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Record Nr.

UNINA9910370057603321

Autore

Tian Felicia F

Titolo

Higher Education and Career Prospects in China / / by Felicia F. Tian, Lin Chen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2020

ISBN

9789811515101

9811515107

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (178 pages)

Disciplina

378.51

Soggetti

Educational sociology

Education, Higher

Social service

Ethnology - Asia

Culture

Sociology

Social groups

Sociology of Education

Higher Education

Social Work

Asian Culture

Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Rural-Urban Inequality in Chinese Higher Education -- WU, the Prestigious Path, and Initial Difference -- Advantage Begets Advantage -- Keep Searching, Keep Trying: Always Have the Hope -- Building My Résumé: Every Experience Counts -- Forging My Own path: Becoming the Person I Plan for Myself -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores how students in China vary in their understanding of careers upon arrival at college and how these initial differences develop into distinctive career preparation pathways. Drawing on survey data, students' self-reflections, and semi-structured interviews



over the four years, the book examines students' engagement in curricular and extracurricular activities, as well as their interactions with peers, faculty, and staff, and how this affects their ability to navigate, develop, and cultivate career prospects and relevant skills. It also considers how colleges may aggravate social inequality rather than equalize among students with divergent family backgrounds through cumulative advantage framework, impacting on their conceptualization and construction of careers. Addressing a key generation in a key market, this text will interest students, scholars and practitioners in sociology, social work, education, and public policy, career counselling, student affairs, human resources, and education policy. .