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International Capital and Student Body Composition at an International Private School: [Capital Internacional e composição do corpo discente de uma escola particular internacional]
Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Public Health Sciences.ORCID iD: 0009-0007-3055-736X
Number of Authors: 12025 (English)In: Educar em Revista, ISSN 0104-4060, E-ISSN 1984-0411, Vol. 41, article id e98369Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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This article analyses the composition and distribution of cultural capital amongst students at an international private school, drawing on data from 270 students’ LinkedIn profiles and 27 semi-structured interviews. International education literature suggests that national middle classes are reinventing themselves by acquiring international properties. Studying at a school like the College of Europe provides the opportunity to not only study social groups from one nation but from many. Findings show that while the College of Europe tends to recruit a socially homogenous student body with strong international dispositions, there is a variation within the student body, which impacts how they perceive and value the school. Three groups of students were identified based on social class and international capital. For the “international inheritors”, the school represented a social paradise and was a continuation of investment into the international, a strategy of social reproduction. For the “international social climbers”, the school represented an opportunity for upward social mobility. Most students, however, belonged to the group of “international aspirants”. For them, the school represented a strategy for social distinction by further accumulating international capital and reconverting their national scholarly capital into certified international capital. These findings suggest that, in the case of the College of Europe, international education is used by European national middle classes to reinvent themselves rather than social reproduction or upward mobility.

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O artigo analisa a composição e a distribuição do capital cultural entre os alunos de uma escola particular internacional, com base em dados de 270 perfis dos estudantes no Linkedin e 27 entrevistas semiestruturas. A literatura de educação internacional sugere que as classes médias nacionais estão se reinventando por meio da aquisição de atributos internacionais. Estudar uma escola como College of Europe oferece a oportunidade de analisar não apenas grupos sociais de uma só país, mas de vários. Os resultados mostram que, embora o College of Europe tenda a recrutar um corpo discente socialmente homogêneo e com fortes disposições internacionais, há uma variação dentro dele, o que afeta a forma os alunos percebem e valorizam a escola. Três grupos de alunos foram identificados, com base na classe social e no capital internacional. Para os “herdeiros internacionais”, a escola representava um paraíso social e era a continuação de um investimento no internacional e uma estratégia de reprodução social. Para os “alpinistas sociais internacionais”, a escola representava uma oportunidade de mobilidade social ascendente. A maioria dos alunos, entretanto, pertencia ao grupo de “aspirantes internacionais”. Para eles, o College representava uma estratégia de distinção social ao acumular ainda mais capital internacional e reverter seu capital acadêmico internacional em capital internacional certificado. Essas descobertas sugerem que, no caso do College of Europe, a educação internacional é usada pelas classes médias nacionais europeias para se reinventar, e não para reprodução social ou mobilidade ascendente.

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2025. Vol. 41, article id e98369
Keywords [en]
International Capital, College of Europe, International Education, Students, Social Class
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Capital Internacional, College of Europe, Educação Internacional, Estudantes, Classe Social
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-248546DOI: 10.1590/1984-0411.98369ISI: 001504627500011OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-248546DiVA, id: diva2:2011017
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Also available translated to Portuguese: https://doi.org/10.1590/1984-0411.98369-T

Available from: 2025-11-03 Created: 2025-11-03 Last updated: 2025-11-03Bibliographically approved

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