Return of Education Investment in China--A Case Comparison between Rural and Urban Students

Autor/in	Lin, Jie
Titel	Return of Education Investment in China--A Case Comparison between Rural and Urban Students
Quelle	In: Australian and International Journal of Rural Education, 28 (2018) 2, (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1839-7387
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Business English; Majors (Students); Urban Schools; Rural Schools; Rural Urban Differences; College Graduates; Salaries; Employment Level; Graduate Study; Undergraduate Study; Outcomes of Education; Income; Costs; Paying for College; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Business; English; English language; Wirtschaft; Englisch; Wirtschaftsenglisch; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Rural area; Rural areas; Ländlicher Raum; Schulen; Stadt-Land-Beziehung; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Entlohnung; Gehalt; Beschäftigungsgrad; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Grundstudium; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Einkommen; Cost; Kosten; Studienfinanzierung
Abstract	Business English was officially approved to be an undergraduate major in China in 2007, which set off throughout China a boom of establishing Business English as undergraduate majors in educational institutions. Students swarm towards schools with Business English programs assuming their high job prospects after graduation. This study is a follow-up study comparing the return of education investment for two groups of graduates in Business English, one group graduating in 2013 as the first graduates of Business English in Guangzhou, the other group graduating in 2017. Online surveys were conducted to investigate whether urban and rural students differ in terms of starting salary, job prospects and further study decisions after they've completed the same popular program, and how their family backgrounds might affect their education decisions. Four years ago, a pilot survey confirmed such a gap between rural and urban students in their jobs and future; but the follow-up study four years later find that a change is taking place: rural and urban graduates are hardly distinguishable in their salaries and career decisions. The comparison of the serial studies suggests a higher rate of return for rural graduates in Business English program. Although this is only a case study for one particular program, it provides a window to rethink how opportunities and challenges surface for rural students amongst China's education expansion and the national urbanization movement. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Society for the Provision of Education in Rural Australia. P.O. Box 659, Wembly, Western Australia 6913. Tel: +08-9285-0626; e-mail: admin@spera.asn.au; Web site: http://www.spera.asn.au/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01