International Journal of Education

Social responsibility is the awareness and actions of individuals or organizations to consciously undertake obligations and actively contribute to society. As the successors of the socialist cause of our motherland, contemporary college students play a crucial role in society. Their state of social responsibility not only determines their behavior but also has a profound impact on the future and destiny of the country. Therefore, college students should cultivate and practice social responsibility, integrating it into their studies, daily life, and social interactions. Cultivating application-oriented undergraduate students with a strong sense of social responsibility is of vital importance for the construction of socialist modernization and the progress of the times. This study takes Guangdong University of Science and Technology as a case to conduct an empirical investigation and statistical analysis of the current state of social responsibility among application-oriented college students. Through data analysis, the challenges faced by college students sense of social responsibility are revealed, and the causes of these challenges are discussed in conjunction with existing literature. Finally, this paper attempts to propose effective ways to cultivate college students sense of social responsibility.

Undergraduate; College students; Social responsibility; Current situation; Cultivate