortherecord]

http://i402.photobucket.com/albums/pp106/fortherecord001/Presentation1-4.jpg

The following Universities applied for the latest CHED's Engineering COE/COD Project:

University of Cordilleras
St Louis University
University of Santo Tomas
De La Salle University
Mapua Institute of Technology
Technological Institute of The Philippines-Quezon City
Technological Institute of The Philippines-Manila
Asia Pacific College
Adamson University
Bulacan State University
Angeles University Foundation
Holy Angel University
Mariano Marcos State University
University of Mindanao
University of Negros Oriental-Recoletos
Xavier University
Mindanao Polytechnic State College
University of San Jose Recoletos
University of San Carlos


Source: CHED Office of Office of Programs and Standards (OPS)

[SCUD.]

please post naman mga criteria para maging COEs at CODs, kung pano mag-apply, ano requirement, sino kailangang kontakin, etc.
Thanks!

Frequently Asked Questions:

1) Ano ang criteria para maging COEs at CODs?
- Maraming nailalabas na R&D (Research and Dikit)

2) Paano mag-apply?
- Tigasan lang ang mukha at gawing "scrapbook" ang The Academe

3) Ano ang mga requirements?
- Matalas na gunting at isang bote ng Elmer's Glue o isang lata ng Liwayway Gawgaw

4) Sino ang kailangan kontakin ?

- Walang iba kundi si fortherecord, ang Poster Boy ng PEX. *okay*

[LuvKoBading]

http://i402.photobucket.com/albums/pp106/fortherecord001/Presentation1-4.jpg

The following Universities applied for the latest CHED's Engineering COE/COD Project:

University of Cordilleras
St Louis University
University of Santo Tomas
De La Salle University
Mapua Institute of Technology
Technological Institute of The Philippines-Quezon City
Technological Institute of The Philippines-Manila
Asia Pacific College
Adamson University
Bulacan State University
Angeles University Foundation
Holy Angel University
Mariano Marcos State University
University of Mindanao
University of Negros Oriental-Recoletos
Xavier University
Mindanao Polytechnic State College
University of San Jose Recoletos
University of San Carlos


Source: CHED Office of Office of Programs and Standards (OPS)

Ang taray! Luv ya *okay*

[dailybluh]

http://i402.photobucket.com/albums/pp106/fortherecord001/Presentation1-4.jpg

The following Universities applied for the latest CHED's Engineering COE/COD Project:

University of Cordilleras
St Louis University
University of Santo Tomas
De La Salle University
Mapua Institute of Technology
Technological Institute of The Philippines-Quezon City
Technological Institute of The Philippines-Manila
Asia Pacific College
Adamson University
Bulacan State University
Angeles University Foundation
Holy Angel University
Mariano Marcos State University
University of Mindanao
University of Negros Oriental-Recoletos
Xavier University
Mindanao Polytechnic State College
University of San Jose Recoletos
University of San Carlos


Source: CHED Office of Office of Programs and Standards (OPS)

hindi pa rin nag-apply for engineering ang ateneo? hmm...

[Viva La Tigresa]

mga ate't tita, ang sabi ninyo, ina-apply ang COD/COE status? kung ang isang iskul na may magaling na course e hindi (interesadong) magapply ng COD/COE status, masasabi ba nating hindi kagalingan ang course ng iskul na yun kasi wala siyang COD/COE istatus?

hhhhmmmm.... *sabay upo, de-quatro, pangalumbaba, habang nakatingin sa kisame at salubong ang kilay with pahabol na malalim na hininga* char! ahihihihihi...

join ever!

talbog!

Sa iyong unang tanong, malawak ang konsepto ng salitang "magaling" lalo na at kurso sa isang pamantasan ang pinag-uusapan. May mga kursong hindi matatawaran ang kontribusyon sa estudyante, paaralan at lipunan pero wala silang COE/COD.

Isang magandang halimbawa nito ay ang kursong Pamamahayag sa Royal at Pontipikang Unibersidad ng Santo Tomas.

Alam ng lahat na ang mga gradweyt ng kursong Pamamahayag sa UST ang pinakamagagaling na mamamahayag sa buong Pilipinas. Maganda kasi ang curriculum dito at talagang hinahasang mabuti ang mga estudyante sa pagsusulat ng mga de-kalidad na artikulo, pag-iinterbyu, pag-iimbestiga, pag-kober sa labas, at kung anu-ano pa.

Pero walang COE/COD status ang Pamamahayag. Bakit? Maaaring hindi nag-apply ng COE/COD ang kursong ito o 'di kaya'y hindi nakamit ang requirements para sa isang COE/COD.

May mga kurso namang naturingang COE/COD ngunit hindi naman nagagampanan ng mabuti ang nakaatang na responsibilidad ng isang pagiging COE/COD.

Sa maikling salita, hindi batayan na dahil sa COE/COD ang isang kurso ay "magaling" na ito.

Sa mga kursong nagnanais magkaroon ng COE/COD, kailangan muna nilang magtrabahong mabuti ng ilang taon. Kumbaga sa paggawa ng cake, ang COE/COD na ang huli at maituturing na icing ng masarap na keyk.

Bago pa mandin makapag-apply ng COE/COD ang isang kurso, kailangan muna nito dumaan sa proseso ng level accreditation (level 1-3 or 4). Kapag nakamit na niya ang level 3 kunwari, maari na siyang mag-apply ng COD; at kapag level 4 naman ay maari na itong mag-apply ng COE.

Nasagot ko bang mabuti ang iyong mga katanungan, Gandang Hyufee mula sa Patayan Hazing Street?

*okay*

[fortherecord]

Pagdating sa larangan ng peryodismo, walang duda UP ang nangunguna sa Pilipinas.

Ang mga guro ng Departamento ng Peryodismo (Yvonne Chua, Luis Teodoro) ay kasapi sa CHED Technical Panel na bumuo ng journalism curriculum.

Hindi lamang iyan, ang mga gradweyt ng Departamento ng Peryodismo ng UP ay namamayagpag din sa mga Manila-based broadsheets gaya ng Philippine Star, Philippine Daily Inquirer at Business World.

Hindi lamang sa print medium, maging sa broadcast at online media, UP Journ grads din ang nangunguna. Sa broadcast nariyan si Jessica Soho ng GMA 7 at Maria Ressa ng ABS-CBN. Sa online naman, nariyan si Alecks Pabico, dating EIC ng Kule, na ngayon ay naninilbihan bilang Multimedia Desk head ng PCIJ.

Humahakot din ng parangal ang UP Journ grads sa taunang Jaime V. Ongpin Awards for Excellence in Journalism.

Pati media watchdog groups tulad ng Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility, UP Journ grads din ang karamihan ng staff at opisyal.

The list goes...Ilan lamang iyan sa mga patunay na UP ang nangunguna sa media, mapa-print,broadcast,online.

[fortherecord]

To qualify as a COE or COD, an academic program must meet a certain score set by CHED. This score is based on four criteria: Instructional Quality, Research and Publication, Extension and Linkages and Institutional Qualifications.

The commission does not use the "Level Accrediation" scheme in evaluating potential COEs or CODs.

[LuvKoBading]

COE in journalism?

Isn't that already covered (at least for now) by the COEs in communication, which have already been awarded to UP Diliman (whose College of Mass Communication offers the traditional, mass media-based journalism) and UP Los Banos (whose College of Development Communication offers the technical, science-oriented development journalism and science reporting specialties) per the postings of 'fortherecord' above ?

Sorry, no UST there at this time...

[Viva La Tigresa]

Hindi lamang sa diyaryo pinagkakaguluhan na kunin ang mga nakatapos ng Pamamahayag sa Unibersidad ng Santo Tomas.

Marami rin ang napupunta sa mga wire agencies tulad ng Reuters, Agence France Presse, NHK, PNA, at Associated Press.

Kung sa diyaryo naman ang pag-uusapan, nagkalat sila sa Philippine Daily Inquirer (na ang founder ay isang Tomasina - si Eugenia Duran Apostol), The Philippine Star, The Manila Bulletin, The Manila Times, BusinessWorld (kung saan ang ilan sa mga editor ay Tomasino), Business Mirror, Daily Tribune at Malaya.


*okay*

[Viva La Tigresa]

To qualify as a COE or COD, an academic program must meet a certain score set by CHED. This score is based on four criteria: Instructional Quality, Research and Publication, Extension and Linkages and Institutional Qualifications.


Good! You did your research well.

*okay*

The commission does not use the "Level Accrediation" scheme in evaluating potential COEs or CODs.

I know. Pero basahin mo mabuti at intindihin ang sinabi ko tungkol diyan.

:)

[sanpo]

@Viva La Tigresa

May I ask which schools offer Journalism?

[the_misfit]

o siya, maari na bang itigil ang usapan sa pamamahayag? lumilihis na kasi sa diskusyon.

[Viva La Tigresa]

o siya, maari na bang itigil ang usapan sa pamamahayag? lumilihis na kasi sa diskusyon.

Eh kasi naman yung isa diyan pinansin pa yung ginawa kong halimbawa. Gosh!

:)

[lifeline20]

Yung CHED proposed PSG Undergraduate program for Political Science is exactly the same as the Curriculum of UP Diliman's Political Science program... hehehe

[Viva La Tigresa]

According to an official from the Federation of Accrediting Agencies of the Philippines (FAAP), courses with level accreditation have the edge when applying for a COE/COD status.

This was confirmed by a CHED official, who said courses with level accreditation are prioritized among the short list of applicants for COE/COD.

Sa madaling salita, may bearing ang level accreditation na grinant ng FAAP sa isang kurso kung nais nitong mag-apply bilang COE/COD.

:)

[Chicxulub]

Add UPLB's Institute of Computer Science. It was recently awarded National Center of Excellence in Information Technology Education.

It's NATIONAL?! As in through Presidential Decree? I thought that was just by CHED. Hmm... I need to verify that.

[jerome1970]

@Viva La Tigresa

May I ask which schools offer Journalism?

I don't know about other schools, but I know UST has AB major in Journalism which is different from AB Major in Communication Arts which the faculty also offers.

[chevara]

Guys ano na po ang recent list? Ito yung nahanap ko eh:

Combined na to ah:

UP Diliman-35 COE's and COD's
UST- 17 COE's and COD's
DLSU- 16 COE's and COD's
ADMU-13 COE's and COD's

[soylent_blue]

Guys ano na po ang recent list? Ito yung nahanap ko eh:

Combined na to ah:

UP Diliman-35 COE's and COD's
UST- 17 COE's and COD's
DLSU- 16 COE's and COD's
ADMU-13 COE's and COD's

correction: UST has a 9 COE and 7 COD = 16 COE's & COD's

hence:

UPD: 35 COE's
DLSU: 12 COE's and 4 COD's = 16 COE's & COD's
ADMU: 11 COE's and 2 COD's = 13 COE's & COD's
UST: 9 COE's and 7 COD's = 16 COE's & COD's

[fernando_hierro]

ano breakdown nung sa UPD?
yung Math ba COE
pag hindi, sunog ko na diploma ko...

[Chicxulub]

^ Those were not updated. Please refer to the first page for the latest list of CoE and CoD.

[JJM]

chevara, great data.

Can you do the averaging? I'd like to see UPd's dominance would reflect on that. I'm also curious how large schools like UST, Adamson and UE fair against smaller schools like AdMU, MSU, SLU and UPLB. DLSU, Silliman and the like are medium sized schools, i think.

[chevara]

correction: UST has a 9 COE and 7 COD = 16 COE's & COD's

hence:

UPD: 35 COE's
DLSU: 12 COE's and 4 COD's = 16 COE's & COD's
ADMU: 11 COE's and 2 COD's = 13 COE's & COD's
UST: 9 COE's and 7 COD's = 16 COE's & COD's

Okay thanks for the update.*okay*

Nabawasan na ng isang COE ang UST dahil nagexpire na yung ECE? Yun ang balita ko. hehe:lol:

[Dacs]

^Grabe ah, maski pagsamahin mo ang ADMU at DLSU, mas marami parin ang UP.

Which is not surprising considering UP's status. Magulat tayo kung lumiit yang bilang na yan.

[wala2003]

Mas madami kasi degrees ang inoofer ng UP na may COE na wala sa dlsu at ADMU

[JJM]

Dacs,

It would indeed be surprising if UPd's number of COEs/CODs would drop. I, too, would be very shocked if that happens given that UPd is the flagship campus of the country's national university. However, i'm curious how UPd would perform in this area when you do the averaging. Would its 35 COEs/CODs (more or less, which is quite a lot) do justice as a top school in this specific area when you do the averaging? Would its lead over other elite private schools such as Ateneo de Manila and De La Salle drop significantly, given that the later schools have very few departments to rate?

How many departments are there at UPd? How many are there at Ateneo and La Salle?

[Dacs]

I don't think it's fair if we average the number of COE/COD based on the total departments/programs that an institute is offering. I don't think every program is qualified to be given such status.

Instead, why don't we just compare the number of COE/COD against all the programs that are offered in various institutions that can be awarded COE/COD status? This is more of apples-to-apples comparison

[taurus90210]

may mga nabago na ba sa criteria ng pagiging COE/COD ang ched?

[kurimaw_mama]

^ nagbago? Kailangan pro-gay ang mga professors. Joke!

Bakit ba hindi i-require lahat ng school na mag-apply for COE/COD na yan? Kesa naman ipinapangalandakan nila sa MRT, billboards, jaryo, streamers nila na they are the best in the province/in the country dahil sa board exams at quiz bees e sabihin nilang center of excellence sila?

CHED na naman ba ang may problema? O masyadong mahal mag-apply? o matgal... as in ma-red-tape? Naku... life, oh life in the Philippines.

[hunter_alchemst]

^Dahil may criteria. Obviously, kung alam ng eskwelahan na kulang pa ang qualifications nila, bakit sila mag-aaply? hellooo?

[alkhaloidz]

kala ko ba may COE at COD din and Adamson? sa Engineering diba? wala na pala ngayon,

[kurimaw_mama]

^Dahil may criteria. Obviously, kung alam ng eskwelahan na kulang pa ang qualifications nila, bakit sila mag-aaply? hellooo?

E bakit naman hindi nila punan ang mga kakulangan nila para maging COEs sila?
O they give up already becoming a center of excellence kase mas priority nila ang board exams at ang kumita ng kumita? duh... tapos hindi man lang maka-70% passing sa boards...

[joshua3]

Bakit ba hindi i-require lahat ng school na mag-apply for COE/COD na yan? Kesa naman ipinapangalandakan nila sa MRT, billboards, jaryo, streamers nila na they are the best in the province/in the country dahil sa board exams at quiz bees e sabihin nilang center of excellence sila?

CHED na naman ba ang may problema? O masyadong mahal mag-apply? o matgal... as in ma-red-tape? Naku... life, oh life in the Philippines.

Haha same questions here. Wala ba talaga tayong sistemang maituturing na maayos at patas?

[philippines123]

What if i-require ng CHED na maging COD or COE lahat ng school dept within 10 years of existence? I think 10 years is good enough for a school to develop its curriculum... Tapos babaan ang application fee, if there's any, and make the requirements less voluminous.

[fortherecord]

The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) has reinstated two UP constituent universities as centers of excellence for a period of three years, from 2009 to 2012.

According to CHED, centers of excellence and centers of development are institutions in higher education which have “demonstrated the highest degree of standards [in the] areas of instruction, research, and extension…. [and] provide institutional leadership in all aspects of development in specific areas of discipline.”

UP Manila’s (UPM) status as a center of excellence in nursing education was reaffirmed by the health unit of the CHED Office of Programs and Standards (OPS). According to this unit, centers of excellence in medical education are still undergoing evaluation. The last time CHED declared UPM a center of excellence in medical education was from 1997-2002.

UP Los Baños (UPLB), on the other hand, is once again a center of excellence in Agriculture, Agricultural Engineering, and Veterinary Medicine. The last time UPLB was accorded this title was 2000-2003.

CHED released its list of centers of excellence in information technology (IT), mathematics, and the sciences in November of last year. UP Diliman was a center of excellence in IT, mathematics, biology, chemistry, geology, marine science, molecular biology, statistics, physics.

UPLB was named a center of excellence in IT, biology, chemistry, and mathematics. Its recognition in the field of IT was a promotion from its previous status as a center of development. Its current center of development is in statistics.

UP Visayas, meanwhile, was also named a center of excellence in IT, while its status as a center of development in biology and marine science was reinstated. UP Mindanao and UP Baguio were also declared as centers of development in IT and mathematics, respectively.

In the list CHED released last year, the title’s date of effectivity is until 2011, except for IT, which is only effective until 2010.

The process of selecting centers of excellence and centers of development is undertaken by the OPS. Schools in the running for this honor are evaluated by committees specific to each discipline, which are then clustered in a more general manner. For example, there are committees in psychology, history, anthropology, sociology, etc. in the social sciences unit of the OPS.

Centers of excellence and centers of development are given funding for student scholarships, faculty development, library and laboratory upgrading, research and extension services, instructional materials development, and networking of existing centers of excellence and centers of development.


http://www.up.edu.ph/upnewsletter.php?i=895

[philippines123]

^^COngrats to UP.