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The Oblation: Iconic symbol of the University of the Philippines —PHOTO FROM pna.gov.ph
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October 21, 2022September 16, 2023Education

Intellectual apartheid and UP’s decline in international university rankings

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In the latest report by the Times Higher Education-World University Rankings (THE-WUR) for 2023, the University of the Philippines declined from its 2022 bracket of 601-800 to the 801-1000. This resulted in UP losing its top position among Philippine universities and being overtaken by Ateneo de Manila University, which placed in the 351-400 bracket.  The...

Literary workshops and shrinking spaces for the humanities
Poster invitation to 59th University of the Philippines National Writing Workshop. —LIKHAAN FACEBOOK
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September 6, 2022September 19, 2023Literature

Literary workshops and shrinking spaces for the humanities

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There’s now quite a lot of evidence that the prestigious Iowa Writers’ Workshop was supported by the CIA in order to deradicalize writers during the Cold War. This is not surprising. In fact, our schools and universities themselves were set up by the Americans, just a few decades earlier, expressly to quell Philippine nationalism and...