%0 Journal Article
%T Brokering College Opportunity for First
%A Julia C. Duncheon
%A Stefani R. Relles
%J American Educational Research Journal
%@ 1935-1011
%D 2019
%R 10.3102/0002831218788335
%X Social capital research has demonstrated the value of relationships and networks to enhance college opportunity for first-generation students. While most work has focused on individual students and their ties, high schools play a critical role in social capital processes by connecting students to external college access organizations and resources. This case study employs Mario Small¡¯s organizational brokerage theory to investigate social capital formation among college-bound first-generation youth in an urban high school. Specifically, we explore how the school itself brokered college-going resources through its partner organizations. Findings illustrate a range of passive and active brokerage strategies that influenced the quantity and quality of available resources, and in turn, the amount of student agency required to secure social capital gains
%K college access
%K organizational brokerage
%K social capital
%K urban high schools
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.3102/0002831218788335