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Guangcai, Yan – Chinese Education & Society, 2020
From a historical perspective, it was only in the modern era that the academic profession was favored by the middle and upper classes who came to dominate it. This article shows that, in contemporary China, the pattern of the middle and upper classes dominating the academic profession results from their families having a good early education and…
Descriptors: Career Choice, College Faculty, Economic Factors, Social Class
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Wei, Bao; Qiang, Du; Jialing, Ma – Chinese Education & Society, 2020
Using survey data on academic PhD students, influencing factors for PhD students' academic career intentions are explained from the perspectives of individual features and the academic labor market. The study found: (1) There is a diversification of PhD employment, with nearly one-third of academic PhDs going to nonacademic organizations; (2)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Occupational Aspiration, Career Choice
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Hong, Shen – Chinese Education & Society, 2020
The "2014 Chinese University Faculty Survey" found that: University faculty in China are young, recent recipients of their academic degrees, and have a high level of inbreeding within academia; there is a high percentage of doctoral degree holders; a large proportion are from villages and towns, and have parents with low-level education…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, College Faculty, Teacher Surveys, Teacher Attitudes