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

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 examines the relationship between social background, choice of university
programme and academic culture among Danish university students. Statistically and …

Although a prestigeful occupation may be relatively open to lower class recruits, success
may not be equally available to all, regardless of social class origin. Using the academic …

According to Bourdieu, the culture of the most powerful classes serves as a legitimate
culture that can be mastered to varying extents. Students who have been inculcated these …

Among many reasons for undertaking education, one is that it is an investment which
enables people to reach higher occupations than they might otherwise have done. On this …

While an extensive body of research has examined the role of cultural capital in reproducing
social class inequality in educational outcomes, the role of habitus and school context has …

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 …

Objective. The purpose of this paper is to examine whether the European educational
reforms of the past three decades have had the intended effect of reducing the impact of …

This study examines the links between parental education and students' choice of field of
study in Norwegian higher education. In our interpretation of the results, we suggest a status …