External productivity of the student financial assistance programs of selected educational institutions and religious congregations

• Main Author: Salva, Genoveva
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2003
• Subjects: Student aid > Philippines; Student financial aid administration > Philippines; Scholarships; Catholic universities and colleges; Educational Leadership
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_doctoral/11; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/etd_doctoral/article/1010/viewcontent/CDTG003573_P.pdf
• Institution: De La Salle University

This study assesses or evaluates the Student Financial Assistance Program of the Missionary Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit (SSpS) and the Society of the Divine Word (SVD) and their institutions, specifically College of the Holy Spirit and Divine Word College of Calapan, in terms of its external productivity as measured by the graduates' job placement, job productivity and the indirect benefits gained and shared as regards social, cultural, economic, political, technological and spiritual aspects. Surveys containing demographic questions as well as indicators of indirect benefits were distributed to 200 grantee-graduates, 393 co-employees and 200 immediate heads. The final indices were fed into a microcomputer system and the desired outputs were generated using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). The descriptive method was used to arrive at the answer to the research questions. Of the five Student Financial Programs, the grantee-graduates, employers and co-employees of the College of the Holy Spirit, Divine Word College of Capapan and Holy Spirit Educational Loan Assistance had better perceptions in terms of gained benefits and shared with the community. The cost of education had a lesser impact in terms of direct and indirect benefits compared to other variables such as 3rd year salary and present salary. The vision-mission of SSpS and SVD STUFAP is rightly in place--providing access to educational opportunities in higher education especially for the poor and less fortunate members of society. Religious congregations and Catholic institutions continuously offer financial aid to the poor but deserving students for them to acquire a good and quality college education.