1. Effective advertising, marketing and recruitment strategies
2. Implementation and effectiveness of university policies
3. Competence and performance of faculty and personnel in the institution
4. Organization development/climate/culture
5. Development and utilization of systems software  to facilitate university and departmental operations and systems
6. Boosting the enrolment and population of the university
7. Evaluation of services rendered to clientele
8. Buttressing the curricula of  eminent programs in the university
9. Teaching strategies and classroom management
10. Correlation studies on student’s performance
11. Service quality of SPS, academic and non-academic offices
12. Linkages and OJT programs as tools for guaranteeing employment of graduates
13. Health welfare of stakeholders
14. Community researches that supplement instruction
15. Researches that address the objectives of the different schools/departments

*Other institutional research priority areas are addressed in the accreditation-related researches

AREA I – PHILOSOPHY AND OBJECTIVES

• involvement of the employees and students in university-wide, school-based and community activities
• awareness of and acceptance of the stakeholders and the community of the VMO of the university
• tracer studies (employability of graduates, performance of graduates in the field)
• awareness of the employees and students on university policies
• internationalization of higher education

AREA II – FACULTY

• work load studies
• needs analysis (professional development, health, economic/retirement….)
• grievance measures
• competitiveness of fringe benefits and other pays

AREA III – INSTRUCTION

• assessment practices
• curriculum enhancement strategies
• teaching methods
• holistic development of students
• research skills of students
• classroom management practices
• records management practices
• performance of instruction functions
• correlation between professional development and teaching competence

AREA IV – LIBRARY

• involvement of the library staff in the academic/curricular concerns of students and faculty
• staff development program
• expenditures of the library
• utilization of library resources
• information dissemination practices of the library
• service quality

AREA V – RESEARCH

• research review procedures
• review of research outputs of faculty and students
• research training needs assessment
• research utilization

AREA VI – LABORATORY

• safety measures
• conditions of facilities and equipment
• responsiveness to the academic needs of the students and faculty and to global standards

AREA VII – PHYSICAL PLANT AND FACILITIES

• anatomy of infrastructures vis-à-vis acceptable standards
• safety measures
• capacity to address academic needs and those of the surrounding community
• alternative measures in the absence of needed facilities and equipment

AREA VIII – STUDENT SERVICES

• responsiveness to students’ needs
• SPSS infrastructures
• service quality of different units
• involvement of personnel in policy making, curricular enhancement
• programs for holistic development of students
• data utilization
• coordination between and among offices
• post graduation services
• student assistance programs
• competence of staff
• student policy implementation
• exercise of student rights

AREA IX – SOCIAL ORIENTATION AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

• social orientation programs
• community involvement of students
• community needs analysis
• partnership between the school and the community
• responsiveness of outreach activities
• relationship between instruction and outreach activities
• involvement of the employees  in outreach activities
• processes in developing community relations
• development of assessment and evaluation tools

AREA X – ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION

• communication processes
• task designation
• relations between and among members of the organization
• linkages/partnerships with public/private sectors
• policy implementation
• collaborations in decision-making
• employee – student relations
• admission and retention strategies/processes