ABSTRACT
The capability set responds to structural conditions identified as obstacles to equal participation that are grounded both in the accounts of students' struggles and achievements at university. This chapter designs capability praxis for higher education environments where students are vulnerable to unequal participation because of the intersection of resource scarcity and structural inequalities. It proposes a capability-informed pedagogy that could address the constraints to equal participation faced by Techniques and other first-generation and socioeconomically vulnerable university students. The chapter focuses on a minimum threshold of basic resources required for the conversion of resources into capabilities; and outlines the six capabilities for equal participation. The list of capabilities includes the following: practical reason; critical literacies; student research; deliberative participation; critical affiliation; and values for the public good. The capabilities are intended to reflect enabling pedagogical arrangements in which students would be able to convert available academic resources into equal participation.
