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Black Undergraduate Networking on an Urban, Historically White Campus

The Making of Social Capital

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ID9729979
AuthorsLiane I Hypolite (0000-0002-6775-2552, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA, USA, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume56
Issue3
Pages367-390
Publication date2024-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEducation and Urban Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0013-1245 • E-ISSN: 1552-3535
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/00131245221114882
OpenAlexW4290613006
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited25

Formerly preferred, but increasingly required, a college degree has become a prerequisite in a competitive job market. For Black undergraduates who continue to face systemic disparities in college completion, gaps in hiring are exacerbated by unequal access to leadership positions and professional training, such as internships, during college. Since informal connections and social networks heavily influence occupational access, this research article presents a relational, ethnographic approach to better understand the opportunities and constraints of networking for Black undergraduates in an urban campus context. This study advances prior social capital research by not only offering where networks exist but also presenting how they form and develop over time and across space. The findings show how Black students attending an urban, selective, and historically White institution (HWI) do not merely discover connections but deliberately construct them, illuminating the process through which social capital is made

Context (archaeology · Economic growth · Economics · Ethnography · Informal learning · Institution · Internship · Pedagogy · Political science · Public relations · Social capital · Social mobility · Social science · Sociology · White (mutation · Critical Race Theory in Education · Higher Education Research Studies · Social Capital and Networks

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