The elite exclusion: stratified access and production during the Chinese higher education expansion.
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| Title: | The elite exclusion: stratified access and production during the Chinese higher education expansion. |
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| Authors: | Ding, Yanqing1,2, Wu, Yinduo1,2, Yang, Jin3, Ye, Xiaoyang4 xiaoyang.ye@brown.edu |
| Source: | Higher Education (00181560). Aug2021, Vol. 82 Issue 2, p323-347. 25p. 4 Charts, 3 Graphs. |
| Subject Terms: | *Higher education, *College enrollment, *Right to education, *College students, *Educational quality, *Education policy, Equality, Social stratification |
| Geographic Terms: | China |
| Abstract: | This paper presents new evidence on how enrollment expansion affects higher education access and production with a focus on social inequality and institutional stratification. From 1999 to 2012, the world's largest higher education expansion happened in China that annual college enrollment dramatically increased from 1,083,600 to 6,888,300. We evaluate this exogenous, unprecedented policy using nationally representative student-level survey data and newly available confidential institution-level data. Enrollment expansion, which reduced per-student resources, negatively impacted college quality as measured by value-added on graduates' employment and earnings. The inequality in access between high- and low-SES students and the stratified production between college institutional tiers persisted during expansion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Abstract: | This paper presents new evidence on how enrollment expansion affects higher education access and production with a focus on social inequality and institutional stratification. From 1999 to 2012, the world's largest higher education expansion happened in China that annual college enrollment dramatically increased from 1,083,600 to 6,888,300. We evaluate this exogenous, unprecedented policy using nationally representative student-level survey data and newly available confidential institution-level data. Enrollment expansion, which reduced per-student resources, negatively impacted college quality as measured by value-added on graduates' employment and earnings. The inequality in access between high- and low-SES students and the stratified production between college institutional tiers persisted during expansion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 00181560 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10734-021-00682-y |
