University Social Responsibility towards Enhancing the Value of Voluntary Work among Students Social Field Study

The study aimed to identify the forms of university social responsibility towards enhancing the culture value of voluntary charitable work. It also aimed to identify the attitudes of students towards voluntary charitable work and their roles in participating in it. The study population consisted of Najran University female students. The sample size was (200) participants distributed to colleges of medicine, nursing, and computer science. All of them were selected randomly from the study population. The researcher used the sample survey method, in addition to an instrument developed to measure the university role in disseminating voluntary work value. The interview form consisted of four fields, namely forms of university social responsibility towards the dissemination of voluntary work (9) items, students’ attitudes towards voluntary work (10) items, areas of voluntary work (10) items, and obstacles of voluntary work inside university (4) items. The total number of the items was (33). The researcher referred to educational literature and previous studies to develop the study instrument that was subjected to statistical treatment by SPSS program. The researcher also confirmed the instrument’s validity, reliability, and fitness for the study aims. The study revealed the positive role of university to enhance the value of voluntary work was among study sample. The study also emphasized the role of university in the provision of positive and effective activities and programs that meet the students’ needs in the field of voluntary and charitable work. The study also uncovered the importance of activating voluntary work in accordance to criteria and bases well- known for students. Findings also showed that effective activation of university contributed to produce a voluntary charitable system, which in turn contributed to the development of students’ capabilities integrally towards charitable work. At the end, the study concluded some suggestions and perspectives for the advancement of university role to activate voluntary work. The adoption of a university course that cares about voluntary charitable work for all colleges and programs and contribute to the achievement of university aims regarding social participation and enhancement of voluntary work was the most important suggestion.