PERCEPTION OF THE GRADUATE STUDENTS IN THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF ITS PROFESSORS: THE CASE OF DOCTOR OF EDUCATION PROFESSORS IN LEYTE NORMAL UNIVERSITY

Academic performance of Professors in the graduate school is a factor in understanding the quality education of a graduate student may achieve. This phenomenon is the center of this study, which the researchers would like to learn the academic performance both intra and extraperformance of the Professors in the University. Theory in performance gap was utilized in order to fill-in gap of academic performance of the Professors. Thus, this study utilized a Likert scale in order to unlearn the academic performance of the Professors through the perceptions of the graduate students of Doctor of Education and open-ended questions in order to elicit further information. A significant finding was revealed that Professors as mentors boost the motivation of the students through their genuine concern, but with high standard relative to its requirements in the field of specialization.