Community Engagement Of State Universities And Colleges In The Philippines Towards Socially And Culturally Responsible Research And Extension Initiatives

This research paper aimed to present and discuss community engagement of State Universities and Colleges in the Philippines and if SUCs do community engagement in a socially and culturally-responsible way. It also identified some issues and challenges of SUCs in establishing community engagement. It employed the descriptive research design and purposively collected conceptual and research literature to answer the research objectives. Questions were also asked from considered experts in community engagements. The community engagements of SUCs generally were its four plus one-function namely instruction production and internationalization but it was found out that the heart of community engagement is research and extension. There were issues and challenges identified in conducting research and extension relevant to the attainment of community engagement. Lastly SUCs were socially and culturally-responsible in conducting its research and extension initiatives.