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Title: Social Reproduction at a Minority Serving Institution: STEM Capital Disparities among Children of Immigrants
Language: English
Authors: María G. Rendón (ORCID 0000-0001-9334-9508), Ashley Hernandez, David R. Schaefer (ORCID 0000-0001-9038-0251)
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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