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OFFICE OFTIIE

CHANCELLOR

E-Meu: oc.upd@up.edu'ph
18 February 2014

MEMORANDUM No. CAS-14-01

To:
Subject:

All

Deans, lnstitute Directors, Department Chairpersons

and

Concerned FacultY Members

Ad Hoc Referendum onthe UP

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Diliman Executive an ad hoc Committee decicled (in favol: 16, against: 5, abstention: 1) to conduct professors on the referendum of all professors, associate professors and assistant participate in tlte not did Up Diliman Academic Calendar. The Vice-Chancellors
voting.

ln a special meeting on 17 February 2014, the UP

important exercise.' uP Diliman employs a total of 1,525 (piofessors : ZZO, associate professors'. 277 , assistant professors: 598, instructors: 424) as of 30 January ?AM. ,

to participate in this I respectfully ask all concerned faculty members regular facylty members

The referendum will be held on 23 following questions will be asked:

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25 (Wed) February 2014 and the

Which IJP Ditiman Academic Calendar Scfiedule Do You Favor? 1.1 f Current Schedule (100 class days per semester) First semester (June - October) demester Break Second Semester (November - December, Christmas Break, 1tl week of January - March of following year) Summer Term (April - May' 25-26 class days)

1.2 f]

Proposdd Sclredule (100 class days per semester) First semester (August - December)

SemesterBreak(December-Januaryoffollowingyear} Second Semester 13'd week of January - May)

Short Term
(June - July, 25-26 class daYs)

1.2A lf you favor an Academic Calendar that starts in August and where the

second semester is uninterrupted by a Christmas break then when do you like it first imPlemen^te,i? AY 2AM-2015 [lAY 2015-2016

lnstructors will be also asked to respond to the same questions in a parallel but separate surveY.

Our Deans, lnstitute Directors and Heads of Academic Units shall ensure that all their respective faculty members are able to participate, Faculty members of large colleges (e.g. CS, Engineering, CSSP, CAL) will cast their votes at the
administrative offices of their respective institutes or departments. Thank you for your much needed cooperation.

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