Investigating the Relationship Between Dominant and Non-Dominant Cultural Capital in Higher Education: A Quantitative Study

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Abstract

This proposal investigates the relationship between “dominant cultural capital” (Bourdieu & Passeron, 1990) and “non-dominant cultural capital” (Carter, 2003; Yosso, 2005). We examine whether well-tested measures of these concepts capture different types of capital, and how the relationship between DCC and NDCC varies by student characteristics and institutional context.

Authors

• Nidia I Banuelos, University of Wisconsin-Madison

• Kyoungjin Jang-Tucci, University of Wisconsin-Madison