Widening Participation in Higher Education
Preparatory Education Program for Students From Ethnic Minority Backgrounds
Diya Hu1 and Jian Liu2, 1Minzu University of China, Beijing, China, 2Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
Abstract
Preparatory Education for Ethnic Minorities (PEEM) is an important part of preferential policies of higher education for ethnic minorities in China, formulated and implemented for the national political and developmental needs. Started in the early 1950s, it is designed to embrace the guiding principle of educational policy-making for ethnic minorities in China equity by “positive differential treatment.” PEEM is designated to admit ethnic minority students with a relatively lower cutoff ...
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