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Equality and Equity in Chinese Higher Education in the Post-massification Era: An Analysis Based on Chinese Scholarly Literature

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Abstract

This paper examines several research questions relating to equality and equity in Chinese higher education via an extended literature review, which in turn sheds light on evolving scholarly explorations into this theme. First, in the post-massification era, has the Chinese situation of equality and equity in higher education improved or deteriorated since the late 1990s? Second, what are the core issues with respect to equality and equity in Chinese higher education? Third, how have those core issues evolved or changed over time and what does the evolution indicate and entail? Methodologically, this paper uses a bibliometric analysis to detect the topical hotspots in scholarly literature and their changes over time. The study then investigates each of those topical terrains against their temporal contexts in order to gain insights into the core issues.

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摘要

本文通过梳理和分析中文文献来研究关于中国高等教育公平与公正的几个问题，进而揭示关于这一主题学术探讨的演进过程。首先，在后大众化时期，中国高等教育公平与公正状况自上世纪90年代末以来有所改善、还是退步了？第二，关于中国高等教育公平与公正研究的核心问题有哪些？第三，那些核心问题是如何随着时间演进和变化的，而且核心问题的演进揭示和意味着什么？本文在研究方法上先以文献计量分析确定学术文献中的研究热点及其变化，然后探究每个热点研究范畴以期深入了解那些核心问题的时代背景。

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equality and equityChinese higher educationpost-massification eraregional disparities公平与公正中国高等教育后大众化时期区域差异
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Research Article
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The China Quarterly , Volume 244: Change, Contradiction and the State: Higher Education in Greater China , December 2020 , pp. 1056 - 1077
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