General and Vocational Tracks and Equity of Higher Education Enrollment Opportunities among Classes: A Reconstruction of Indicator System for Social Class-Based Differential Enrollment Opportunities and Its Empirical Analysis

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  • Author(s): Cao, Yan; Tang, Shanshan
  • Language:
    English
  • Source:
    Best Evidence in Chinese Education. 2022 11(1):1461-1466.
  • Publication Date:
    2022
  • Document Type:
    Journal Articles
    Reports - Research
  • Additional Information
    • Availability:
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    • Peer Reviewed:
      Y
    • Source:
      6
    • Education Level:
      High Schools
      Secondary Education
      Higher Education
      Postsecondary Education
    • Subject Terms:
      Equal Education; Vocational Education; Social Class; Track System (Education); Social Differences; Academic Education; High School Students; College Admission; Educational Opportunities; College Attendance; Educational Theories; Higher Education; Enrollment Trends; Vocational High Schools; Foreign Countries
    • Subject Terms:
      China
    • ISSN:
      2639-5312
      2639-5320
    • Abstract:
      Based on the educational hierarchical reproduction theory and the MMI and EMI hypotheses, this paper discusses the impact of the tracking of general and vocational education at the secondary level on higher education opportunity equity among social classes. The study finds that increasing gross enrollment rates of both general high schools and secondary vocational schools can help improve the equity in admission opportunities of colleges and universities among social strata; expanding the share of general high school places by adjusting the structure of general and vocational tracks (that is, the general-vocational ratio) can effectively reduce the class disparities in college and university admission opportunities; neither the change in the scale nor in the structure of general and vocational tracks will contribute to alleviating class inequality in top university enrollment opportunities.
    • Abstract:
      As Provided
    • Publication Date:
      2022
    • Accession Number:
      EJ1349697