College Integration and Social Class

Autor/inn/en	Álvarez-Rivadulla, María José; Jaramillo, Ana María; Fajardo, Felipe; Cely, Laura; Molano, Andrés; Montes, Felipe
Titel	College Integration and Social Class
Quelle	In: Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 84 (2022) 3, S.647-669 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-1560
DOI	10.1007/s10734-021-00793-6
Schlagwörter	Socioeconomic Status; Low Income Students; Social Integration; College Students; Foreign Countries; Friendship; Social Networks; Interpersonal Relationship; Student Adjustment; Social Class; Colombia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Soziale Integration; Collegestudent; Ausland; Freundschaft; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Student; Students; Adjustment; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Adaptation; Social classes; Soziale Klasse; Kolumbien
Abstract	What is the impact of social class on college integration? Higher education institutions are becoming more diverse, yet the integration of underprivileged students remains a challenge. Using a social network approach, we analyze the general integration of low socioeconomic status (SES) students, as well as how segregated by class these friends are. The object of analysis is the extreme case of an elite university that, based on a government loan program (Ser Pilo Paga), opened its doors to many low-SES students in a very unequal country, Colombia. Using a mixed methods perspective, including a survey, 61 in depth interviews, and ethnographic observation, we analyze friendship networks and their meanings, barriers, and facilitators. Contrary to the literature, we find that low-SES students had, on average, the same number of connections and were no more isolated than students from upper social classes. Also, low-SES students' networks were not more segregated, even if relations with the upper classes were less likely and required more relational work than with middle or lower class friends. This high level of social integration stemmed from the intense relational work that low-SES students engage in, so as to fit in. Middle class friends act as a catalyst that can enable cross-class friendships. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01