Ethnicity as Social Capital: An Examination of First-Generation, Ethnic-Minority Students at a Canadian University

Autor/inn/en	Birani, Aisha; Lehmann, Wolfgang
Titel	Ethnicity as Social Capital: An Examination of First-Generation, Ethnic-Minority Students at a Canadian University
Quelle	In: International Studies in Sociology of Education, 23 (2013) 4, S.281-297 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0962-0214
DOI	10.1080/09620214.2013.822715
Schlagwörter	Ethnicity; Social Capital; Academic Achievement; First Generation College Students; Interviews; Longitudinal Studies; Asians; Foreign Countries; Peer Groups; Clubs; Self Concept; Interpersonal Relationship; Minority Groups; Student Attitudes; Educational Experience; Educational Attainment; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ethnizität; Sozialkapital; Schulleistung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Asian; Asiat; Asiatin; Asiaten; Asiate; Ausland; Gleichaltrigengruppe; Peer Group; Club; Klub; Selbstkonzept; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Ethnische Minderheit; Schülerverhalten; Bildungserfahrung; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Kanada
Abstract	In this article, we use interview data collected in a four-year longitudinal study of first-generation university students to answer the question: how might the ethnicity of first-generation students impact their university experiences? After briefly examining previous literature written on the educational achievement levels of ethnic-minority Canadians, specifically Asian-Canadians, and on first-generation students, we explain the concept of social capital and how it relates to ethnicity. The findings extracted from the interviews in this paper suggest that, although first-generation students lack general knowledge about university, their ethnic identities serve to ease their disadvantaged positions in university by serving as both bonding and bridging social capital in the form of relationships, peer groups and ethnic clubs. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10