<![CDATA[The weakening of social solidarity and the rise of individualism among university students have become pressing concerns in Indonesian higher education, particularly given that conventional classroom-based Pancasila Education has yet to optimally cultivate students social care character. This condition is further compounded by the influence of globalization and digital transformation, which have contributed to declining prosocial behavior and empathy among the younger generation. This study aimed to analyze the contribution of Community-Based Learning (CBL) based Pancasila Education co-curricular activities to the strengthening of social care character among university students at Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia. A mixed method sequential exploratory design was employed, combining qualitative data from semi-structured interviews with two Pancasila Education lecturers and quantitative data from a Social Care Character Questionnaire administered to 169 students who completed the Pancasila Academic Immersion program. The instrument measured four dimensions of social care character, namely Empathy and Social Sensitivity, Participation and Prosocial Attitudes, Social Responsibility, and Post-Co-curricular Character Change, using a five-point Likert scale. Quantitative data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Spearman rank-order correlation. The findings revealed that students overall social care character achieved a Very Good rating with a mean score of 4.222 and a standard deviation of 0.449. Post-Co-curricular Character Change and Social Responsibility recorded the highest scores at 4.553 and 4.391 respectively, while all four dimensions demonstrated strong and statistically significant correlations with the overall score. This study concludes that CBL-based Pancasila Education co-curricular programs effectively strengthen students social care character and offer a replicable approach for Pancasila-based character education in Indonesian higher education.]]>
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