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Ying, Ma; Wright, Ewan – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 2023
This article examines the strategies of a 'new rich' class in China to transmit advantages to their children through admission into highly ranked overseas universities. In-depth interviews were conducted with parents (n = 16) and students (n = 60) at international high schools that cater to the local population in Shenzhen. The findings…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Class, Advantaged, College Admission
Wright, Ewan; Mulvey, Benjamin – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2021
Internships have become an important means to enhance career prospects in an increasingly congested graduate labour market. This article used positional conflict theory to explore how university students from different social class backgrounds experience internships, and the implications for inequalities in post-graduation employment. One-hundred…
Descriptors: Internship Programs, College Seniors, College Graduates, Middle Class