Social conscience orientation of C.P.U. students

Abstract

This study is one of a series of investigations on the attitudes of Central Philippine University students in pursuance of one of the objectives of the University Research Center to undertake institutional research. This study aimed to investigate the moral concern of students about perceived social ills or what might be termed institutional wrongdoings. What, for instance, would their reaction or feeling be if they knew that one of their classmates is a “drug addict” or is “spending money for cigarettes but won’t even buy their notebooks for school work?” It is to be noted that commitment to an enlightened social conscience is one of the objectives of the general education program of the University. It is therefore planned to use the findings in these investigations as benchmark information against which to compare value changes in the students after a two-year period.