中国山東省内における一期募集校進学機会の格差

抄録

Shandong province is a coastal province with large population located in the east of China. This study was conducted to investigate the disparity of opportunities for entering top-rank universities among Chinese students of Shandong province. This study also tried to analyze the contexts in which disparity occurred and progressed. Previous studies focused on the entrance examination in the Chinese colleges and suggested that the Chinese government should regard the disparity issues as a matter of great urgency. However, the disparity in the previous studies was defined in terms of disparity between developing provinces and remote provinces of China. However, the situation within a province has not been researched properly, especially within a developing province. Therefore, this study paid attention to the disparity of opportunities for entering top-rank universities among Chinese students focusing on the Shandong province. Although Shandong province is treated as a developing area in China, this study found that the disparity exists in Shandong province as well and that it has a fixed trend. In addition, this study showed that the disparity in Shandong province is related to the economic level of different regions within the province.