Behaviour and Adjustments to College Policies of Selected Students in the College of Arts and Communication, University of Eastern Philippines

Abstract

This study was conceptualized and designed to determine the behavior and adjustment towards college policies of selected students in the College of Arts and Communication, University of Eastern Philippines. Specifically, this study sought to document the profile of the respondents, identify the existing college policies the respondents are familiar with, determine the behavior encountered by students in adjusting towards college policies, find out the level of adjustment of students towards college policies and draw recommendations from the respondents to adjust the college policies. As to the profile of the respondents, majority were below 19 years old, male, Roman Catholic, respondents” fathers were mostly teachers while their mothers were mostly housewives, earning 10,000-15,000 per month, composed to 4-6 family members. Among the college policies are: wear proper uniform and ID, observe proper haircut, proper waste disposal, deserve silence as classes are on-going, no cheating, avoid littering, no smoking, no vandalism and, no loitering. There were three identified behavior which include: there are violators of the college policies because there is no strict implementation of it, students are limiting their academic freedom and, they feel that we are controlled because of these college policies. The overall level of adjustment on college policies is considered as “high” with the grand mean of 3.91.Among the recommendations of the respondents for better college policies adjustment include: the violators should be punished, there should be strict implementation of the college policies and the department should create more disciplinary policies.