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VOLUME 16 NUMBER 1
UPDATES ON U.P.’S STRATEGIC INITIATIVES ALFREDO E. PASCUAL UP President
*Presented before the UP Board of Regents on 29 January 2015.
2 | On Track to Preeminence: Progress on U.P.’s Strategic Initiatives
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t is a useless life,” Jose Rizal said, “that is not consecrated to a great ideal. It is like a stone wasted on the field without becoming a part of
any edifice.” In 2011, my first year as UP President, I presented
3 | Recruiting the Best and the Brightest Students
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n recruiting the best and the brightest students, we make sure that our student body would reflect the socio-economic
profile of our country. The latest data we have are based on the results of the UP College Admission
a Strategic Plan, a blueprint for the great ideal and
Test (UPCAT) for the class that’s coming in dur-
edifice that is “One University, One UP.” I called
ing academic year 2015-2016. We have a total of
on constituents—students, faculty, staff and REPS,
86,000 examinees and we offered admission to
9 | Internationalizing U.P.
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he other important issue is to internationalize UP so that it will be better able to perform its leadership role in developing a globally competitive Philippines and be at par with international standards set by the best practices of leading universities in the ASEAN and the world. What we have done basically as an initial step in creating