In this study, we examine how social capital developed during the college years is connected to subsequent career outcomes for arts alumni. We analyzed data from the Strategic National Arts Alumni Project (SNAAP), an online retrospective survey of alumni from arts-related majors or degree programs (N = 25,460 arts alumni from 132 postsecondary institutions in the United States). Results from mixed-effects regression show that college social capital is associated with shorter and more successful first job searches post-graduation, as well as a greater likelihood of maintaining active careers in the arts and working in positions that allow alumni to apply their college arts training. However, we find significant disparities between men and women in terms of access to social capital and the impacts of social capital. Although women comprise a majority of graduates of postsecondary arts programs, women report fewer and less influential connections to college social networks. Furthermore, gender significantly moderates the relationship between social capital and job outcomes, with high levels of social capital being more strongly linked to career advantages for men than for women.

在这项研究中，我们研究了大学期间发展的社会资本如何与艺术校友随后的职业成果相关联。我们分析了战略性国家艺术校友项目 (SNAAP) 的数据，该项目是对艺术相关专业或学位课程校友的在线回顾性调查 ( N = 来自美国 132 所高等教育机构的 25,460 名艺术校友）。混合效应回归的结果表明，大学社会资本与毕业后更短、更成功的第一份工作搜索有关，并且更有可能在艺术领域保持积极的职业生涯，并在允许校友应用大学艺术的职位上工作训练。然而，我们发现男性和女性在获得社会资本和社会资本的影响方面存在显着差异。尽管女性在专上艺术课程的毕业生中占大多数，但女性报告与大学社交网络的联系越来越少。此外，性别显着调节社会资本与工作成果之间的关系，