Author(s)

Yichen Zhang ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT7 1NN, UK

Corresponding Author

Yichen Zhang

ABSTRACT

This article analyses three preferential policies in higher education for ethnic minorities in China, and claims several challenges and perspectives for these policies. It focuses on the status of the application for multicultural education in ethnic higher education of China and highlight the limitations and recommendations of the award bonus points and reduction of admission score range policies, the ethnic minority preparatory policies, and the ethnic minority class policies. In addition, it identifies the deficiencies of the current preferential policy in terms of access, process and outcome and suggests some improvements.

KEYWORDS

Ethnic Higher Education, Multicultural Education, Preferential Policies, Minority

CITE THIS PAPER

Yichen Zhang, Examining Preferential Policies for Ethnic Higher Education in China's Multi-Ethnic Society: Impacts and Challenges in the Realm of Multicultural Education. Adult and Higher Education (2024) Vol. 6: 140-148. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/aduhe.2024.060220.

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