Educational inequalities in higher education in Hong Kong
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香港中文大学研究人员 ( 现职)

Professor Michael Gerard O'SULLIVAN (英文系)

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数位物件识别号 (DOI) http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14649373.2015.1069007

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摘要Harsh levels of social inequality stunt social mobility and progress towards equality of opportunity in Hong Kong. There are also strong connections between levels of social inequality and educational attainment in this “global city”. This paper seeks to contribute to the important body of work on equality studies and attainment research by examining two inter-connected aspects of educational inequality in higher education in Hong Kong: first, the relative shortage of degree places available for local students at local universities, and second, the relatively strong correlation between income and educational attainment across the districts in Hong Kong. It adopts a discursive sociocultural approach in examining, and commenting on, both the context and statistical trajectory of post-secondary education in Hong Kong. The paper also assesses government initiatives that claim to encourage higher levels of post-secondary participation, in particular through the rapid development of self-financed sub-degree programmes. A secondary argument discusses how university rankings criteria have a deleterious effect on the commitment to promote mass higher education, especially in terms of participation rates at publicly-funded full-time degree programmes.

着者O'Sullivan M., Tsang M.Y.-H.
期刊名称Inter-Asia Cultural Studies
出版年份2http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/0http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/15
月份http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/1
日期http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/1
卷号http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/16
期次3
出版社Carfax Publishing Ltd.
出版地United Kingdom
页次454 - 469
国际标準期刊号http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/1464-9373
电子国际标準期刊号http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/1469-8447
语言英式英语

关键词associate degree, education, Hong Kong, inequality, self-funded programme, university