Trust Networks: A New Perspective on Pedigree and the Ambiguities of Admissions

Autor/in	Posselt, Julie R.
Titel	Trust Networks: A New Perspective on Pedigree and the Ambiguities of Admissions
Quelle	In: Review of Higher Education, 41 (2018) 4, S.497-521 (25 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-5748
Schlagwörter	Graduate Students; College Admission; Admission Criteria; Ambiguity (Context); Selective Admission; Racial Bias; Socioeconomic Status; Access to Education; Social Capital; Social Networks; Trust (Psychology); Social Theories; Decision Making; Equal Education; Comparative Analysis; Ethnography; Case Studies; Doctoral Programs; Data Analysis; College Faculty; Interviews; Reputation; Qualitative Research + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Hochschulzugang; Hochschulzulassung; Zulassung; Admission; Admission procedures; Zulassungsbedingung; Zulassungsverfahren; Bildungsselektion; Racial discrimination; Rassismus; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Sozialkapital; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Gesellschaftstheorie; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Ethnografie; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Doktorandenprogramm; Auswertung; Fakultät; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Qualitative Forschung
Abstract	Privileging elite academic pedigrees in graduate admissions preserves racial and socioeconomic inequities that many institutions say they wish to reduce. To understand this preference, I integrate across perspectives on trust in rational choice, social capital, and social network theories, and use the resulting framework to interpret 68 interviews with faculty reflecting on graduate admissions. Individual and institutional trust networks enable faculty to invest in students' uncertain futures, with trust especially important for interpretations of transcripts and letters of recommendation. I discuss trust networks' consequences for admissions, how they can be expanded, and their relevance for future higher education research. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01