Holy Name University provides relevant and Christ-centered education or the wholistic development of the learners.  It provides general education that equips them with prerequisite knowledge, skills and values necessary in coping with more specialized academic and school tasks.  The general education is coordinated with professional and specialization education that develops high-level professions that provide leadership for the nation, advance knowledge through research and apply new knowledge for improving the quality of life.

In its effort of providing outcomes-based instruction to mold servant-leaders, the University adheres to the constructivist-humanist perspective.  Being constructivist, it views that learners are not only passive receivers of knowledge but active processors of information.  This, instructional delivery makes use of learner-centered strategies which promote independent learning through discovery.  Teachers who act as guides rather than informants, plan and arrange activities in such a way that learners search, manipulate, explore and investigate.

To promote discovery learning, instruction is coordinated with research to promote the development of problem-solving skills in formulation generalization, testing and gathering information.  Believing in the importance of structuring knowledge, the university trains learners to translate data into a format which allows their utilization in context.

Being humanist, the university considers the needs, interest and readiness of learners in planning and delivery of instruction.  Curriculum is organized in spiral progression so that learners can build upon what they have already learned and what is interesting to them.  Delivery of the curricular program considers the learners’ experiences and prior knowledge which make them willing, prepared and able to learn.  The classroom is thought of a marketplace of ideas which are expressions of the learners’ objective and principled interpretation of the world.

The University’s instructional practices conjure into a framework that provides concrete evidences of learning outcomes of students who judiciously apply knowledge, skillfully construct their own models, innovatively come up with products and projects that benefit the community and strongly internalize values which the community can emulate.

The Outcomes-based Education Framework of Holy Name University anchors primarily on its Vision of trailblazing excellence in educating servant leaders.  Hand in hand with this vision is its mission, which is the pursuit of the highest standards of innovative instruction, research, and community service.  These, along with the Core Values of the University, scaffold the entire framework from which outcomes are formulated, teaching-learning support systems are provided, monitoring and assessment are conducted, and influencers are considered to attain the University’s quest for continuous provision of quality instruction in higher education. 

The constructive alignment between and among the course, program, and institutional outcomes shows that the formulation and subsequent achievement thereof contribute to the attainment of the University’s Vision in a coherent manner.  The achievement of these outcomes is seen and measured through the University’s graduates.   Thus, teaching and learning methods, coupled with a conducive learning environment supported by state-of-the-art facilities, are provided.  A comprehensive faculty development program also ensures that the teaching and learning methods and activities are delivered by competent faculty members.  Clear indicators specify the targets and standards which determine the attainment of the institutional, program, and course outcomes.  Internal and external quality assurance elements provide bases for the University’s timely response to make herself relevant to stakeholder needs and demands, as well as, assurance to the attainment of her objectives of topnotch excellence and education.

The framework presents a seamless cyclical process to show the University’s continuing initiatives for quality improvement.

A Holynamian is expected to acquire and demonstrate outcomes that contribute to the attainment of the University’s Vision, Mission, and Goals.