campus culture

College social environment

Campus culture encompasses the social atmosphere, traditions, values, and behavioral norms that characterize a particular college or university.

It includes everything from academic intensity and party scene to Greek life, athletics, and political climate.

Prospective students often evaluate campus culture when choosing schools: The campus culture felt too competitive for me.

The term also appears in discussions of institutional problems: The university is trying to change its campus culture around sexual assault.

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students · quad · friendships · alumni network · college traditions · candlelight vigils · cultural festivals · homecoming · tailgate parties · Greek life · free speech · peer pressure · student organizations · honor code · parties · sports teams · hazing · cliques

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setting/location

campus culturecorporate culture

Shared workplace values, norms

workplace culture · office culture · military culture · street culture · prison culture

formal vs. informal education

campus culturecoursework

Student academic tasks

classroom instruction · degree requirements · administrative structure · credentialing

life stage/experience type

campus cultureworking life

Employed years collectively

real-world experience · professional life · family life · domestic life

Family

culture, campus

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