It’s Capital! Understanding Latina/o Presence in Higher Education

Autor:	María Isabel Ayala, Sheila Marie Contreras
Rok vydání:	2018
Předmět:	Latina o Higher education business.industry Capital (economics) 05 social sciences 050602 political science & public administration Economics 050301 education Demographic economics Cultural capital business 0503 education 0506 political science
Zdroj:	Sociology of Race and Ethnicity. 5:229-243
ISSN:	2332-6506 2332-6492
DOI:	10.1177/2332649218757803
Popis:	Latina/o educational differentials have been studied predominantly from a deficit standpoint that emphasizes a lack of cultural capital. More recently, researchers began to reject this deficit perspective, foregrounding instead the cultural capital that enables Latina/o students to succeed academically. The very idea that Latina/o students possess cultural capital is new to higher education, which has historically undervalued Latina/o student experience and community history. Cultural capital, however, plays a crucial role in Latina/o student academic achievement. The authors’ study of junior- and senior-level Latina/o students attending a primarily White four-year research university in the Midwest examines Latina/o community cultural wealth, particularly with regard to navigating the academy. The authors also suggest institutional changes to develop policies that address Latina/o student presence from a capital rather than a deficit perspective.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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