Abstract: In general, young people are perceived to be persons with an insatiable desire to explore the world of inter-personal, social, technological, and professional engagement as they enter the halls of the university and its challenging environment. As their young age affords them physical agility, mental idealism and active skills for human interaction, it is often ignored that college students possess a delicate sensitivity towards things religious or spiritual. This study is an attempt to discover and understand the transcendent aspect in the lives of the college students of a Central Visayan University in order to be able to address the possibility of assisting in their total growth and development. A survey was made through cluster sampling of students taking up the required religion classes in the first semester of 2015-16, with 427 students responding to the challenge. From the responses to the provided 5-page questionnaires, the results were gathered and analyzed. The results allowed the revelation of the existing values relating to religious and spiritual convictions of the students. The study revealed that students from a Central Visayan University have high levels of religious and spiritual consciousness and commitment. This offers the university personnel and faculty directly responsible for the conduct of classes and community programs to discover ways to more effectively contribute to the religious and spiritual growth of the students. The work was not an exhaustive project and can be seen as a springboard for further explorations in this area of student development, efforts that are highly encouraged and recommended.
Keywords: spirituality, religiosity, transcendence, values, church, education.
Title: Transcendence in Higher Education: Religious and Spiritual Values of College Students in a Central Visayan University
Author: Ramil R. Marcos
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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