Despite a major expansion in the number of students in higher education, students from rural areas continue to be underrepresented at selective universities. To reduce the urban-rural imbalance of entry to selective universities, institutions in many countries of the world have implemented admission policies favoring rural students. Previous…

The purpose of this research is to compare the rural education practices of China, Taiwan, Canada and the United States. International comparisons of mathematics achievement find that students in Asian countries outperform those from the USA. Excluded from these studies, however, are students from rural areas in China. This study compares the math…

Traditional and non-traditional educational systems in Taiwan are examined. Section one, "The Confucian Continuum," includes the first seven chapters which discuss Terra Incognita, the intellectual continuum-Chinese educational philosophy, John Dewey, traditional education in Taiwan, academocracy in Taiwan, the Ta-Yuan Hsiang's Community…