Research On The Effect Ion Of Cultural Capital On Higher Education Access Opportunity

Education is one of the important ways to realize the social stratification. Having education, especially higher education is the first crucial approach for the children from poor family to get into the upper class. However, this kind of story can only come into truth which depends on the educational opportunities the lower class have. And it will just be an illusion which may define the social stratification if people from different classes do not have the similar chance for higher education. Also Education will be regarded as the method of enlarging the distance and social contradictions between the upper and the lower class, which may break the society harmony.Nowadays, our country is going through two special historical periods, reconstruction of social structure and popularity of higher education. The rapid development of higher education raises a widespread concern. A research carried by National Education Plan "15" gives us the reality:Class gap is becoming an important factor affecting educational justice, the more cultural social capital the children have, the more opportunities they get to enroll in the best school, and the expanding gap between social classes affects the fairness of receiving higher education.Under the pressure of lacking of cultural capital and the cultural bias, restriction of social system, the lower class are facing the difficulty of getting higher education. This phenomenon, which is a challenge for the stability and harmony of our society, is not good for the development of higher education."Strong country vs. weak society" is the distinctive feature of the relationship between the state and the society in China. The country's relevant policies have a major impact on people's lifestyles. In this social style, in order to analysis the influential factors of getting higher education, we should not only take the cultural capital possess into our consider but also the impact of relevant policies. And another factor should also be concerned about:Cultural capital needs a long-term to accumulate. In order to make our society a more fair and harmonious place, the government have to guarantee us a relative just competition platform to enhance the people's education years, to raise people's ownership about the quantity and quality of the national culture capital, to lessen the gaps between different classes about the chances of receiving education and getting jobs for the next generation.