Academic Program Improvement (API)

The Academic Program Improvement (API) is based on the broader perspective of achieving academic excellence in the UP System. The API funds are made available in order to strengthen the link and integration of education, research and creative work, and public service. To this end, the utilization of the funds is guided by certain policies to ensure that the funds provide greater impact to the various academic units in their pursuit of academic excellence.

The objectives of the API funds are to:

1. develop excellent research, innovation, and creative work-enriched academic programs;

2. develop excellent academic programs that would be the basis for knowledge-based public service and public policies;

3. review and improve the academic content of courses and curricular programs, in relation to the constituent unit’s (CU) niches, national priorities, recent discoveries or developments in the discipline, etc.;

4. improve teaching-and-learning pedagogy of academic degree programs by exploring innovative methods;

5. develop high quality academic degree programs that meet national and international quality assurance standards.

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