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The shape of educational inequality.

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  • 1School of Information, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.

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Student capital, a measure of all student traits and resources, is exponentially distributed, not like intelligence tests. Interventions should focus on building student skills and resources for educational success.

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  • Educational Psychology
  • Sociology of Education
  • Human Capital Theory

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  • High student dropout rates persist despite significant educational funding and reforms in the U.S.
  • Previous research often overlooks harder-to-measure student attributes influencing academic success.
  • Easily measurable student characteristics are frequently the focus of existing studies.

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  • To introduce a conceptual framework defining "student capital" as the cumulative effect of all factors influencing educational success.
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  • Analysis of student capital distribution across 140 community college cohorts.

    • Main Results:

    • Student capital exhibits an exponential distribution across all analyzed cohorts.
    • The distribution of student capital is unequal, functioning as a limited resource.
    • Student success is not correlated with standard intelligence metrics in the way previously assumed.

    Conclusions:

    • Educational interventions should shift focus from removing barriers related to easily measured traits.
    • Efforts should concentrate on cultivating the essential skills and resources that constitute student capital.
    • Rethinking the measurement and development of student potential is crucial for improving educational outcomes.