%0 Journal Article
%T Involution of Becoming Postgraduate Students: Educational Inequality behind the Pursuit of Higher Qualifications by Chinese Youth
%A Ruiyi Cao
%J Advances in Applied Sociology
%P 186-200
%@ 2165-4336
%D 2024
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/aasoci.2024.144013
%X Involution is used by young Chinese people to describe
an irrational or involuntary co</span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:"">mpetition.
This kind of involution occurs when Chinese students gain entry to postgraduate
programmes. This article analyses the ineq<span>ualities
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.
%K Involution
%K Educational Inequality
%K Postgraduate Entrance Examination (PGEE)
%K Chinese Youth
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=132690