Abstract
Objectives: To examine the targets and accomplishments of Eastern Samar State University (ESSU) with respect to performance indicators of Major Final Outputs (MFO) in Research and Development Services. Methods:Documentary analyses were done in order to comparatively examine the trends in targets and accomplishments of the university in the past three years. Moreover, faculty profile was analyzed in order to gauge the number of those who are actively engaged in research versus the number of actually required as set by governing policies. The corpora of analysis covered the university’s accomplishments from 2016-2018 in terms of: (1) number of completed researches, (2) number of research outputs utilized by the industry, and (3) number of research publications. Findings: Results have indicated that while 100% accomplishments in number of completed researches was recorded in 2017-2018 and with a +2 variance during 2016-2017, negative variances (-29.42%, -48.61%) were recorded in 2017 and 2018 in terms of research publications. Meanwhile, increments have been increasing in the past three years but have not been consistently projected. In addition, only 43% among the required faculty members have been active in research undertaking resulting to majority of accomplishments emanating from lower ranking faculty. Implications: From these results, redirection of regulatory policies addressing issues on faculty engagement, target setting, and productivity were undertaken. Keywords: Research productivity; research management; Eastern Samar State University; research performance; research indicator
Highlights
Philippine professors are mandated to perform four major functions: instruction, research, service to the community, and production.(1) This is in support of the mandate of the Commission on Higher Education on the role of a faculty member in higherObliopas & Madeja / Indian Journal of Science and Technology 2020;13(34):3555–3560 education to generate and disseminate knowledge
In Eastern Samar State University, Philippines, while consistent records have been observed in terms of completed research outputs in the past three years, problems cropped up with respect to the number of research published in internationally-refereed journals.(7,8) In 2016, the university has surpassed the target on number of completed research outputs setting a +2 variance
Data were obtained from the Annual Accomplishment Report of the Research and Development Services Office (RDSO), the records from the Institutional Planning and Development Office (IPDO), and the statistics found in the official site of the General Appropriations Act (GAA)
Summary
Philippine professors are mandated to perform four major functions: instruction, research, service to the community, and production.(1) This is in support of the mandate of the Commission on Higher Education on the role of a faculty member in higherObliopas & Madeja / Indian Journal of Science and Technology 2020;13(34):3555–3560 education to generate and disseminate knowledge. In Eastern Samar State University, Philippines, while consistent records have been observed in terms of completed research outputs in the past three years, problems cropped up with respect to the number of research published in internationally-refereed journals.(7,8) In 2016, the university has surpassed the target on number of completed research outputs setting a +2 variance. Similar trends have been recorded in another State University in the region, that only five in every 30 to 40 or 12.5% of papers produced yearly are published in local journals.(9) In view of faculty involvement, it was revealed in the same article that at most only about ten people (or less than 10% of the faculty personnel) are involved in performing research outside of the thesis or dissertation advising. Similar trends have been recorded in another State University in the region, that only five in every 30 to 40 or 12.5% of papers produced yearly are published in local journals.(9) In view of faculty involvement, it was revealed in the same article that at most only about ten people (or less than 10% of the faculty personnel) are involved in performing research outside of the thesis or dissertation advising. (9)
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