Wyrlo Dela Cruz

Research output is one of the trifocal functions of a university. It becomes standard and a quality measure of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to foster quality. Various accrediting bodies which serve as extramural measure subject and secure HEIs for a certain standard. The PAASCU, PACUCOA, CHED, MORPHE, ISA, ISA SED, DEPED, and DBM as accrediting body for quality assurance, standards, and institution with direct function in public and private schools, universities and colleges, suggest research is a requirement at the same time standard in academic institutions. This serves as the groundwork to institutionalize research output as academic requirement which manifests in the Personnel Research Requirement in University of Santo Tomas-Legazpi. The paper develops policy strategy as framework for the implemented policy on research under Personnel Research Requirement (UST-Legazpi Research Manual) as requirement among faculty members in Senior High School Department of UST-Legazpi based on workshop intervention, documentation, and policy analysis. The paper is as policy research by nature in order to analyze the policy using policy data. Focus Group Discussion (FGD) was conducted among the faculty members who were present since the implementation of policy. Slackening of skills, time constrain, unreadiness, and lack of motivation were major themes elicited upon FGD. Researches transpired by faculty members were used to make meaning relative to the implementation of policy. Intervention like capability building programs was considered to analyze the issue un policy. All these led to NOISE (Need, Opportunity, Improvement, Strength) Framework which serve as the policy strategy.

Technology has already been part of our way of life. It is being used in the social world for social innovation and communication. It has become significant in human world for creation, but has also become an instrument for destruction. It challenges human reason for it becomes the reason itself. Such human reason is the essence of humanity, hence, humanism is equated to human reason. Likewise, it claims the ending of humanism for it enters in the discourse of posthumanism in the technological realm. In this case, there is a need to clarify the idea of posthumanism that at same time uphold and will robust the sense of humanity. The study aims to articulate ethical concepts based on the idea of posthumanism as the study argues posthumanism as the synthesis of man and technology relation. The research design is qualitative in nature specifically a philosophical research employing two levels of analysis; synthesis and constructivism. The former is used to explicate and consolidate ideas on posthumanism and the latter is used to form concepts and principles on the ethical valuations. The study then presented threefold principles based on the ethical valuations on posthumanism vested in neutral position.