Market reforms and educational opportunity in China.
Abstract
Transformative market reforms in China since the late 1970s have improved living standards dramatically, but have also led to unprecedented economic inequality. During this period, China’s educational system was restructured to support economic development, with educational reforms occurring at a startling pace. Today, the educational system has diversified in structure, finance, and content; it has become more market-oriented; and it is serving an increasingly diverse student population. These changes carry significant consequences for China’s social mobility and inequality, and future economic prospects.
Citation
In: Education and reform in China, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, UK.
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Published 1 January 2007