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Tag: Defend Academic Freedom

USAPANG KP “Mga Siyentipiko at Pantas: HANEP!”

March 2, 2021 by UP System Media and Communication Office

The University of the Philippines would like to invite you to join the fight for Academic Freedom in the Sciences and Evidence-Based Scholarship for Nation-Building!

Featuring UP alumni from all sectors and spheres of society with voices from other universities to reflect on academic freedom as an integral element for an environment that nurtures excellence, innovation, and altruism.

What is academic freedom and why the fuss?

March 2, 2021 by Arlyn VCD Palisoc Romualdo

Academic freedom. The term has been tossed around so much in recent weeks, on social media, in the news, on the streets, but what is it really? And why are people so determined to defend it?     The recent abrogation by the Department of National Defense (DND) of its 1989 Accord with the University […]

UP Alumni Association in America, Inc. supports UP’s fight for academic freedom

February 17, 2021 by UP System Media and Communication Office

UP alumni in the US take a stand for academic freedom and preserving the integrity and independence of the University. Read the statement of the UP Alumni Association in America, Inc. here.

UP protests against threat to academic freedom

UP protests against threat to academic freedom

January 21, 2021 by Celeste Ann Castillo Llaneta

The UP community takes a stand for academic freedom to protest the unilateral termination of the UP-DND Accord.

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1915

UP would continue expanding under Villamor’s watch, with the Conservatory of Music; the University High School; the College of Education; and, the Junior College in Cebu City added under his watch

1909

The School of Fine Arts (1909), the College of Liberal Arts (1909), the College of Veterinary Medicine (1910), the College of Engineering (1910), the College of Agriculture (1906, in Los Baños, Laguna) follow to form the initial core of the newly established UP.

1905

The UP College of Medicine (then known as the Philippine Medical School) opens. It predates the opening of the University proper by 3 years.

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