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Direct linkHu, Anning; Wu, Xiaogang – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2021
This article investigates the association between cultural capital and the likelihood of attending an elite university within the Chinese socio-educational context. Drawing on data from the Beijing College Students Panel Survey, we show that: (1) objectified cultural capital is negatively correlated with the likelihood of attending an elite…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cultural Capital, Colleges, Selective Admission
Jia, Ruixue; Li, Hongbin – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2021
A burgeoning literature has documented the importance of elite colleges. Yet, little is known about access to elite education and its labor market implications in China, a country that produces one in every five college graduates in the world. College admission in China is governed by a single exam--the national college entrance exam, and the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Colleges, Selective Admission, College Admission
Download full textTao, Li – Higher Education Studies, 2014
The stories of many universities' exceptive admission during the republic period of China were widely circulated. The typical example of these universities' exceptional admission was the very product of special historical condition, which had its own characteristics, but also conforms to the general rule, so it can be cited. To select special…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Asian History, Educational History, College Admission
