This book explores effectiveness and fairness in higher education admissions policy. It reviews the literatures from the 1940s until the 2010s and provides a theoretical framework. The book explores comparisons between this framework and the empirical data by interviewing policymakers from the Chinese government as well as admissions officer at Chinese universities. The book contributes to providing underlying theoretical foundation on the future Chinese higher education admissions policy reform. This book appeals to policymakers on all level of education, practitioners of admissions policy, researchers on education policy, and anyone who is interested in this field.
Author(s): Jing Sun
Series: Exploring Education Policy in a Globalized World: Concepts, Contexts, and Practices
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 143
City: Singapore
Preface
Acknowledgments
Contents
1 The Gaokao and Its History
1.1 The Gaokao
1.1.1 Introduction to the Gaokao
1.1.2 Debate on Gaokao Reforms
1.2 Evolution of Gaokao in Terms of Effectiveness and Fairness
1.2.1 Priority Given to Effectiveness and Consideration Given to Fairness (1950–2012)
1.2.2 Equal Consideration Given to Effectiveness and Fairness (2013–2022)
1.2.3 Summary of Perceptions on Policy Effectiveness and Fairness
1.3 Problem Statement: Consequences of the Gaokao Centered Education
1.4 Research Questions
References
2 Literature Review
2.1 Policy Effectiveness
2.1.1 Criteria for Measuring Policy Effectiveness
2.1.2 Conceptualizations of Policy Effectiveness
2.1.3 Components of Policy Effectiveness
2.1.4 Other Topics on Policy Effectiveness
2.1.5 Summary on Policy Effectiveness
2.2 Policy Fairness
2.2.1 From Law and Social Perspectives
2.2.2 From Equal Opportunity and Sense Perspectives
2.2.3 Fairness in Testing Perspectives
2.2.4 From Other Perspectives
2.2.5 Summary on Policy Fairness
References
3 Methodology
3.1 Selecting the Research Strategy
3.2 Designing the Case Study
3.2.1 Units of Analysis
3.2.2 Propositions
3.2.3 Linking Data to Propositions
3.2.4 Criteria for Interpreting Study Findings
3.3 Theoretical Framework
3.3.1 Policy Effectiveness
3.3.2 Policy Fairness
3.4 The Quality of Research
3.5 Conducting Case Study
3.5.1 Case Study Protocol
3.5.2 Collecting Case Study Data
References
4 Case Study Findings
4.1 Strategy of Data Analysis
4.2 Findings
4.2.1 Theoretical Basis of Policy Effectiveness
4.2.2 Theoretical Basis of Policy Fairness
4.3 Conclusions
Reference
5 Discussion
5.1 Summary of the Main Findings
5.2 Integration with the Literature Review
5.2.1 Consistent Practice with the Literature Review
5.2.2 Inconsistent Practice with the Literature Review
5.3 Research Limitations
5.4 Recommendations
5.4.1 Recommendations for Practice
5.4.2 Recommendations for Research
References
6 Current Education Policies and Their Influence on Gaokao
6.1 Double Reduction Policy
6.2 Vocational Education
References
Appendix I Interview Protocol (English Version)
Policy Effectiveness
Policy Fairness
Interview Protocol (Chinese Version)
Appendix II Four Informants’ Likert Scale Responses
Policy Effectiveness
Likert Scale Responses of Informant I––Gaokao Score Dominated Admission Policy
Likert Scale Responses of Informant II––Non-Gaokao Score Dominated Admission Policy
Likert Scale Responses of Informant III—Non-Gaokao Score Dominated Admission Policy
Likert Scale Responses of Informant IV—Gaokao Score Dominated Admission Policy
Policy Fairness
Likert Scale Responses of Informant I—Gaokao Score Dominated Admission Policy
Likert Scale Responses of Informant II—Non-Gaokao Score Dominated Admission Policy
Likert Scale Responses of Informant III—Non-Gaokao Score Dominated Admission Policy
Likert Scale Responses of Informant IV—Gaokao Score Dominated Admission Policy
Appendix III Interview Transcripts
Gaokao Score Dominated Admission Policy-Informant I
Policy Effectiveness
Policy Fairness
Non-Gaokao Score Dominated Admission Policy-Informant II
Policy Effectiveness
Policy Fairness
Non-Gaokao Score Dominated Admission Policy-Informant III
Policy Effectiveness
Policy Fairness
Gaokao Score Dominated Admission Policy-Informant IV
Policy Effectiveness
Policy Fairness
Appendix IV Consent Form (English Version)
Consent Form (Chinese Version)
