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Direct linkHäuberer, Julia; Brändle, Tobias – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 2018
We focus on transition from school or employment to university and analyze how social network characteristics and the quantity of social capital (SC) influence the assessment of help in selecting a program of study. We analyze data of undergraduate students at a German university and find that SC has an amount and a context effect. First, we…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Social Capital, Social Networks
Schuchart, Claudia – Educational Studies, 2013
This article intends to identify the effects of school social capital on the educational plans of students, particularly those staying in school and obtaining an intermediate certificate. It is hypothesised that social capital helps to explain individual educational plans and differences between schools regarding the amount of students with…
Descriptors: Secondary Education, Social Capital, Hypothesis Testing, Teacher Expectations of Students
