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Republic of the Philippines Office of the President National Commission for Culture and the Arts August 12, 1998 Prof. sagani Cru! "e#a $alle %ni&ersit' (aft A&enue, )anila "ear Prof. Cru!*

+olloing our con&ersation, am hereith transmitting material on the forthcoming -orld Conference on igher /ducation 0 igher/ducation in the (ent'first Centur'* 3ision and Action4 scheduled to be held in Paris on October 59, 1998.

(he NCCA has been in&ited b' the "epartment of +oreign Affairs 0 %N/$CO National Commission4 to be on the Philippine delegationto ensure that the &ies of the culture and arts sector are properl' presented in the Philippine position. am happ' that'ou ill be

a&ailable to represent the NCCA on the delegation. shall submit a proposal to the Commission at its ne6t meeting, regarding 'ourofficial designation as NCCA representati&e. understand that the $ecretar' of +oreign Affairs ill ma7e the necessar' representationsto )alacantidleang for the composition of the delegation.

At the first preparator' meeting held earlier toda' 0 chaired b' C/" Commissioner )ona ". 3alisno4, the group identified the folloingtopics as appropriatel' including NCCA inputs 0 see enclosed paper entitled : igher /ducation in the (ent'first Centur' 3ision and

Action4* (hemes of the -orld Conference on igher /ducation (heme 1* (he Pertinence of igher /ducation igher education,social de&elopment and peace igher education and partnerships ith the orld of or7 0 note* ith reference to the socalled cultureindustries4 (heme 2* (he ;ualit' of igher /ducation nno&ation in higher education curricula and teaching methods ighereducation and the promotion of cultural identit' (hematic "ebates* igher education, culture and societ' Promoting a culture of peace )obili!ing the poer of culture

t as agreed thatthe NCCA representati&e ill prepare a 2< page paper that ould co&er the folloing for each topic* 0 a4 issues orproblems and 0 b4 recommendations on polic', programs or pro=ects 0 that can in turn be orldide, regional, national, or institutional4.

(he NCAA inputs shall be combined ith those of other agencies and the resulting draft ould be the Philippine inter&ention on thetopic concerned.

(he deadline for the paper is August 19 0 to be submitted to the %N/$CO National Commission $ecretariat4, in anticipation of the ne6tdelegation meeting scheduled on August 21, tentati&el' at the "+A at 11*>> o?cloc7 a.m.

)an' than7s for agreeing to help out.

-ith 7ind regards.

Cordiall' 'ours, @A)/ C. #AA Chairman enclosure cc* Comm. 3. ". Almario )s. /. 3. (iongco "r. #. 3illegas Republic of thePhilippines Office of the President NA(ONA# CO))$$ON +OR C%#(%R/ AN" (/ AR($ @une 2*>> a.m. through lunch on -ednesda', @ul' 8 at the NCCA Goard Room.

-ith 7ind regards.

$incerel' 'ours, @A)/ C. #AA Chairman O++C/ O+ (/ CANC/##OR %ni&ersit' of the Philippines "iliman, ;ue!on Cit'

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-e are pleased to submit the data reIuired b' the Commission on igher /ducation 0 C/"4 to support our claim for the %. P. Collegeof Arts and #etters as orth' of consideration as a Center of /6cellence for #iterature.

ou ill note that the lists of aards, publications and researches of our facult' and students include onl' the more recent ones. -ehad to do this due to time constraint. f 'ou need more comprehensi&e lists, do gi&e us more time to collate the data.

ou ill also note that e did not consider the items under Administration on the le&el of accreditation. -e ha&e ne&er submitted ourprograms for accreditation because of the folloing reasons* 1. the %ni&ersit' of the Philippines is the oldest $tate %ni&ersit' ith itson charter 2. our degree programs, ha&ing been instituted ahead of those from other $tate %ni&ersities and Colleges, continue toser&e as models for them 51 #o7. HF

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> to >> through itsregular B./. course offerings and through the ancillar' ser&ices of the #anguage #aborator', the #earning Resource Center and the

Audio3isual Rooms.

-ith these distincti&e features and Iualit' in&ol&ement in the spheres of teaching, research and e6tension am confident the"epartment of /nglish and Comparati&e #iterature, College of Arts and #etters shall be deemed orth' to be the Center of /6cellencein the /nglish #anguage.

(han7 'ou.

(rul' 'ours, PRO+. @O$/+NA A. ABRA3AN(/ "ean