DLSU Compliance with CHED Minimum Degree Requirement for Faculty (2014-03-19)
Release Date: 19 March 2014
Issuing Office: Office of the President and Chancellor ([email protected])
To: The Academic Community
From: Br. Ricardo P. Laguda FSC, President and Chancellor
Subject: DLSU Compliance with CHED Minimum Degree Requirement for Faculty
Given the University’s plan to apply for university and autonomous status under CHED CMO 46 Series of 2012, the Academics Council and the Office of National Quality Assurance have been working on the requirements of the CMO. Initial findings show that the University meets all the criteria, except the minimum degree requirement for faculty as specified in Section 35 and Section 36 of CMO 40 Series of 2008 Manual of Regulations for Private Higher Education (MORPHE), and Annex 6, Table 1 of CMO 46 Series of 2012.
To ensure our compliance with the above-mentioned requirements, the President’s Council approved the following policy measures for implementation effective end of Term 3, AY 2013-14:
- For permanent full-time faculty members without a master’s degree
The faculty members can no longer continue to be members of the teaching faculty roster. The University has given them sufficient time and faculty development support to comply with the requirements of the CMO. - For full-time faculty members whose graduate degrees are not allied with their disciplines
- Permanent faculty members will be transferred to the relevant department.
- Probationary faculty members will be transferred to the relevant department if they meet all other requirements of the department; otherwise, their contracts will not be renewed.
- For part-time faculty members without a master’s degree, with master’s degrees not allied with their disciplines, and those hired under special ranks (e.g., graduates with Latin honors)
The faculty members will not be given teaching load. However, when necessary, they may be given work assignments such as Teaching Assistants or Research Assistants on a case-to-case basis, to be determined by the departments following a master-class or modular format. The Academics Council will prepare the implementing guidelines for this scheme.
De La Salle University’s compliance with the CHED minimum degree requirement for faculty is vital in maintaining our university and autonomous status. I would like to assure the affected faculty members that, whenever possible, they will be absorbed by other departments or units.
Reference:
Manual of Regulations for Private Higher Education of 2008
http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/announcements/ched-memorandum-order.pdf
