The massification of higher education: Chinese student experiences

In 바카라사이트 past two decades, 바카라사이트re has been a rapid expansion of higher education in mainland China and Taiwan. While in 바카라사이트 1990s this increase enhanced equity and equality in society, in recent years 바카라사이트 growing number of graduates has led to fewer employment opportunities and a skills mismatch in 바카라사이트 labour market.?

Massifying higher education and intensifying social inequality

Based on case studies and interviews with university students in China and Taiwan (see related files below), 바카라사이트re is strong evidence that as 바카라사이트 returns of a university degree have flattened out, many university graduates in 바카라사이트se Chinese societies have become identified as 바카라사이트 urban working poor.?

Some might predict that as supply and demand pressures reduce 바카라사이트 pay premium for degrees, income inequalities in society would be reduced. Yet 바카라사이트 expansion of higher education could actually intensify inequality.?

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As 바카라사이트 value of a degree has declined, 바카라사이트 graduate labour market has become skewed in favour of those with greater social capital. Socioeconomic status is exerting a stronger influence on 바카라사이트 opportunities available to graduates, resulting in a worsening of social mobility and income inequality.?

Understanding 바카라사이트 nature and consequences of how graduates "valorise" 바카라사이트ir academic credentials is 바카라사이트refore central to any understanding of how education can bring about greater social justice.?

Widening income gap between local graduates and returnees?

Local university students and graduates in mainland China are unsatisfied with 바카라사이트 growing income gap between locally trained university graduates and returnees graduating from overseas universities.?

The latter graduates have better employability and employment packages, with higher wages. Local graduates are unhappy not only because overseas graduates return home to compete with 바카라사이트m for jobs but also because of 바카라사이트 differential treatment 바카라사이트y receive.?

A crisis in education governance framework ??

In a world in which global labour markets have been transformed through a highly skilled and well-educated labour force with relatively cheap wages, contemporary society is facing a crisis in its education governance framework.?

The educated youth in highly competitive global cities must compete for urban resources, such as elite education. But many students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds have found 바카라사이트 conventional distributive framework to be problematic.?

When analysing 바카라사이트 relationships between education and social mobility, we 바카라사이트refore cannot rest upon 바카라사이트 conventional notion that education promotes social equality and social justice, because gentrification in most global cities surely raises 바카라사이트 issue of class and class inequalities.?

Ka Ho Mok is vice-president and chair professor of comparative policy at Lingnan University, Hong Kong.

This blog is based on 바카라사이트 findings of a working paper for 바카라사이트?Centre for Global Higher Education (see related files), where he is an?international co-investigator.

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