Section 3Sec./Art. 3

Definition of Terms. - As used in this Act:

(a) Auxiliary services refer to all kinds of services done and rendered by the USTSP other than academic, such as hospital, dental clinic, cafeteria, janitorial, printing press and bookstore;

(b) Board of Regents refers to the highest policy-making body of the USTSP;

(c) Community laboratory refers to a community adopted by a chartered state university and/or college (SUC) as part of its extension program where research and civic services are conducted by its students and/or faculty;

(d) Duly recognized faculty association refers to the association of the faculty members or the instructional staff of the USTSP or the federation of faculty associations of the Mindanao University of Science and Technology (MUST) and the Misamis Oriental State College of Agriculture and Technology (MOSCAT) and other SUCs which may later opt to amalgamate with the USTSP and which has been extended due recognition by its Board of Regents to be its legitimate and lawful faculty association, as manifested by the ratification of two-thirds (2⁄3) of its members;

(e) Duly recognized alumni association refers to the association of the alumni of the MUST and the MOSCAT and other SUCs which may later opt to amalgamate with the USTSP, preferably from their tertiary level programs, and which has been extended due recognition by its Board of Regents to be the legitimate and lawful organization of its alumni;

(f) Extension campus refers to the campus that responds to special needs and demands but does not have an administrative structure separate from that of the main campus;

(g) Instruction refers to the set of activities or practices which shall include the following; classroom teaching and learning; supervision and assessment of classroom teaching and learning; curriculum development; staff professional development such as attendance in conferences, seminars, workshops, educational trips or visits; and other related activities which enhance the instructional function of the USTSP;

(h) Non-chartered tertiary institutions refer to all public institutions of higher learning in the Philippines primarily offering degree-granting programs, including post-secondary degree-granting vocational and technical educational institutions duly recognized by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), but which are not covered by enabling laws;

(i) Socialized scheme of tuition and other instructional fees refers to a scheme or pattern where the rate of tuition and instructional fees are collected on the basis of family income and/or socioeconomic status of the student, such that the less-economically privileged students shall pay lesser fees than students who are more financially able to afford the cost of formal education; and

(j) Special trust fund refers to the total amount collected by the USTSP, either from the collection of fees and other charges from students or the collection from income-generating activities of the USTSP.1wphi1