The University of the Philippines

Diliman (UPD) is home to many academic disciplines with a diverse student community Among the thousands of students at UPD, there are many inclined toward the social sciences and arts. Every year, the university produces the next generations of artists, media practitioners, filmmakers, musicians, academic scholars, and many other specialists in their respective fields.

However, it is no secret that the arts are not given enough support in the Philippines. Because of the neoliberal capitalist conditions of our society, there are not only unjust biases toward science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) courses over arts and social sciences courses but unequal access to opportunities, e.g. internships, employment, etc. This inequality, unfortunately, is seen within the premises of the university.

There are numerous manifestations of these science-oriented biases.

Stark differences in college facilities, quality of education, resources available, and growth opportunities include only the main bulk of these inequalities

Of course, with every problem, there is a root cause This is when the government comes in. UP is a state university, supported and maintained by taxpayers and budget allocations from the Commission of Higher Education (CHED).

The contemporary government, of course, is also dictated by larger societal forces like globalization and neoliberalism. Taking from Raymundo's "Media, Marketisasyon, at Globalisasyon" (Media, marketization and Globalization in English), Raymundo breaks down how a powerful few dictate education, infrastructure, housing, health services, the media, and many more. Globalization has allowed the spread of capitalist ideology, including how science should be valued more than arts and social sciences