CAEc Local Council Meeting last October 30, 2026 (Friday)

Key Outcomes

The Local Academic Council meeting covered three main areas: review and comment on the draft Faculty Manual, discussion of a student grievance case involving a student with special needs, and a preliminary Q4 performance review. Key Faculty Manual comments were endorsed to the Office of the VP for Academic Affairs. A parent conference was approved as the next step for the grievance case. Several Q4 targets remain significantly below threshold, requiring urgent action before year-end.

Decisions Made

• Faculty Manual – Teaching Load: Recommend removing the maximum cap on thesis advisory load credit (0.5 per student) in the absence of service credit, to reflect actual faculty effort. 1
• Faculty Manual – Work Hours: Recommend reducing the minimum required work hours from 18 to 15 units, subject to number of course preparations (3 preparations = 15 units; 4 preparations = 18 units). 23
• Faculty Manual – Ad Hoc Committees: Add a provision for load credit or honorarium for membership in ad hoc/university committees. 4
• Faculty Manual – Faculty Responsibilities: Suggest consolidating scattered faculty responsibility subsections into one unified section throughout the manual. 5
• Faculty Manual – Research Load Credit: Add a provision under load credit for faculty involved in external R&D projects. 67
• Faculty Manual – Redundant Sections: Recommend deleting sections already covered under regular faculty function (e.g., reviewing approved teaching loads). 89
• Graduate School Manual – Class Size: Flagged the 10-student minimum for graduate courses as financially burdensome; raised for committee-level resolution. 1011
• Graduate School Manual – Thesis Fees: Flagged the practice of collecting thesis/dissertation fees before defense and via bank transfer to advisers as potentially non-compliant; recommended removal or silent treatment in the manual. 1213
• Instructional Materials: Approved endorsement of two instructional materials by Atty. Carlo Carmogan — Growth Theory and Public Economics. 14
• BS Economics Curriculum Revision Committee: Constituted, led by Dr. Estrada, with all faculty as members. 15
• Student Grievance (Kobe): Approved resolution to conduct a parent conference as the next formal step; refer to Guidance Office for professional assessment. 161718

Q4 Performance Status

• Research outputs published: 14.29% achieved vs. 30% target — below threshold. 19
• Faculty engaged in research: 60% vs. 95% required — significantly below target. 19
• Faculty with at least one patent publication: 11.11% vs. 20% target. 20
• Faculty presenting research: 3 out of 40% target — critical gap. 21
• Research funding secured: ~₱1.7M toward ₱5M target; upcoming projects expected to close gap. 22
• Extension training beneficiaries: 100% satisfaction rate achieved; however, only 40 out of 210 trained. 23
• Extension program proposals: Still pending submission; Sir Carlo's proposal targeted for January effectivity. 24

Pending Confirmation

• Faculty Manual comments to be formally submitted to the Office of the VP for Academic Affairs for committee consideration. 25
• Graduate School Manual class size and thesis fee provisions to be resolved at committee level. 26
• Parent conference for student Kobe to be scheduled based on parent availability; Sir Joel to facilitate. 2728
• Budget for 2027 Work and Financial Plan under review; consolidation meeting set for November 5, Thursday afternoon. 29
• Cubicle partition delivery and installation deferred to January–February due to holiday extensions and pending electrical work. 30
• Electrical capacity upgrade (₱600K) for the CAEB building is in process; admin handling payment. 31
• College fellowship/Christmas party venue canvassing ongoing; tentative dates December 18–19. 3233

Action Items

• Lyra / Gian: Insert Faculty Manual comments directly into the Google Doc for committee review
• Elizabeth (Beth): Coordinate parent conference scheduling for student Kobe with Sir Joel 28
• Dr. Estrada (lead) + All Faculty: Constitute and begin work on BS Economics Curriculum Revision 15
• Noland / Gian: Submit Work and Financial Plan for the Research Center (₱200K operational budget) for 2027 3435
• Noland: Add faculty to research project (forecasting/corn impact assessment) to improve engagement metrics 36
• Gian: Finalize canvassing for fellowship venue and food; present cost breakdown to council 3738
• Sir Rupert: Prepare activity design for Circular Bio-Economy Week (April 2027); hire support staff for 5 months 39
• Elizabeth: Contact and arrange alumni feature/photo for the Distinguished Alumni initiative 40
• Faculty (all): Submit LDRF documents for training attended; ensure Learning Action Plans are filed 41
• Gian: Book concept note presentation for November 28 (graduate school) 42

Other Notes

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