The following related literature and studies are the pillars of our research. These pieces of information are essential to have credible supporting ideas to our research topic. The said documents were taken from different sources and references for instance materials from other colleges and universities, other printed documents, and the internet.
The researchers also gathered some information about other universities’ facilities to enhance our study – “PUP-COC Physical Facilities and Laboratories—A Perceptual Study”. Familiarity with other colleges’ set of equipment will indeed be of great help to the researchers.
Also, as the researchers have said in the Background of the Study, the PUP-College of Communication is considered as one of the largest communication schools in the Philippines bearing the distinction of being the first communication school in the country to have achieved Level III Accredited status as awarded by the Accrediting Agency for the Chartered Colleges and Universities in the Philippines (AACCUP) in 2008.
Because of the said accreditation, the researchers based the categories in our second objective to the standards of the AACCUP Accreditation. In the Area VIII of AACCUP which has the scope of the Physical Plant and Facilities, it is stated that the Quality and Adequacy of the physical plant and facilities of a learning institution determine to a large measure the successful implementation of its curricular programs. In a broad sense, physical plant and facilities include school site, campus, buildings and other physical infrastructures, equipment and services that complement institutional and program effectiveness.
The AACCUP also stated their standard of a School Site, Campus, Buildings, Classrooms, Offices and Function Rooms, Assembly and Athletic Facilities, Medical and Dental Clinic, Student Center, Food Services/Canteen, Accreditation Center, Housing (optional), Documents, Additional Information and