This article examines evolving uses of Bourdieu's signature concept of Cultural Capital in
American educational research. Bourdieu originally developed the concept in the 1960s and …

First-generation students (FGSs) have received a great deal of attention in education
research, practice, and policy. The difficulty of understanding and subsequently addressing …

Social capital plays a key role in college and career success, and research indicates that a
dearth of on‐campus connections contributes to challenges first‐generation college …

Objectives: First-generation college students commonly experience financial, academic, and
personal challenges that are exacerbated by a cultural mismatch between independent …

Drawing upon Bourdieu's theories of social and cultural capital, a number of studies of the
higher education environment have indicated that students who are first-in-family to come to …

Background/Context There have been numerous studies conducted in the higher education
literature to determine whether parental education is related to the academic plans and …

Although higher education scholars are increasingly exploring disparities within institutions,
they have yet to examine how parental involvement contributes to social-class variation in …

Empirical research on cultural and social capital has generally ignored the key role of
institutions in setting standards that determine the contingent value of this capital …

Scholars routinely use cultural capital theory in an effort to explain class differences in
academic success but often overlook the key concept of habitus. Rich, longstanding debates …

Considering the current structural challenges that exist for students of color (SOC) in
accessing a higher education, an epistemology is needed that better represents the complex …