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The Campus Tour: Ritual and Community in Higher Education
Author(s) -
Magolda Peter M.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
anthropology and education quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1548-1492
pISSN - 0161-7761
DOI - 10.1525/aeq.2000.31.1.24
Subject(s) - sociology , democracy , multiculturalism , media studies , university campus , foundation (evidence) , higher education , pedagogy , social science , political science , library science , law , politics , computer science
This study examines the messages that a university transmits to prospective students during a particular ritual—the campus tour. Specifically, the article discusses the ways that members of a university communicate their expectations with respect to becoming contributing members of the academic community. Three community discourses serve as the theoretical foundation for the analysis. The conclusion discusses ways that rituals could be examined and modified to create multicultural and democratic communities.