This document summarizes a presentation on higher education research in the era of globalization. It discusses the dilemmas and challenges posed by corporate influence on universities, including altered academic priorities that reduce teaching importance and degrade research integrity. It proposes alternative networks that collaborate across agencies on common health research agendas and priorities to improve public health.

1. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
MINDANAO STATE UNIVERSITY
GENERAL SANTOS CITY
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
Contemporary Issues and Trends for
secondary teachers 3
A Presentation Presented
to the class of:
Dr. Maria Theresa Pelones
Presented by:
Farrah Mae E. Inamarga
Maryrose L. Biongan
Michelle Gladys A. Pason
7/24/2012 1

2. Higher Education Research in
the ERA of Globalization:
Dilemmas and challenges of
Alternative Research
Roland G. Simbulan

3. “ Man can find meaning in life, short and perilous
as it is, Only thru devoting himself to society.”
–Albert Einstein-
ACRONYMS
APCHER – Asia-Pacific Conference on higher
education Research
IMF – International Monetary Fund
SAPS – Structural Adjustment Programs

4. Globalization & its
Implications
The process manifest itself mainly through the
intensification of activities in the following areas:
1. International trade in goods and services;
2. Capital flows;
3. The role of multinational enterprises;
4. The reorganization of production networks on an
international scale; and
5. The adoption of new technology , including
information technology.

5. Vocabulary words
Globalization- it is comprehensive term for the
emergence of a global society in which
economic, political, environmental, and cultural
events in one part of the world quickly come to have
significance for people in other parts of the world.
Globalization is the result of advances in
communication, transportation, and information
technologies.
Implication-something that is implied or involved as a
natural consequence of something

6. Income generation- to improve the economic
well-being of communities is a fundamental
goal.
Revenue enhancement- an increase in
revenues, especially by way of increased taxes.
Revenue enhancement includes reducing
taxpayer deductions and eliminating tax credits.

7. Health Research
Some of the highlight of the study concerning the
health research:
1. In the Government’s budget in 1990-
1998, health resources accounted for 19% while R
& D resources accounted for less than 1%.
2. Out of the total R & D resources, only 17% was
allotted for health research and only about 1% of
the overall health resources.

8. 3. The respondents to the survey conducted
said that a large chunk of health R & D funds
came from the private sector. (45%) led by
private hospitals and pharmaceutical
companies.
4. In terms of fund user, around 65% were
utilized by private research organizations
and the remainder by the government.

9. The university of the
Philippines as a Research
UP University
- one of the recognize Research
University in the Philippines
- published 182 research articles last
2003, which appeared in the ISI-indexed
journals.

10. Problem and dilemma for many academic
researchers today.
The Seduction of the Academia
 In this Era of globalization, many scientist are being seduced by big
research contracts or wooed for example, by drug companies and
biotech firms.
 threatened with the loss of their grant money if they will
going to oppose big companies.
 Loss of contract and other “market – driven ” corporate
funding.
“The value of research then becomes defined by how
much money it brings in, not by its ultimate value to the
public. ”

11. Corporate effects: Deleterious
impact on the Universities:
 Losing subsidy in an increasing unequal and
market- driven atmosphere;
 Altered academic priorities;
 Reduce the importance of teaching;
 Degrade the integrity of academic journals;
 Determine what research is conducted at
universities;
 Lowered quality education;
 A reduction in academic freedom; and
 A covert transfer of resources from the public or

12. Corporate influence: Greatest
impact on the Universities:
 Determine what issues university researchers
study and whether findings are publicly reported.
 Funding has reduced the independence of
university researchers, undermining the credibility
of reported research results.

13. Intellectual Prostitution
Impact of corporate funding in the universities
 Influence on professional ethics.
 Professors become servants to their
corporate patrons
 Publish articles that promotes their
benefactors interest
 Beginning to produce a downward spiral in
educational quality.
 Due by forcing professors back into
classrooms and out of so-called researchers.

14. STEPS IN REVERSING THE DOWNWARD
EDUCATIONAL SPIRAL:
 Enactment of regulations that require professors
at state universities to teach a minimum number
of courses, e.g. four, each semester.
 All professors –including including department
chairs, endowed professors, and grant-funded
researchers-should be required to teach the
minimum.
 Mandate that teaching, not research contracts
and grant-getting, be given the greatest weight
in the tenure and promotion process.

15.  Only ground - breaking research that really
contributes to knowledge and improves and
strengthens teaching-not-impedes it- should be
allowed.
 Thus, professors who have neglected their
classroom responsibilities for consulting
contract, and other corporate work or consultancy
would be penalized, rather than rewarded.

16. Commodification of the Research
Function
The commodification of the research function of
the university:
 Transformed into commercially-viable products
that could be owned;
 Transforming courses into courseware, can be
bought, owned, sold;
 Market-driven research becoming more and more
predominant.

17. Alternative Networks and
Agenda
Collaboration of different agencies for a
common goal:
 National Institutes for Health (NIH)
 Department of Health (DOH)
 Philippine Council for Health Research
Development- Department of Science and
Technology

18. Common Research Agenda
National Health Research System
- Local research network
-includes:
 Biomedical
 Health services and policy
researchers

19.  With the (NIH) as the National Think Tank
 Formalized last February 2004
 Focus
 On the improvement of the blueprint and
strategies for health intervention, policies and
service delivery.
ROLES
PCHRD-DOST DOH
-prioritizes the generation of -identifies health service researches
competitive product researchers and such as health care financing, health
services systems and health organization.

20. Other agencies collaborate for
the development of mankind:
 Ibon Research Foundation
 Asia Regional Exchange for New
Alternatives (ARENA)
 Asia Pacific Research Network (APRN)