This article examines the extent to which cultural capital helps to explain the link between
social background and gaining an offer for study at the University of Oxford. We find that …

Cultural capital is frequently referred to as a construct in the analysis of inequality in higher
education. It has been suggested that variations in cultural capital contribute to social class …

This paper uses data from the National Education Longitudinal Survey to assess the
relationship between male and female student participation in various extra-curricular …

Over recent years, sociologists of education have paid increasing attention to the higher
education sector. They have highlighted the ways in which, despite the significant expansion …

In the global phenomenon of widening participation policy in higher education, lower
retention rates for students from less advantaged socio-economic circumstances have …

According to Bourdieu's theory of cultural reproduction, children from middle-class families
are advantaged in gaining educational credentials due to their possession of cultural capital …

This article is devoted to the explanation of the influence of social origins on student
achievement. Using the data of the Project for International Student Assessment on 25 …

This paper studies the role of cultural capital in the relationship between social background
inequalities and educational attainment. Using data from a national sample of Greek high …

This article examines student accounts of credentials, talent and academic success, against
a backdrop of the enduring liberal ideal of an education-based meritocracy. The article also …

The paper addresses the question of whether social class origin affects academic
performance at university. Although a clear relationship between social origins and …