Higher Education Admission Policy and Social Class of Ethnic Minority:The Case of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region,China

Gaokao has been considered as the gatekeeper of intergenerational class reproduction in today’s slowing social mobility in China.In order to bolster the fairness of Gaokao,the Policy of Bonus Scores for Ethnic Minority Candidates(PBSEMC)has been issued,whose,however,effectiveness in promoting upward social class has not been adequately empirically explored.The difference-in-differences(DID)analysis based on cross-sectional data,which is distinct from the traditional DID analysis paradigm,was implemented to assess the Reform of PBSEMC in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in 1988.The results showed that PBSEMC had a significant and positive impact on the social classes of ethnic minorities,and gender,residence type and occupation type were also relevant to social class,aligning with the previous literature.The PBSEMC is effective in improving the social classes of ethnic minorities.However,the PBSEMC policy should be made more precise,in order to benefit the candidates who are in genuine need of assistance.

An Analysis of the Role of Higher Education Opportunity Expansion in Social Stratification

With higher education entering the public’s vision,the expansion of higher education opportunities has gradually become a hot topic.The lower class is eager to achieve class mobility through this opportunity,while the upper class firmly grasps the few high-quality places in higher education.What role will the expansion of higher education opportunities plays in the overall social stratification?This paper discusses the impact of the expansion of higher education opportunities on social stratification from the upper class and the lower class.

Big data challenge for monitoring quality in higher education institutions using business intelligence dashboards

As big data becomes an apparent challenge to handle when building a business intelligence(BI)system,there is a motivation to handle this challenging issue in higher education institutions(HEIs).Monitoring quality in HEIs encompasses handling huge amounts of data coming from different sources.This paper reviews big data and analyses the cases from the literature regarding quality assurance(QA)in HEIs.It also outlines a framework that can address the big data challenge in HEIs to handle QA monitoring using BI dashboards and a prototype dashboard is presented in this paper.The dashboard was developed using a utilisation tool to monitor QA in HEIs to provide visual representations of big data.The prototype dashboard enables stakeholders to monitor compliance with QA standards while addressing the big data challenge associated with the substantial volume of data managed by HEIs’QA systems.This paper also outlines how the developed system integrates big data from social media into the monitoring dashboard.

International Students’ Feeling of Shame in the Higher Education: An Intersectional Analysis of Their Racialised, Gendered and Classed Experiences in the UK Universities

The literature on international students’ experiences frequently depicts them within a ‘deficient’ framework, highlighting their perceived lack of essential skills for managing their studies. Moreover, international students’ emotional experiences are often construed as personal and psychological attributes, with their emotions viewed as transient and pathological phases that they will eventually overcome to assimilate into the local context. However, there exists a dearth of literature investigating international students’ experiences from a sociological perspective, particularly concerning their emotional experiences within the broader social and political milieu. Utilizing a longitudinal research design to monitor 25 Chinese international postgraduates from multiple universities in London and Glasgow over the course of one year, this study illuminates the racialised, classed, and gendered dimensions of international students’ experiences in UK higher education through an exploration of their feelings of shame. Drawing on the research findings, it is evident that power relations operate insidiously and covertly to systematically frame international students’ experiences as personal or cultural ‘deficiency’. This process represents a form of misrecognition, which manifests in racialised, gendered, and classed feelings of shame, experienced at the personal level as insecurity, ‘stupidity’, exclusion, and self-doubt. Consequently, social and cultural inequalities within higher education are often situated at the individual level.

The Influence of Social Media on College Choice among Undergraduates Majoring in Big Data Management and Application in China:Taking Guilin University of Electronic Technology as an Example

This study aims to investigate the influence of social media on college choice among undergraduates majoring in Big Data Management and Application in China.The study attempts to reveal how information on social media platforms such as Weibo,WeChat,and Zhihu influences the cognition and choice process of prospective students.By employing an online quantitative survey questionnaire,data were collected from the 2022 and 2023 classes of new students majoring in Big Data Management and Application at Guilin University of Electronic Technology.The aim was to evaluate the role of social media in their college choice process and understand the features and information that most attract prospective students.Social media has become a key factor influencing the college choice decision-making of undergraduates majoring in Big Data Management and Application in China.Students tend to obtain school information through social media platforms and use this information as an important reference in their decision-making process.Higher education institutions should strengthen their social media information dissemination,providing accurate,timely,and attractive information.It is also necessary to ensure effective management of social media platforms,maintain a positive reputation for the school on social media,and increase the interest and trust of prospective students.Simultaneously,educational decision-makers should consider incorporating social media analysis into their recruitment strategies to better attract new student enrollment.This study provides a new perspective for understanding higher education choice behavior in the digital age,particularly by revealing the importance of social media in the educational decision-making process.This has important practical and theoretical implications for higher education institutions,policymakers,and social media platform operators.

Analysis on Vocational Education and Social Mobility of New Generation Migrant Workers:A Case Study of Shijiazhuang City

Based on survey data of current situations of new generation migrant workers vocational education and its influence on social mobility in Shijiazhuang City, the author believes that there are many drawbacks in vocational education of new generation migrant workers, including low participationt and varied training environment of enterprises. In addition, the influence of vocational education of migrant workers on social mobility is not very satisfactory. Finally, it presents countermeasures for improving vocational education, to promote social mobility of new generation migrant workers.

Human Capital of Family and Social Mobility in Rural Areas-Evidence from China

This research focuses on the impact of family＇s human capital on social mobility in China＇s rural community.Empirical research is conducted based on data from surveying a typical rural community in the past 20 yr.The study indicates that social mobility in rural area is active in the past 20 yr,and the human capital of family,represented by primary labor＇s education level,has played an essential role in mobility of low social class.Meanwhile,socio-economic development and the change of supply and demand in labor market dims the signaling role of degree education,but the impact of occupational training is increasingly remarkable.Therefore,the change from sole degree education to multi-leveled education including occupational education and training is a main way for China＇s rural families in low class to realize social mobility.

New Characteristics and Tendencies on Chinese Social Mobility： A Review of the Study on Current Social Mobility of ＂X Second Generation＂

Over the past decade the social structure of China has undergone profound changes. The vertical social mobility between social classes tended to slow down and the social structures and stratification became solidified. Phrases such as "second generation of the rich,""second generation of officials,"and "second generation of the farmers"appeared frequently on the Internet and other media,which to some extent reflect the trend in social structure. However,little research has been conducted to address these issues in recent years.This field is in great need of systematic and authoritative surveys and studies on social fragmentation,marginalization,stratification,and mobility.

Sentiment Analysis in Social Media for Competitive Environment Using Content Analysis

Education sector has witnessed several changes in the recent past.These changes have forced private universities into fierce competition with each other to get more students enrolled.This competition has resulted in the adoption of marketing practices by private universities similar to commercial brands.To get competitive gain,universities must observe and examine the students’feedback on their own social media sites along with the social media sites of their competitors.This study presents a novel framework which integrates numerous analytical approaches including statistical analysis,sentiment analysis,and text mining to accomplish a competitive analysis of social media sites of the universities.These techniques enable local universities to utilize social media for the identification of the most-discussed topics by students as well as based on the most unfavorable comments received,major areas for improvement.A comprehensive case study was conducted utilizing the proposed framework for competitive analysis of few top ranked international universities as well as local private universities in Lahore Pakistan.Experimental results show that diversity of shared content,frequency of posts,and schedule of updates,are the key areas for improvement for the local universities.Based on the competitive intelligence gained several recommendations are included in this paper that would enable local universities generally and Riphah international university(RIU)Lahore specifically to promote their brand and increase their attractiveness for potential students using social media and launch successful marketing campaigns targeting a large number of audiences at significantly reduced cost resulting in an increased number of enrolments.

Growth Pattern of Social Media Usage in Arab Gulf States: An Analytical Study

The impact of SNSs is tremendous on every aspect of life and people irrespective of region, gender and age are using it to get connected with their families and friends around the globe. This study aims to highlight the highly used SNSs across the Arab Gulf States comprising Iraq, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia. The database of Stat Counter (http://gs.statcounter.com) was selected for tracing the use and growth of SNSs in this region. The findings show that the three most used SNSs in the Arab Gulf region are: Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. It is observed that Facebook is the leading social networking site used in the region until now, but Twitter is fast gaining market. Twitter is becoming popular among users and giving a tough competition to Facebook in almost all countries of the region except Iraq. In 2013, it has moved to 1st position in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, replacing Facebook. However, in some countries like the UAE and Qatar, Facebook is still going strong. The paper concludes that the intensive use of social media among citizens’ of the Arab Gulf countries indicates that the internet has the potential to be a multivocal platform through which every segment of the society can have their voices heard. With limited availability of published literature in the field pertaining to the usage of social media by the people of the Arab Gulf countries, the paper aims to understand the practice, implication and importance of social media networks in this Muslim dominated region.

The Management of Digital Transformation in Higher Education:An Assessment Proposal

The impacts of the current digital era are growing more and more on the way in which higher education(HE)offers learning programs at every level.Smart learning(SL)represents the evolution of educational approaches and techniques that capitalizes on all the opportunities deriving from new digital ecosystems.This study argues that the usefulness of HE can benefit from rethinking the traditional active learning(AL)model to smart ones.Thus,this research aims at investigating how to adapt the performance evaluation when the operations of HE turn to digitalized models.Therefore,this paper designs a research approach that allows accounting for the effects that the adoption of some SL strategies and tools has on the engagement of students and the aggregate performance of HE programs that adopt AL.The results of this study would help academics and HE managers assess the effectiveness of SL initiatives they plan to adopt.

国内高等教育混合式教学研究述评与展望

混合式教学作为教育信息化改革的重要教学形式,对于改进教学设计、提升教学质量具有重要意义,受到国内外高等教育领域的广泛关注。近年来,国内学者面向国际混合式教育学领域前沿趋势,针对混合式教学方面热点问题进行可视化梳理。该研究着眼国内高等教育领域,运用知识图谱工具及社会网络分析方法,对新世纪以来国内高等教育领域的150篇文献进行实证分析。结果显示,国内高等教育领域混合式教学研究频率总体呈波段上升趋势,研究范围主要集中在教育理论与教育管理学科领域,研究热点聚焦于“混合式教学”“MOOC”“高等教育”“在线教育”“地平线报告”和“教育信息化”,发文量较多的院校机构主要分布在江、浙、沪地区,其中以华东师范大学为最。由此可见,针对混合式教学的学习分析、教学模式、影响因素、实证探究及效果评测将是未来教育信息化改革研究的主要趋势。

差异性均衡:高职院校教育科研的目标取向与改革进路——对2018—2023年教育部人文社科教育学类项目的分析

对2018—2023年教育部人文社科教育学类立项项目进行统计分析后发现,高职院校教育学类科研项目的立项存在“均衡的缺失”这一明显问题。“差异性均衡”体现了均衡过程中的高质量、动态性、特色化、多维度内涵特征,契合高职院校教育科研高质量发展的要求,是高职院校教育科研发展的目标取向。推动高职院校教育科研走向差异性均衡,需要加大科研政策的支持保障,完善院校科研的运行机制,彰显学校及区域的特色优势,深化职业教育运行本质的理论研究,实施有引导、有组织、有特色、重理论的教育科研,最终推动高职院校教育科研高质量发展目标的实现。

公共教育与人民公社时期农村集体办学的实践路径--基于“十女办学”者的口述历史分析

现代化需要最基本的社会动员,而办学和普及教育是农村社会动员最重要的途径。依据20世纪60年代西南农村妇女办学的口述资料,考察人民公社时期集体办学状况,展现农村集体时代民办女教师的来源、社会功能、生活保障和教育教学实践样态。“教育翻身”的新社会新国家情怀是青年妇女献身艰苦教育岗位的内在动力;“两条腿走路”的公共教育办学方针、地方干部深入基层和大胆实践的精神,促成了女青年上山办学和志愿从教;她们在农村集体组织中,结合农村生产生活特点办起了灵活有效的“耕读学校”;“民办教师”的社会主义集体认同,激发了她们前所未有的办学活力,村庄和学校都是女教师们的社会舞台;她们是我国农村集体化时代社会主义现代教育的探索者。面对当前乡村建制化学校和教师队伍疏离乡村等问题,公共教育必须依托农村新生的集体力量,通过激发乡村教育和妇女社会活力,促进劳动合作、集体生活、学校与社区融合,新时期乡村振兴才能得以生根,社会主义公共教育活力才能得以复苏。

论中国共产党思想政治教育的四大模式

思想政治教育是中国共产党的优良传统和政治优势。百余年来,中国共产党思想政治教育围绕党和国家不同历史时期的中心任务和发展大局,综合运用社会动员、典型示范、文化育人和治理嵌入等模式服务国家、社会和人民,推动思想政治教育不断深化发展。具体来看,党和国家运用社会动员模式,在引导广泛参与中推动思想政治教育社会化;运用典型示范模式,在注重榜样引领中推动思想政治教育具象化;通过文化育人模式,在坚持成风化人中推动思想政治教育沉浸化;通过治理嵌入模式,在始终服务大局中推动思想政治教育制度化。

中国的代际流动:多维视角下的动态比较分析

促进代际流动是推进共同富裕的重要手段。使用联立方程模型多维度分析当前中国代际流动的动态特征以及各维度间的相互关系,并通过代际流动系数的分解探讨不同维度代际流动的影响因素。研究发现,教育的代际流动性要显著低于职业的代际流动性,并且教育与职业相互之间有显著影响,教育对职业代际流动的贡献超过50%,父代职业对教育代际流动的贡献为11%左右;母亲—子代的代际流动性显著低于父亲—子代的代际流动性,但更易受外在因素的影响;2018年家庭社会地位的代际流动性相比2010年显著下降,并受个体职业选择的影响;父代—女儿的代际流动性显著低于父代—儿子的代际流动性,城镇的代际流动性低于农村的代际流动性;代际流动性与年龄之间关系总体呈现U型,20世纪70年代末出生的个体代际流动性最差。因此,需要综合多个维度评估代际流动现状,通过促进公共服务均等化以推动区域均衡发展、加强弱势群体人力资本投资以提升其从经济增长中获益的能力,改善代际流动。

育训结合模式下高职院校社会培训路径研究

人才培养、科学研究、社会服务是高职院校的基本职能,社会培训是高职院校社会服务的重要内容。高职院校社会培训存在师资缺乏实践经验、培训服务供需错位、管理方式简单粗放、企业缺乏参与热情等突出问题,为此应从更新思想观念、拓宽培训渠道、整合教学资源、加大资金投入、强化双师素质几方面优化高职院校社会培训路径。

高等教育筛选功能缺失的表征、归因与重塑

高等教育不仅具有传播知识、技能、思想与文化的社会化功能,还具有将不适合接受高等教育或某一专业的人才筛选出来的社会筛选功能。高等教育筛选机制的前提是获取教育文凭的学生要经历严格的筛选过程,教育文凭能够有效区分不同能力的学生。目前,我国高等教育在过程阶段和出口阶段并没有对学生的能力进行严格筛选和区分,最终导致不同能力的学生却获取了相同的文凭,劳动力市场出现了混同均衡现象。不仅如此,担负筛选功能任务的阶段还发生了“前移”和“后移”的状况:“前移”至基础教育阶段,导致教育竞争的不断提前,并且对优质教育资源的需求增加;“后移”至毕业生就业阶段,导致就业招聘“学历论”导向加剧,且产生了高校毕业生过度的教育现象,极大地浪费了高等教育资源。造成高等教育筛选功能缺失现象形成的原因是多方面的:传统思想的积淀与延续是价值前提,利益主体的理性选择是重要推力,制度安排与环境的不兼容是现实基础。破解此问题需要从以下几个方面入手:一是要革新认知观念,由“宽出”到“严出”;二是要转变价值取向,由“利益取向”到“责任取向”;三是要深化学分制改革,由“刻板教条”到“自由灵活”。

高等教育区域化:多重空间的生产与互构

基于空间生产理论,高等教育区域化是“地理-社会-文化”多重空间的生产与互构过程。我国高等教育区域化通过国家在区域层面选择高等教育集聚区,重塑高等教育空间形态,实现地理空间的生产;以系列制度性安排引导高等教育主体的行为方式以及高等教育要素的流动,规范高等教育空间秩序,拓宽社会空间的生产;在精神和实践双重维度塑造高等教育空间共识,促进文化空间的生产。当前,我国高等教育区域化正处于从以传统规模集聚为主的地理空间生产向以知识创新为主的多维空间有机联动转型的关键期。我们要构建高等教育空间网络,促进“地理-社会-文化”多重空间的有机融合;创新高等教育空间制度,根据不同空间属性采取不同的治理策略;培育高等教育空间意识,创生符合空间基础的区域化发展模式。

高等教育赋能新质生产力的价值、逻辑与路径

新质生产力是以创新驱动、科技赋能和产业升级为显著特征的生产力,其核心要素是教育、科技和人才。高等教育作为落实教育、科技、人才三位一体战略布局的结合点,是培养拔尖创新型人才、促进科技创新、推动产教融合的关键枢纽。随着社会生产力的变革,基于高等教育在人才培养、科研创新和社会服务三大领域的本体职能,高等教育将进一步呈现推动产业升级、助力创新驱动以及服务区域经济的衍生价值。换言之,高等教育的本质职能与衍生价值共同构建了高等教育赋能新质生产力的价值内涵。梳理高等教育赋能新质生产力发展的理论逻辑、历史逻辑和实践逻辑可知,高等教育将通过以下方式释放高等教育赋能新质生产力的势能与动力:构建现代化教育治理体系,创新顶层设计;推进拔尖创新型人才培养,加强人才供给;落实有组织科研服务机制,促进成果转化;坚持高水平教育对外开放,深化国际合作等实践探索。