Zimdars, A;
Sullivan, A;
Heath, A;
(2009)
Elite higher education admissions in the arts and sciences: Is cultural capital the key?
Sociology
, 43
(4)
pp. 648-666.
10.1177/0038038509105413.
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Abstract
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 knowledge, rather than participation in the beaux arts, is related to admissions decisions.This effect is particularly pronounced in arts subjects. We only partly support Bourdieu's postulation of cultural capital as the main differentiator between fractions of the middle class. Measures of cultural capital do not account for the gender gap in admission and only explain a small part of the disadvantage faced by South-Asian applicants.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Elite higher education admissions in the arts and sciences: Is cultural capital the key? |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0038038509105413 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0038038509105413 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © 2009 BSA Publications Ltd. |
| Keywords: | cultural capital, cultural knowledge, higher education admission, private schools, quantitative methods, selective education, social stratification |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Social Research Institute |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1473719 |
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