HIST 601 HISTORIOGRAPHY:The Craft of the Historian

“DIAZ COLLEGE: AN INSTITUTIONAL HISTORY,

1998-2019”

Submitted by:

SHEBA S. SALIDO

Submitted to:

Dr. PHILNER P.SALINDO

Date submitted:
 INTRODUCTION

Institutions have developed and have grown rapidly over the years embracing diversity

and globalization among the society, contributing to the vast improvement of a certain city or

locality. Early institutions in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries have been difficult to

define and portray, and so, historians have been attracted to compose historical institutional

writing. According to (Dyer, 1978) , institutional research has a contemporaneous orientation

and normally focuses on specific problems that are of immediate or future importance. He added

that, historians may have been the first institutional researchers that began writing institutional

histories that normally had the exaltation of the institution as their prime reason for being.

(Lawrence, Suddaby, & Leca, 2011) also claimed that research on institutional work not only

examines the practices of individual and collective actors aimed at creating, maintaining, and

disrupting institutions but also can contribute to bringing the individual back into institutional

theory, help to re-examine the relationship between agency and institutions, and provide a bridge

between critical and institutional views of organization.

In recent years a surge of interest in the history of American higher education has

produced a new genre of institutional histories, which focus more critically upon the individual

college's development. For example, recent histories of the University of Kansas and the

University of Colorado dispassionately trace the coming of age of those two institutions with an

eye for the kinds of information institutional researchers could find helpful in understanding the

background of these and other universities of similar character. Other accounts of institutional

development tend to focus on social and economic characteristics of students, faculty, and
alumni in an effort to describe the clientele served by higher education and the social effects of a

college education (Dyer, 1978).

According to (Castro, 1971) in her book, “The Role of Universities in the Developing

Philippines”, historical and geographical evidence have established the developmental nature and

functions of the university -- teaching, research, service. The university is essentially the same

wherever it is and in different periods of history. The variation lies in the degree of emphasis on

certain functions according to the needs of the time and place. The guidelines for appraisal

embody the meaning and scope of the university functions. Teaching involves the teacher,

student, curriculum, and setting -- both the physical and the cultural climate. Research -- basic,

applied, or action -- involves staff, funding, and management. Service -- advisory, in-service

training, or diffusive influence on society -- may be on individual, departmental, or institutional

level

Other example was “The History of Negros Oriental State University, Bais CampusII: An

Analysis on its Establishment and Development” (Valencia & Real, 2015) whom stated that past

events shape and influence the present and the future just as people make history and history

shapes people. It is in documenting and studying history that we can understand our past and the

essence of our identity. But in the case of an educational institution, its real essence and purpose

does not begin and end with its establishment, but is understood through the totality of the

important processes that contribute to its origin and development.

Therefore, institutional writing is necessary to understanding institutions from its

beginning of establishment, the problems encountered and the core people involved in the

matter. The significance of this study is not only to highlight the contributions of Diaz College to
the city and to the Tanjayanons but also to give recognition to the first ever college built in

Tanjay.

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

The researcher always has an intention to write about the contributions of her alma mater

to the city. This study details the course of the growth of Diaz College and describes the different

stages of change and development from its initial conception up to the people behind its growth

and what it is today. Through this, we can visualize how it will become in the future. This

research will also describe how its mission and vision relate to the present day situation of the

college.

In addition, within this work, it is also stated the development in the course curriculum

which has undergone major and minor changes as the college bends to demand as well as to

further upgrade the quality of the educational experience.

This study attempted to:

1. Describe the nature and general make-up of Diaz College.

2. Trace the growth and development of Diaz College from 1998-2019 and points out the

different stages of change and development.

3. Identify the personalities that pushed the advancement of the institution from East Negros

Institute to Diaz College.

SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS

 The research covers the period of 1998-2018, a twenty-one (21) year span which present

the development of the institution from its inception to its present; 1998, because it is the year

that the institution became Diaz College from its former name East Negros Institute and 2019,

the current year of the research. For the research, the materials used were the documents made

available from the school and city library. Other sources were tapped in order to create a feasible

and realistic study.

Diaz College, as an institution has been constantly changing over the years, in terms of

use and its organization so this would be a reason for probable discrepancies in the totality of the

study.

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

The study is highly viewed as important within the context of the researcher, on the

community, and of the educational system as a whole. These are the justification to wit:

Within the context of the researcher, this work is greatly significant because she is one of

the products of the said institution and it would be an assessment of her knowledge. To the

discipline, it would be an additional record of an institutions growth and would provide

additional knowledge to other researchers . And because it would be the first institutional history

of Diaz College, it would provide for reading materials for students, professors, and scholars, and

for scholarly and intellectual discussions in the future. Over-all, it would be a documented write

up of the means and instances that has formed what the college is today.

It is also hoped that with this research, the researcher will be able to enrich her skills in

teaching history. It is for this reason that the researcher studied the said institution from its

beginning as Diaz College up to the present: to be able to discover its nature, its general make-up

and identify the personalities behind DC. Moreover, the writing of this historical study will
contribute to the awakening of the consciousness of DCians, Tanjayanons, students, as well as

the faculty and make them aware of the past so that they will be more appreciative of the

present.

DEFINITION OF TERMS

Some terms are used in this study with unique definitions particular only to the use and

understanding of the contents; these words are terminologies are as follows:

Institutional History is a written narrative of facts that would describe the

growth and changes that has shaped for the existence of a

particular entity. In this work, it is the detailed account of

Diaz College.

Diaz College refers to the institution which was formerly named as East

Negros Institute, located at Nono Limbaga Drive, City of

Tanjay, Negros Oriental.

East Negros Institute the former name of Diaz College

Dcians a term that refers to “the students of Diaz College”

Tanjayanons a term that refers to “the people of Tanjay”.

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

Since this is a pioneering historical research on the specified topic, some write ups and

documents were used to complete this work.

Some resource book s were taken out of the local library for information on personalities

as well as government owned records were perused.

METHODOLOGY OF RESEARCH

The method used in this research was the Historical Method. The historical method

attempts to account for the past by showing what causes produced effects or results. It proceeds

by discovering past events, conditions and situations by way of causality. It discovers the past by

discovering evidences of the artifactual records. This method aims to produce narrative or story

of how things or conditions came about. It takes its data from authentic

records/documents/witnesses of the past.

For analysis, the data gathered were analyzed using the eclectic approach wherein all

schools of thoughts were used and deemed important and necessary by the researcher. Personal-

social-intuition was used in determination of the respondents.

Finally, all gathered data and analysis were used in a descriptive fashion. First, data most

important based on facts were taken into account. From these, lacking information was taken

from the various interviews and recorded oral testimonies. Analysis was done and lastly, the

narrative was prepared in a descriptive method.

Using all these, we would have diverse and almost total view of what Diaz College is as

an institution.

Works Citedg
Castro, E. R. (1971). The Role of Universities in the Developing Philippines. Asia Pub. House (1971).

Dyer, T. (1978). Institutional Research and Institutional History. Research in Higher Education, 8(3), 283-

286.
Lawrence, T., Suddaby, R., & Leca, B. (2011). Journal of Management Inquiry. Institutional Work:

Refocusing Institutional Studies of Organization, 20(1), 52-58.

Valencia, M. P., & Real, D. C. (2015). NORSUPRISM. Retrieved June 5, 2019, from PRISM:

http://norsuprism.com/index.php/norsuprism/article/viewFile/6/8

Bibliography
Castro, E. R. (1971). The Role of Universities in the Developing Philippines. Asia Pub. House (1971).

Dyer, T. (1978). Institutional Research and Institutional History. Research in Higher Education, 8(3), 283-

286.

Lawrence, T., Suddaby, R., & Leca, B. (2011). Journal of Management Inquiry. Institutional Work:

Refocusing Institutional Studies of Organization, 20(1), 52-58.

Valencia, M. P., & Real, D. C. (2015). NORSUPRISM. Retrieved June 5, 2019, from PRISM:

http://norsuprism.com/index.php/norsuprism/article/viewFile/6/8