The University as a Socializing Agent: An Analysis Based on Students’ Perceptions
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This article presents part of the results obtained from the research underlying the doctoral thesis “Students’ Attitudes toward the University as an Indicator of Quality”, defended in 2007.
This extensive study offers a detailed analysis of the role of the university as a socializing agent in the process through which students’ attitudes are formed, through the information it conveys about university life.
The sample consisted of 554 students in the final years of 12 degree programs currently offered at the University of Santiago de Compostela. Information was collected through the administration of a questionnaire comprising 327 items addressing 55 dimensions, which provide a comprehensive picture of the university institution as a context of training and socialization.
The results of the research reveal the existence of a set of tendencies that define young university students within the framework of contemporary society, as well as the role of the university as an educational and socializing institution in the development of these tendencies. Thus, the aim of this paper is to invite readers to reflect on two questions: what are the beliefs, values, and attitudes of university students within and toward the university? And what is the role of the university as a socializing agent through the information it conveys?
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