Mission and Objectives

The mission of the College of Home Economics is to enhance the quality of day-to-day living of families and consumers and to prepare them to face changes. The CHE views this mission from both a specific focus and the larger societal and ecological perspectives. The dailiness of life involves both intellectual and administrative processes and its study is concerned with theory and practice and with science, technology and art. It is concerned with issues and challenges facing families which requires understanding of societal developments, both local and global.

The CHE addresses both the physical/material and relational dimensions of living and their interaction. Home Economics is the discipline that can lay claim to studying the elements that sustain life - food, clothing, shelter, and that give meaning to life - relationships within the family, among families, between families and the larger community; and as well as examining the interaction and harmonization of these elements. Culture-technology coupling in family life is a fundamental concern of home economics, while values and ideals are integral in the home economics study of families.

Where there are homes and families, there will be home economics. And where there is the University of the Philippines in the service of the nation, there is a place for the discipline of home economics and an institution for its study and development.