RPA 1: AUGUSTINIAN EDUCATION & PASTORAL CONCERNS

Description: Studies related to CSA-B Vision-Mission, including partnership of the college with the local Church towards the New Evangelization.

Probable Researches: Impact Studies on Augustinian Education, the Church and Social Issues

RPA 2: TEACHING AND LEARNING FOR SUSTAINABLE EDUCATION

Description: This research priority area involves management of educational programs & services within the context of the 21st century; teaching & learning strategies & delivery systems appropriate to innovations in the curriculum such as K-12; Performance-Based/Competency-Based Teaching.

Probable Researches: Teaching Beliefs, Self-Efficacy & Practices of Faculty Members; Teaching practices; School initiatives towards excellence in education; Transition to College; Internet Applications in Instruction

RPA 3: HEALTH AND MEDICINE

Description: Studies in this area include issues on promotion of health, work-related diseases, chronic illnesses, alternative medicine, rehabilitative care, reproductive health as well the delivery of quality health care services.

Probable Researches: Lifestyle-related diseases; prevention & treatment of infectious diseases; herbal plants and traditional medical practices

RPA 4: OPTIMIZING RESOURCES TOWARDS SCHOOL PRIORITIES (MANAGEMENT & GOVERNANCE)

Description: Studies in this area will explore financial, human as well as a ‘range of abstract resources including school climate, student commitment & trust, coherence in the curriculum, the stability of the students, teachers, administrators & policies & recruiting appropriate staff & developing expertise needed to achieve goals.

Probable Researches: Financial & Human Resource Management; Organizational Communication; Mechanism of Appropriate Accountability & Coherence; School Culture, School Climate & Change; Key Issues on Employment Selection Process

RPA 5: ICT DEVELOPMENT

Description: Focuses on studies exploring ways on how effectively technology can enhance institutional operations & services, which may include software and ICT development & applications; Robotics & Automation.

Probable Researches: Development of Application Software; Management of ICTs to facilitate student learning i.e. where appropriate (e.g., podcasts, online material, and other forms of ICT)

RPA 6: NEGRENSE CULTURE, ARTS AND HISTORY

Description: Researches that build on the diverse traditions of Negrenses as a people as well as indigenous people in the province.

Probable Researches: Transformation of Indigenous peoples; Intermarriages among the IPs; Changes in the life of Negrenses through time

RPA 7: MARKETING AND TOURISM

Description: Studies in this area focus on Tourism, Marketing, Networking & establishing linkages for school leverage.

Probable Researches: Safety & Security in Tourism; Responsible Tourism Management; E-Commerce in Tourism; Impact on Tourism on Economy; Advertising Research.

RPA 8: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION & ECOLOGICAL SUSTAINABILITY

Description: To include researches on Eco-Tourism; Environmental Protection; Resource & Waste Management; & Risk Reduction & Disaster Management

Probable Researches: Environmental Awareness & Behavior; Changes in the Landscape of Negros Occidental

RPA 9: GENDER DEVELOPMENT ISSUES

Description: Studies explore on visible gender differences:
different roles, involvements, experiences, opinions & different needs in relation to the different programs, services & opportunities as well as the influence of gender on training, learning & development

Probable Researches: Gender Empowerment; Measures & Analysis; Gender Participation in the Labor Market; Societal Challenges between Gender; Risk Perception & Coping Strategies among Men & Women

RPA 10: COMMUNITY EXTENSION

Description: Studies in this priority area dwell on programs and projects under the principle of partnership and capability building with the adopted communities which are designed to benefit the latter.

Probable Researches: Community Organizing & Capability Building; Impact Studies of the Key Programs of Community Extension Office; Integration of the Community Outreach Program in Instruction

RPA 11: ENERGY

Description: This area includes researches which dwell on developments on the utilization of energy.

Probable Researches: Development/Design of prototypes for photovoltaic, concentrated solar power and those that make use of wind, bio, geothermal, ocean & hydro energy; Energy System Analysis & Evaluation; Promotion of Energy Efficiency; Management of wastes produced from processing renewable energy