Capital Formation for Marginalized High School Students: A Case Study

• In Event: The Role of Cultural Capital and Race in Urbana Schools' Post-Pandemic Outbreak

Abstract

Before and since the pandemic, racial and economic marginalization has negatively affected students’ high school and college success. To address these issues, programs have formed to develop students’ human, economic, cultural, and social capital to support students’ interest and ability to apply to colleges and universities. This case study examines how one such program that serves Black high school students from low-income backgrounds has provided capital and how these services needed to change with the drastic changes brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Results indicate that the program provides multiple types of capital and capital formation to support students’ success yet faced increasing difficulties around college affordability and financially supporting family since the pandemic that programs needed to address.

Authors

• LaMicah Lindsey

• Liza Rodler, FHI 360

• Rachel L. Renbarger, FHI 360

• Felix Fernandez, FHI 360