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Philippine Senator Cynthia Villar Chosen Top Research Fellow At Stanford University This Fall!

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SAN FRANCISCO, California (The Adobo Chronicles, San Francisco Bureau) – The American Institutes for Research (AIR) Board of Trustees has unanimously chosen Philippine Senator Cynthia Villar as its top International Research Fellow this fall. She will be attending Stanford University in Palo Alto, California.

AIR has expressed deep concern over Villar’s seeming bias against research and it hopes that educating her would change all that.

Villar has repeatedly expressed her disdain about government agencies seeking research funding from the Senate. She had questioned why officials are so crazy about research, especially in the field of agriculture.

AIR and Stanford told The Adobo Chronicles that they are hopeful their choice of Villar as their top international fellow would totally change her attitude about research.

AIR also said whatever she would learn from her fellowship is also applicable for her family real estate business because research is key in identifying potential subdivision sites and their impact on the environment and the economy.

Villar will be on official leave from the Senate during her three-month internship at Stanford.

Education, Government

Iskolar Ng Bayan Soon To Be A Thing Of The Past?

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Philippine Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno today said that free college education is unsustainable.

This sent chills to students of state colleges, including those from University of the Philippines, who enjoy state-sponsored education while actively engaging in walkouts, rallies and protests against the very government that pays for their tuition.

Filipino taxpayers have long frowned at funding these Iskolar ng Bayan (state scholars), saying that paying for diploma and latin honor mills is not the best use of the people’s taxes.

Will Iskolar ng Bayan soon to be a thing of the past?

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U.P. Latin Honor Graduates Can’t Find Jobs!

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QUEZON CITY, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Quezon City Bureau) – This year’s latin honor graduates from the University of the Philippines in Diliman (UPD) are now finding out that weighted average grade (WAG) is not all that matters when it comes to seeking employment.

At the 112th General Commencement Exercises of UPD, 305 students graduated summa cum laude, 1,196 magna cum laude and 742 cum laude. That’s a whopping 60% of all 2023 graduates!

But in a random survey conducted by The Adobo Chronicles, only a handful of the honor graduates have secured jobs in their related field. The Iskolar ng Bayan (taxpayer-funded scholars) said most companies prefer to recruit non-honor graduates because of lower salary rates and benefits.

Even their alma mater couldn’t help much. UPD does not have a lot of vacancies for teaching or administrative positions that they can offer to the honor graduates.

But then again, Call Centers are always recruiting!