WILL THE TRUE SCHOLARS PLEASE STAND UP

There is one effective--though of course not the only and most effective--way to find out who the real scholars in an academic community are. We are talking here of genuine scholars in contrast with those academics who enjoy immensely the aura of authority attached to the titles they are proud to be addressed with and they brazenly place before their names--Professor and Doctor. This may be done online through Google Scholar http://scholar.google.com.ph/schhp?hl=en&tab=ws. Spell out the name of the academic on the search slot, click "Search" and Voila! the name you are looking for either appears or is not in the directory.

There is however a caveat:

(1) Check thoroughly if the name that appears on the directory is really the one you are looking for; it may be that of a different person.

(2) Make sure the name that appears there is acknowledged for scholarly work(s)

(a) being the author of a scholarly volume(s)and/or paper(s); or

(b)being quoted/cited in a scholarly volume or journal article(s)both of local and/or international importance.

Myself being an academic with Trinity University of Asia (TUA), let me initially pose this challenge to her "Doctors" and "Professors". If TUA is truly a prestigious university, many names of its "distinguished" faculty members would surely appear on Google Scholar.

By the way, don't mind UP, Ateneo, De La Salle, UA&P, UST, or Silliman academics; you'll surely get tired later opening a myriad sites for you'll find so many of them listed on Google Scholar

As of present records, only four names of TUA academics appear on Google Scholar: Epitacio Palispis, Juliet Bucoy, Annabelle R. Borromeo and Lydia A. Cabigao.

To the rest, GOOD LUCK!