Social Reproduction at a Minority Serving Institution: STEM Capital Disparities among Children of Immigrants
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| Title: | Social Reproduction at a Minority Serving Institution: STEM Capital Disparities among Children of Immigrants |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | María G. Rendón (ORCID |
| Source: | Sociology of Education. 2025 98(4):273-293. |
| Availability: | SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: https://sagepub.com |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 21 |
| Publication Date: | 2025 |
| Sponsoring Agency: | National Science Foundation (NSF), Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings (DRL) |
| Contract Number: | 2028029 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Evaluative |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Minority Serving Institutions, Research Universities, STEM Education, Achievement Gap, Minority Group Students, Immigrants, Disproportionate Representation, Cultural Capital, Social Capital, Social Structure, Socialization, Biology, School Segregation |
| Geographic Terms: | California |
| DOI: | 10.1177/00380407251352785 |
| ISSN: | 0038-0407 1939-8573 |
| Abstract: | We examine exclusion and the persistence of STEM disparities for underrepresented minority (URM) students at one diverse college campus, a prestigious Minority Serving Institution (MSI). We draw on in-depth interviews with 28 class- and ethnoracially diverse children of immigrants to examine how they navigated their first year in biology. Our analysis reveals three types of students who differ in STEM capital: (1) STEM-thrivers, who inhabit a "bio-bubble"; (2) STEM-adapters, who straddle STEM-dominant and non-STEM-dominant peers; and (3) STEM-disconnected, who struggle in silence. We explain how this STEM capital typology is racially inflected, informed by both immigrant class origin and high school segregation. We call attention to social dynamics associated with STEM capital, the forms of exclusion encountered by URM students, and how universities, including MSIs, can reinforce STEM disparities that result in social reproduction. |
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| Entry Date: | 2025 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1485496 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | We examine exclusion and the persistence of STEM disparities for underrepresented minority (URM) students at one diverse college campus, a prestigious Minority Serving Institution (MSI). We draw on in-depth interviews with 28 class- and ethnoracially diverse children of immigrants to examine how they navigated their first year in biology. Our analysis reveals three types of students who differ in STEM capital: (1) STEM-thrivers, who inhabit a "bio-bubble"; (2) STEM-adapters, who straddle STEM-dominant and non-STEM-dominant peers; and (3) STEM-disconnected, who struggle in silence. We explain how this STEM capital typology is racially inflected, informed by both immigrant class origin and high school segregation. We call attention to social dynamics associated with STEM capital, the forms of exclusion encountered by URM students, and how universities, including MSIs, can reinforce STEM disparities that result in social reproduction. |
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| ISSN: | 0038-0407 1939-8573 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/00380407251352785 |
