Category: Publications

Publication: The Development and Validation of the Academic Cultural Wealth Scale: Recognizing Student Strengths Through Critical Quantitative Methods

Posted on March 29, 2026

Nidia Bañuelos, Kyoungjin Jang-Tucci, & Ross J. Benbow https://doi.org/10.3102/01623737261421889 Abstract This article details the development and validation of the Academic Cultural Wealth Scale (ACW)—a survey instrument that measures the Community Cultural Wealth (CCW) postsecondary Students of Color use to pursue their educational and career goals. Through four stages of testing with students attending different colleges …

Publication: Investigating the relationship between community cultural wealth and cultural capital in higher education: A quantitative study

Posted on September 13, 2025

We are excited to share a new manuscript that examines how two influential frameworks in higher education research relate to one another: Pierre Bourdieu’s theory of cultural capital, which we refer to as Bourdieusian Cultural Capital (BCC), and Yosso’s Community Cultural Wealth (CCW) framework. Read the Paper Here: Bañuelos, N.I., & Jang-Tucci, K. (2025). Investigating …