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Development
of Student Values
in Higher Education
by
George T Ge•s
A3soc
Dtlllt
of
St~us
-
Ambnudol'
Co/1.,.
Wbat Sputntl d1d
to
math~m:ntl-"'\..
"'rncc
and fort:•gn
l.angu.tgt
an
the
colleae ..:urru:u–
lum. Watcrs•tte w•ll do to
tonccrn
about
"alue develupmenl nnd co cth•cal mutuoty.
In
the educationol
órcle.~
1 find auch
OJ>IIl·
tO~
a{e fJndlng )teady
txprc.ssaon.
lnlcrcst1n
thc moral dc"elopment
or
humJn
bcan¡..
J'
ac-ule
Bchef thJ.l
h1gher
educallon ha_,
'\O
me
consideNbl~ rt)ron.>.~bthty
m
thc foacahtai•On
of valuc sohdlfi\'ólUOn of the oollcge )tudenl
IS 011 lht 10(1'('.)\C
In th&S
an1cle
l'm no1 going lo •rgue lhilt
h1gher cducatlon
doe~
havc a decp rcspon'>l•
bilily
lO
fultHI
11\
helping SIUdtn(.)
\:\)lllC
to
ethicul
maturny:
l'm gois'lg. to
a\!.,•me
it. Pcr·
.,onally 1
decply
believe
that
such
t$
thllt
ca'e
and
want to
a.ddrc\.) myself lo
what
""llc&e"
and
URI\
ti'SJIIC>
~3ft
do
about
ti
Wh;ll
~hould
lhe appr<>ath
Of
4ft IR·
sutuuon
or
ha¡her
le.Jmmg
be
tn
hetptns,
studtnlS
dar.ry
~nd
solidsfy
value\"
Wh:u
ste~
can
be
taLel\
for
such n procc»
lo
andecd occm un the campus?
The collesc npproach lo va luc ci,IJI•
ficatiou
UHI~t
ovotd
'"'O
extreme~.
Thc
tlr\t
c::·urcmc
t.S
mdOt:tttnatlon
Free (;hlJt("t'
(not
(orced
Or e\'CO e\Cfis:IVtly
pr~cSUI'Cd)
from
amoog
•ltcrnauH:~.
aner eac:h
alternJII\e
h~
bcen
carcfull)
~cighed.
u.
vatal
10 rna·
1ure cbaractcr dc-..·elopmenL Studenl.) netd
10
be:
rree
10
bu1ld
thear
own characu:r
•nd
~houJd
n<.\1
be
rressured
or •ndoctrtnalcd
tnto
busldmg
a
typc
o(
compuls,i-.e charttcter
lhat
actual!
y
arrew•
thc devclopmtnl or elh·
1Cál
mulunly
~
P«l
.\ncJ Hh•ghur)l
~
.Jr1K:u1.utt)
expr~\
thl'
mo~ucr
11
tf
1cm¡"'n#ll
e<t~f
flll(/
nwdumth
grolifY"'X
Ut ..
mold"
childr~n
(fJr
tlc<n
roll~¡:t•
mulf!lll.f) nr to u·lup tlu:m /,o
fml'
/J~
f'\t'f't'IWIJ:
/l'r~~f
.\' llpt:niiT lfUfll\
oml muhontr
"'
un adult lt
h
(1/ltn
~rsonttlll
mcmn·rment 10
olhJlti duM
""
tm~<
to
,k/tott
altunanwn.
úJtJ
íl
mat
M
f"IOna/1' jrw.Jralml, tflltnt
rh01ct
nmtr,,,brls
tHie's
~Mn
ptYJtr·
ttt«s.
lf
llrt~
u
anv selfish.
JCII'IIIrt
''pridt"
111
Jlal..t,
11
ls
•a:•·
hard (ar
mQ.51
udu/1\
/(J
l'tfram from
tolllnJIIm¡.:
chi/dren
111
mt tmtocratiC'
mm111cr.
Thtll. /()(}, lfkc-
/Uf)'
ditldUJf'Sirtp.
il
lool...s ..
mllft
tfficitm
•· -
10
1h~: d~e·wtor.
111
let~
.
rt.
1/o.."f''·u.
1he
~JJ«r
011 cliord,*•
ttr
n
1v arrtst
tM
Je'ft'lopmtlll
oj
ranonul ¡udt;mrnt and
10
crratt
su<lt
rt!~tttmrttiJ
tH
prtrrnt
th~
l:f'OM·IIt
t>f
g~lturn~~l' alrrww~
mrpul.srs. For thou
samlJ o[
rt·an,
the
long·tt!ñtl
t/Jt•af
'"'''<'
/Ncn 1/(riOrcd und sorrljtCtfl 10
sJrort.um" c1dult
luJmmagts.
IIU)\1
of
thr
tunr. Proh.,bl)· 11
i:J
110
ctc<·tdtm
tltat
thrr~
' '"
rtJaurel•· fr..·
~fJpl~
who
or~.
Df'
~•'t'r
...
m
b«om~.
ps.•-cholox
icQI/)' onJ "huulh motu"
(fht' P\)•
cholO&)
or
Ch.aracter
De'
elopme:nt.
p.
/91)
Th1s 1.:,
not 10
~3)'.
howe,er. 1hat
thc
col·
legc or IJIHVCt\IIY
~hould
not
stand for "an,ll·
IUiional"
volue~
whtch are the bulwMk
of 1\S
raisoo d'atre.
Th•~
lcads
us
lo our !ltc.:ond
exln!mc
lO
be
14\'CJÍded
in
a
collcgc\
ar·
proach lO
(acaiJUUmg
m:uurc
\'.tlue
JUdg•
mentSm lb studenb
There
1s
andecd
hule
chanc:e
that
1ht col·
legc envtronment 'A'ill
lend
support ta 1hc
vaJue anlc¡r;auon
or
ils
student~
.r
11 m.elf
lacks wch •ntcgrauon An) IO}IIluuon
or
higher
Jeanung must have ow:rull founda·
lional
vn1ue~
1hat
thorou,ghly
pcrvodc the
cnvironmtnt of
the
c;:smpus.
Whelher "'e·re
rt'fcmn1 to lht
\'IUe} Of
honor <ln4J
dut)
cspou\Cd
ou
1
1mlttou)'
acadcm.)
or h,,
the
vaJue.s
or
Chn)tl.in charactcr at
.a
chur\:h·
rclated college, che
anstnutaon
mU\l
ftrml)
sland for
.somethmg.
M>me1Juns
Chtu 11 pllr•
poru to
•mpan
10
tiS
student~ .
Whcn
an
mstttuuon
txconu!')
deftns•ve rc.:lat•vc
to H\
tn\tituuonal valut\, then 1b
cffc~tl\
ent") '"
\.aluc
uarumt~1on ;~
!reatl}
htndcf(d
A
btgh
(e\.el
o(
eKpt(;taftC)
lO
the_s.e
tO)IIIU·
twnal ":lfuc\
10
"hrch
~•udc-nts
.. trug,gle
to
au:tin
nlU)l
pe".1de •he
c.ampu!l
atn\ospher~.
Jfwe
<b'ume an)IUullonaJ valuc'
lo
v.hH:h
lhe
admtl\1\lratlon and
raculty
~lre
c.lccpl.)
commiued and a lso a deep bclicf In •he
fX'r>OnaJ frecdom .md responstb•Uiy of the
individual
\ludcnt
w
come to has
o~
n \el of
..-afu~.
how
~
an
u\SIItution
pru«td co
dc.,~elop
•
plt~n
\0
chal ,¡fue .)()fidtfK.Ht()n m
us studenl) •nJced tales
placc-1
A firsl step 1hat many oolle!es fati 10
@~'<
suffic•en1 .mcnt1on or commnment ro 1.) thc
development ora model ofstudent 01Ulunty.
What
will be
the éhar:tclerisliCsOfthc
vnlue·
intcgr.atcd. mor.tlly
mnturc
graduatc
or
1hc
ooUegc? Whol qu.tltltes should lhe \ludenl
posse..ss
lo
be
fuUy ablc lo
unle.a.sh
ht>t
¡')()(CO•
tial
a.s •
hum3n
bc•ng1 \·fan)
$Uth
modrls
are a-."'lihable. bul
lt
1( up
to
lhc
p.t.t1Ku1.u
coUegc
or una..·cmty to
butld
1t~
1ndl\ tdual
model and
to
1.1.0rl.
co
gatn
1hc cxpmtse
lo
asst-s.~
v.
here
che
>tuden•
body
o.s 3 v.hole
and wherc studcnts as
individuals
are rela–
tive
lO
th1s, modcl
1 p<:rwnally feel 1ha1 while a goal of the
tradi1ton.1l
pht i O>Oph~
101
coursc of fineen
)C.JI'S
380
Wl~
lO
lnock
do....-n
che
fiN\-IOCIAl
homc .and c»mmun•t} ..
-alue$..
our
1)
ptcal
freshman enlenn& tollege
tn
197S ba<ICIII)
need~
help 1n
tmmediatc1)
be&•""'"l
10
\.0•
hdsfy h1s valucs He has
aJ~ady
bccn largely
exposed to the '·aluc
confus•on
ran\p;~nt
m
the
wortd
ofthe "C.:h1 .0phrcmc
scvcnlle~.
Th~rd l y.
1he oollcgc must go oooul lhc
business or
~ysrcmaucally
provid•na
for thc
vaned
C\ptncn~-n ~pecdicall~
planned
10
hc1p the
stu\Jcnt gro\to
10
tcnn'>
of
thc m>'tu
1'1ty modcl
Thc~
t'\:pcriencc'
w1ll
uwOI\.'C'
pecr·(J'!Cf
IOICfiii:IIOtl$,
wherc.
ror
C\ttrnplc,
junior and
!ICIHOr
re\1dcnt
asststam~ carefull~
~electcd
on 1hc
ba-,i'
Clf m1uumy
w111
~r"c ·'~
models
v.•uh
v.hom
undercl:t~ ~ludent'
cJn
ident•fy
o~nd
•ntcr.act.
Facuh"·\.IUdcnl
and
admant)tr.atton ·
..tudent
aÓtcr<~M.:Uon
••11
be
c:arcfully dt)t¡ncd
lo
provtdc
for
,pcofk
c'penence.s de"'&ned
(or
Studcnt
StO\\
th
ID
the-
m:UUflt)
model
A
lec-turer
~houfd
no•
be
hesüant
10
mcorpo·
rote his
pcrMlnol
value system
mto
hl\
an·
structlon. lluwcver.
hue
ag.ain.
thc: appmach
i-S
not ont
of
lndoctnnation.
bu
e
onc
or
c-hdl·
lengtng.
and
•~p~tang
thc student 14.l
~.:onun
u:dl)
c.,·alu~uc
and reorganizc
h1s
pcrwtul
\"3luc
.S)~tcm
h " pcrhar- 1hc
f•cuh)
mcmber "ho
atone: can be\1 mcdtate 1he: valua uf the
IOMUUIIOn How thl$
c"'n
be
s.klllfull)'
dunc
1)
in
ll.:.clf
anOihcr
S-UbjtCI
o(
giant \Cope Un\1
cannol
be ad.:tJuatcly dealt
with
here
Small IRlCUCiton
discllssson
group~
<hould Al..o be \Chtduled wilh 1he spcc•flc
purpos<: of o«omphshmg gro,.•lh alons lh<
studeru
ma1unt)
modcl 1n a
$))ttm~tu: ~J.)'
S1udtnu
.abo ne:ed •nrormatton
on
1he
pru.
ce:sses
of ..,alue i.Ohd1ficalion.
decnaon mal·
mg.
ecc.
Tha~
walt
S,I''C
them
anss~ht
as 10 1he
processes
that
are occumng w1th1n thcm
3\
chey
Mt
devclopm¡
their valucs on .:1
pnr–
t•cular
ISSUt .
The: enllcgc muSt havc a '-'Onllnuttl com·
rnitmenl to pro\11de thesc
creauvc
IUHJ
en·
nchmg cxpcriencc-..
that
w1U help
produ~e
stud~nt
matunt)'
h mus1
be
wtlhng 10 e.. ar..
ut~te,
lo
da~ard
wh.at 4.IOC$n't "'ork.
•rtd
to
ampro,·c
"'h~l
do('.
Pcrhaps wh31
·~
nceded
most
o(
all
t) "
non<ynacaJ •deali\m
rooted
m thc conv1cUOn of thc
grea1
"·onh and
dignuy
Of
help1ng
MudentS
g.ain thC: tlhu;al
marurity
co
harncss
thc1r fachom
l e:$~
worth
as
buman bctng.-c
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