Author(s)

Yishi Tian

Corresponding Author

Yishi Tian

ABSTRACT

Taking Beijing's college entrance examination system and Scotland's certificate-based access system as examples, this paper focuses on the impact of social class on students' unequal access to higher education in the two regions. Through the collection and analysis of literature and secondary data, the paper studies what aspects Beijing and Scotland learn from each other's experience to promote the equality of starting point of higher education. This paper is divided into five chapters. Firstly, it analyzes the importance of fairness in entering higher education, why Beijing and Scotland are selected as examples and clarifies this paper's research purpose and research questions. Next, this paper adopts extended literature review and comparative study as research methods and collects literature and secondary data as evidence. Thirdly, this paper analyzes how class differentiation of full-time universities and class capital affects students' admission to full-time universities in the two regions and what policies are introduced in the two regions to reduce the unfairness of admission to full-time universities. Finally, this paper puts forward some suggestions for the development of Beijing and Scotland according to class differentiation and class capital.

KEYWORDS

The College Entrance Examination, The Certificate Access System, Social class, Beijing, Scotland