Universities as Special Organisations: An Overview of Their Role in Value and Cultural Transmission in Today's Context
Universities as Special Organisations: An Overview of Their Role in Value and Cultural Transmission in Today's Context

Summary/Abstract: In their multidisciplinary manner and in adherence to their mission statements, universities make it possible for people to be open to change with regard to their initial cultural orientation and be more in touch with other values of life in teamwork. Co-operation with others other than faculty members and openness to the environment are considered ways in which universities can impact the society and enhance prioritization of values. The paper brings two different concepts together: universities as special organizations (special agencies); and the notion of value/cultural transmission. These two are linked together, in the work, through the hypothetical postulation that universities perform strategic functions in the development and consolidation of societies by making it possible for people, especially the young ones, to escape the confines of their initial cultural environment and refine their value orientations. The method of the paper which is literature analysis and report analysis of a pilot study done by some scholars on Schwartz's measurement of values among university students support the assertion that universities act as agents for the transmission of culture and values, especially among the younger generation. That forms the basis of our theory in this paper.

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