Louisiana State University LSU Digital Commons LSU Doctoral Dissertations Graduate School 2011 The Louisiana alternative Career Diploma as institutionalized cultural capital: high school principals' perceptions of its value Marcil C. Seals Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College,
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[email protected]. THE LOUISIANA ALTERNATIVE CAREER DIPLOMA AS INSTITUTIONALIZED CULTURAL CAPITAL: HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS‘ PERCEPTIONS OF ITS VALUE A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College In partial fulfillment of the Requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in The Department of Educational Leadership, Research, and Counseling of the Graduate School of Education by Marcil C. Seals B.A., University of Louisiana, Lafayette, 1997 M.Ed., University of Louisiana, Lafayette, 2002 May 2011 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to gratefully acknowledge the time and efforts made by my dissertation committee to guide me toward my doctorate. Dr. Sarah Raines and Dr. Roland Mitchell provided constant guidance, encouragement, and friendship that I could not have completed this degree without.