REVISED USM RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND EXTENSION AGENDA FOR 2015-2020
AS APPROVED BY THE USM BOARD OF REGENTS THROUGH BOR RESOLUTION NO. 79, SERIES OF 2015

CHED MANDATE FOR RDE (as read)

  • Pursuant to CHED Republic Act 7722, the national government’s commitment to transformational leadership puts education as the central strategy for investing in the Filipino people, reducing poverty, and building national competitiveness shall:
  • Sec a. Promote relevant and quality higher education (i.e. higher education institutions and programs are at par with international standards and graduates and professionals are highly competent and recognized in the international arena);
  • Sec c. guarantee and protect academic freedom for continuing intellectual growth, advancement of learning and research, development of responsible and effective leadership, education of high level professionals, and enrichment of historical and cultural heritages;
  • Specifically, CHED aims to achieve that the overall societal goal is the attainment of inclusive growth and sustainable development while the higher education sub-sector goals are: the formation of high-level human resource, and generation, adaptation, and transfer of knowledge and technology for national development and global competitiveness.

As indicated in Section 5. PROGRAMS, ACTIVITIES, AND PROJECTS and Article 5.1.1 Aligning HEI programs with national development goals the relevant and Responsive Research, Development and Extension (RDE), CHED supports the conduct of RDE aimed at generating, adapting and transferring or applying new knowledge and technologies for improving productivity and livelihood, promoting peace, empowering women, protecting the environment, reducing disaster devastation, and alleviating poverty.

USM RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AND EXTENSION AGENDA 2015-2020
THEMATIC AREA UNIT CONCERNED
Access to education and literacy CED, CEIT, IMEAS, CIT, CAS
Promotion of peace, gender equality and development   CBDEM, IMEAS, CED, CAS, CA
Preservation of arts, culture, language and literature CAS, IMEAS, CIT
Environmental protection & conservation CAS, CEIT, CBDEM, CA, CIT, GS
Food security and poverty alleviation All Colleges, USMARC, PICRI
Health and proper nutrition CHEFS, CHS, ISPEAR, CAS, CVM, CA, CBDEM
Engineering and Technology CEIT, KCC-CIT, DIT

Focus Commodities in Agriculture (corn, cacao, banana, rubber, oil palm, and goat)