How Rituals and Traditions Are Used as Tools of Socialization at Black Women's Colleges

• Published in: Journal of thought Vol. 43; no. 3-4; pp. 47 - 57
• Main Authors: Collins, Alicia C., Lewis, Bradford F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: San Francisco Caddo Gap Press 01-10-2008
• Subjects: African Americans; Beliefs; Black colleges; Case studies; Ceremonies; College campuses; College students; Colleges; Colleges & universities; Communities; Community Relations; Corporate culture; Education; Educational Objectives; Environment; Females; Higher Education; Interviews; Observation; Organizational Culture; Peer Groups; Rites & ceremonies; Rituals; School buildings; School campuses; Semi Structured Interviews; Single Sex Colleges; Social integration; Socialization; Teenage girls; Undergraduate Students; Women; Womens education
• ISSN: 0022-5231; 2375-270X; 0022-5231
• DOI: 10.2307/jthought.43.3-4.47

In the case of both Bennett and Spelman College, faculty, administrators, students (peer groups), and alumnae work together as socializing agents that are purveyors of the organizational culture. Documents collected from the institutions, transcripts from interviews and research, and observations recorded in research journals were reviewed to find themes, words, and ideas that recur.\n After the ceremony the class valedictorian plants ivy beside one of the campus buildings.