ERIC Number: EJ1423942
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 21
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1361-3324
EISSN: EISSN-1470-109X
Passing the Torch: Intergenerational Capital Transmission and the Black Legacy Experience at a PWI
Race, Ethnicity and Education, v27 n4 p453-473 2024
As American colleges and universities become more diverse, expanding our vision and working around what it means to be a legacy, especially at Predominately White Institutions, will be essential. This paper examines Black families' experiences at Churchill, a small liberal arts PWI in the Northeast. With the aid of Yosso's community cultural wealth and Bourdieu's notions of cultural and social capital, it examines how parents' experiences at Churchill and exposing their child to Churchill shaped and informed their child's decision to attend their parent's alma mater and the passing of social and cultural capital between the generations. Findings suggest that while navigational and familial capital passes between generations, Black cultural capital does not pass smoothly and impacts their child's experience at Churchill.
Descriptors: Predominantly White Institutions, African American Students, Fathers, Parent Background, Educational Attainment, Social Capital, Cultural Capital, Student Experience, College Choice
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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