Editor's Introduction: Equity in Postgraduate Education in China.

EDUCATIONAL equalization; EDUCATIONAL sociology; EDUCATIONAL mobility; INTERGENERATIONAL mobility; HIGHER education; PARENTING education; COLLEGE students; EDUCATORS

Students from underprivileged backgrounds such as working-class and rural communities are less likely to go to top-tier universities for their first degree; thus, these two mechanisms, I Pianyi i and I Qishi i , may lower their chances of accessing postgraduate education at top-tier universities. The issues of access and equity in higher education are classic topics in the field of sociology of education. This preference excludes students who are not from top-tier universities and graduates who have transitioned from associate degree programs at community colleges to bachelor's degree programs at four-year colleges and universities. Specifically, high levels of discrimination are reported by doctoral graduates who obtained their first degrees from non-top-tier universities, female graduates, graduates who are older than 34 years old, and married doctoral graduates in western areas of China. [Extracted from the article]

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