"A Door to a Good and Happy Life": Building Social and Cultural Capital in a College Success Program
Date of Award
Spring 2015
Document Type
Thesis
Terms of Use
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Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Educational Studies Department, Sociology & Anthropology Department
First Advisor
Lisa Smulyan
Second Advisor
Christopher Michael Fraga
Abstract
This thesis aims to answer the question of how the people involved in a college success program’s middle school component understand the work being done at their site. Using data from two and a half months of participant observation, interviews, and materials collection at the site, the author concludes that this program is an intentional community of practice aiming to close the opportunity gap through developing the social and cultural capital of low-income students of color. The author finds that the site understands the development of social and cultural capital to create career choice and a happy life through college success.
Recommended Citation
Kronstat, Zachary , '15, ""A Door to a Good and Happy Life": Building Social and Cultural Capital in a College Success Program" (2015). Senior Theses, Projects, and Awards. 357.
https://works.swarthmore.edu/theses/357