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HOME ECONOMICS BREAKING BORDERS:
ADDRESSING BASIC NEEDS BEYOND THE HOME
Aurorita T. Roldan
A survey of 254 completed or on-going researches and creative works in the
College of Home Economics (CHE), since the establishment of its Office of
Research and Publication in 1978, revealed the “research behaviors” of its
faculty vis-à-vis the University, the industry and the wider community. Data
gathered indicate the breadth and depth of CHE’s relevance not only to the
development and well-being of individuals and their families but also to national
development.
Beyond enumerating amount of studies undertaken in an academic institution,
which is often the case in gauging its worth, this study revealed that individual
researches profoundly project its institution’s character, its philosophy and
the values it promotes. It is precisely for these reasons why, despite the
economic movement towards the market and the industry, Home Economics
proudly remains as a college with its seven sub-disciplines, namely, Clothing
Technology, Interior Design, Family Life and Child Development, Community
Nutrition, Food Technology, Hotel Restaurant and Institution Management, and
Home Economics Education.
About the Presenter

In this session,
out its mandate
creative work
improvement of

the presenters show examples of how the University carries
of service to the nation through the conduct of research and
programs that aid in the design, implementation, and
the government’s various development programs.

Aurorita T. Roldan is the current Dean of the University of the Philippines
Diliman College of Home Economics. She finished BS Home Economics in UP
Diliman in 1974. She received her Master’s Degree in Development Studies
from the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, Netherlands in 1986 and finished
her PhD in Psychology in UP Diliman in 2002. Dean Roldan has been a faculty
member of the CHE since 1983. She is also a recipient of several academic
recognitions and awards including the PetroEnergy Resources Corporation
UP Centennial Professorial Chair in FLCD Award, September 2012-September
2013; Professional Award in Research and International Linkages in Family
Life and Child Development given by the Home Economics Alumni Association
on 29 June 2008; a Fellowship Grant from the Bilateral program of the
Netherlands and Philippine government, Institute of Social Studies, 1985-1986
and from University of the Philippines, PhD Psychology Program, 1996-2000;
and a Faculty Grant for Conceptualization and Development of the CHE Common
Course HE100 Family and Societal Development, 1993. She has a long list of
publications and researches about various topics on family life and child
development and has presented papers here and abroad. She is also a DZUP
Radio host for CHE’s “Kagalingang Pantahan”.

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