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Chen, Jiexiu – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2022
Since the restoration of the "Gaokao" (College Entrance Examination) in 1977 and the nationwide higher education expansion that started in 1998, millions of rural students have enrolled in urban universities. Though Chinese rural students' educational trajectories have received extensive attention, their subjective experiences in the…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Academic Aspiration, Student Attitudes, Preferences
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Mulvey, Benjamin; Wright, Ewan – British Educational Research Journal, 2022
The term "neijuan" (in English 'involution') has captured feelings of perpetual competition and anxiety among university students in China preparing for their post-graduation careers. In this article, we develop a neo-Weberian reading of "neijuan" to construct a framework using positional conflict theory and the concept of…
Descriptors: Competition, Social Differences, Social Class, Foreign Countries