Filipinos have been the receipient of development scholarships for over a hundred years. When the Americans imposed their sovereignty over the country, one of their first priorities was to send Filipinos to school in the US. They were called “pensionados” or government scholars. Among the most notable is Dr Honoria Acosta-Sison, first Pinay physician. Breaking with [...]
What’s really wrong with Philippine science?
September 26, 2008 By 18 Comments
Professor Flor Lacanilao, a marine scientist of well renown, former chancellor of the University of the Philippines Visayas and director of the aquaculture department of SEAFDEC has recently rocked the Pinoy science establishment in a series of essays and letters to the blurbs and the blogs. I won’t post the links here but the reader [...]
Discussion, Debate, Dissent: Service Contracts for Subsidized Tuition
September 8, 2008 By 25 Comments
The question: Should any student whose tertiary education will be sponsored in whole or in part by taxpayers’ money via a scholarship and/or via state-subsidized tuition be made subject to a service contract as a condition for admission to a state school or provision of a scholarship grant, the length of the service contract proportional [...]
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