大学的门槛:升学选择背后的约束因素与分析

Conditions of Access to the University:Constraints of College Access and the Analysis

本文采用2008年"高三学生升学意愿调查"数据,分析扩招后我国大学升学选择及其影响因素。研究结果显示:由于早期教育分流机制的筛选作用,高中学生毕业后的发展规划呈现出高度的升学欲望;虽然高校扩招扩大了教育机会供给,农村学生的大学升学选择依然受到家庭背景、学费支付能力、预期收益等社会经济性因素的约束;选择进入高选拔性高等院校,不仅取决于学生的学业能力,同时受父母受教育程度、家庭经济收入等因素的影响。

Based on the data of senior students＇ willing for further education survey conducted in 2008, this paper has given an empirical analysis on the influential factors of college choice. The major findings are summarized as follows： Because the tracking system in early education acts as a gatekeeper, high school graduates have a high aspiration for further education in their development plan; Higher education expansion has provided broader educational opportunities, but social and economical constraints operates strongly in the college choice for rural students; Competition for access to highly selective and elite colleges and universities is not only determined by student＇s academic capacity, but also their parents＇ educational and economical attainment.