Cultural capital and habitus in the field of higher education: academic and social adaptation of rural students in four elite universities in Shanghai, China

Wong, Yi‐Lee; Liao, Qing

doi:10.1080/0305764x.2022.2056142

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“…It has been a matter of curiosity whether people who migrate from the village to the city carry the culture they acquired in the village to the city or whether they integrate with the city and adapt to the new culture. In some studies [19][20][21], especially the inability of young people to adapt to the fast urban life can also affect their academic development. In this context, the adaptation to urban life of students studying in Bishkek, the capital city of Kyrgyzstan, was examined.…”

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Social Adaptation of University Students Migrating from Rural to Urban Areas

Gul,

Tas

2024

JOGRESS

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This research focuses on examining the social adaptation of university students migrating from rural to urban areas in Kyrgyzstan. The reason for this is the rapid increase in rural-urban migration in Kyrgyzstan in recent years and this increase has caused some social adaptation problems in the cities. The sample group consisted of 220 university students determined by simple random technique. In the study, a questionnaire developed by the researcher was used to determine the social cohesion levels of university students. As a result, it was determined that the social adjustment levels of university students who migrated from rural to urban areas were at a medium level. It was determined that the social adaptation levels of the students did not differ significantly according to the variables of gender, family marital status, employment status and language of education. Among the independent variables, a significant difference was determined in the variable of whether the students experienced a negative event in a social field. It was observed that the social adjustment levels of students who experienced a negative situation in a social field were lower than those who did not.

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Social Adaptation of University Students Migrating from Rural to Urban Areas

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Tas

2024

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“…This is echoed in the empirical studies in China. Wong and Liao (2022) find that rural college students can gradually alter their habitus and acquire the cultural capital to survive the academic crises and prepare for the labor market. A similar conclusion is indicated by the research on college students' career preparation trajectories, where students can transfer between habitus fit and misfit to the university environment (Chen & Tian, 2021).…”

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Cultural capital and higher education inequalities in contemporary China

2023

Sociology Compass

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The relationship between cultural capital endowment and higher education inequalities can be better understood by approaching it in a non‐Western socio‐cultural order. This article brings together empirical studies on this theme in the social context of China. The examination‐oriented higher education system and the supplementary independent freshman/women recruitment complicate the role of cultural capital, entailing positive, null, or adverse effects. Although cultural capital offers little help for elite university attendance, it is linked to the preference of liberal arts majors via the performance in the standardized test. Cultural capital matters for the stratification of the higher education process concerning one's attitudes toward love and social capacities. Existing studies also present evidence for the heterogeneous returns of cultural capital and description of failed cases of middle‐class students and successful cases of disadvantaged students. Future directions of research are discussed.

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Light and shadow: Students' first-year transition through the complexities of higher education

Hang,

Guo

2025

International Journal of Educational Research

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Cultural capital and habitus in the field of higher education: academic and social adaptation of rural students in four elite universities in Shanghai, China

Cited by 7 publications

References 45 publications

Social Adaptation of University Students Migrating from Rural to Urban Areas

Social Adaptation of University Students Migrating from Rural to Urban Areas

Cultural capital and higher education inequalities in contemporary China

Light and shadow: Students' first-year transition through the complexities of higher education

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