On the discrepancy of access to higher education in a province with a large ethnic minority population

Abstract

Based on a survey of students from different social strata, different family backgrounds and different levels of access to higher education in 10 higher education institutions (HEIs) in Yunnan, an ethnic minority (EM) province, this essay tries to find out the discrepancy in the enrollment opportunity of higher education for children from different strata in the EM province in order to find a breakthrough to narrow the gap.

Keywords

stratum, economic capital, cultural capital, discrepancy in access to higher education