TITLE:
Involution of Becoming Postgraduate Students: Educational Inequality behind the Pursuit of Higher Qualifications by Chinese Youth
AUTHORS:
Ruiyi Cao
KEYWORDS:
Involution, Educational Inequality, Postgraduate Entrance Examination (PGEE), Chinese Youth
JOURNAL NAME:
Advances in Applied Sociology,
Vol.14 No.4,
April
25,
2024
ABSTRACT: Involution is used by young Chinese people to describe
an irrational or involuntary competition.
This kind of involution occurs when Chinese students gain entry to postgraduate
programmes. This article analyses the inequalities
that exist when Chinese students sit for the Postgraduate Entrance Examination with
regard to educational opportunities, processes and outcomes, and suggests that the
involution among Chinese youth is a product of these inequalities.