A survey of the educational system of the Philippine islands by the Board of educational survey, created under acts 3162 and 3196 of the Philippine Legislature.

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ments. Salary is compensation for service rendered, whereas title is a
recognition of distinction as teacher, or scholar or administrator. A
man may be extremely useful to his institution but not have earned a
rank by distinction. His institution ought to be able to recognize his
service by increasing his salary. In the University of the Philippines
because of the legislative act referred to above, this cannot be done.
The charter of the University provides that the Board of Regents
appoint all teachers and fix their compensation. The Commission recommends that the Legislature repeal Act No. 2672 and restore to the
Board its original power in this respect.
For the guidance of all concerned and for the sake of organization
and departmental efficiency, the number and the corresponding rank
of the personnel of all university or college departments and offices
should be formulated. To that end the Board of Regents on February
7, 1924, created a special committee and made a request for an early
report. The report was made March 29, 1924, and as finally adopted
reads as follows:
The Board of Regents feels that there should be a definite number of members of
the instructional staff in each department or college of the University, and a definite
scale of salaries be adopted. The Board, however, is aware of the fact that the present
scale of salaries appears too low. The instructors, assistant professors, and associate
professors should be given sufficient compensation so that they would be satisfied even
if the incentive held out to them is limited to a promotion in case of vacancy only.
While the following rules governing appointments and promotions must be applied at
once, the Board should therefore renew its effort to request for more appropriation and
for the revision of the present scale of salaries.
A. The above positions are recommended as the standard personnel composing the
teaching staff of all the colleges and schools of the University of the Philippines, and,
unless the contrary is conclusively demonstrated, and by two-third vote of all the members
of the Board of Regents, no new positions shall be created by the Board of Regents.
B. The new positions as scheduled above must only be filled as far as the appropriation
of the University permits it.
C. No promotion from Instructor to Assistant Professor shall be made unless the
candidate has served at least two years as Instructor. Promotion from Assistant Professor
to Associate Professor shall only be granted after two years service as Assistant Professor
and from Associate to full Professor unless the incumbent has served two years as
Associate or five years in the University from the time he held the title of Instructor.
D. No promotion in rank must be approved by the Board of Regents unless there
is a vacancy according to the terms of this standardization and unless the promotion is
warranted by the research work, important publication, or manuscript evidencing high
scholarship, teaching ability, and all conditions being equal, seniority in the service of
the incumbent, said circumstances to be set forth in detail in the record of the candidate
for promotion and to be presented to the attention of the Board.
E. As a general policy, the Board, when filling a vacancy shall not award at once
to the incumbent the maximum salary assigned to the position, but the compensation will
be gradually increased until reaching the maximum in accordance with the research work,
publications, teaching ability, and seniority in the service of the incumbent.
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