The Rural Education Action Program is part of the Stanford Center on China’s Economy and Institutions.
Science and Technology
Scholarly Publications
Absolute versus Comparative Advantage: Consequences for Gender Gaps in STEM and College Access
February 2017
We examine the impact of the competitive “STEM track choice”—a defining institutional feature of a number of national education systems—on gender gaps in STEM majors and college access.
The Gender Gap in Math Performance, Self-Concept, and Anxiety: Rural and Urban China in an International Context
February 2017
Evidence from developed countries shows that there is a significant gender gap in STEM occupations. Girls may begin to underperform in math early as primary school.
Appendices to “Developing Instruments to Assess and Compare the Quality of Engineering Education: the Case of China and Russia”
March 2016
Appendices include: Appendix A. Analytical approach: technical details Appendix B. The results of the psychometric analysis for grades 1 and 3 physics tests Appendix C.
Other Publications
News
Stanford News: Computer Science College Seniors in U.S. Outperform Peers in China, India and Russia, New Research Says
March 2019
Writer Alex Shashkavech writes about Prashant Loyalka's new study that "found that undergraduate seniors studying computer science in the United States outperformed final-year students in China,...
Cuéllar looks back on leading FSI
December 2014
For 14 years, Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar has been a tireless Stanford professor who has strengthened the fabric of university’s interdisciplinary nature.
China's Minister of Science and Technology presents REAP Director with distinguished collaborator award
November 2009
Wan Gang, China's Minister of Science and Technology, and Bai Chunli, Vice-President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, presented REAP Director Scott Rozelle with the 2009 Award for Collaboration...
Old Events
The Real China Threat: Why Might We Need to Worry About a Stagnating China?
May 22, 2012
Stanford Center for International Development Twelfth Annual Huang Lian Memorial LectureThe Real China Threat: Why Might We Need to Worry About a Stagnating China?
Informational Session on FSI Undergraduate Summer Research Internships
February 16, 2011
This event will introduce the 2011 Freeman Spogli Institute's Undergraduate Summer Research Internships.
Projects
Computer Assisted Learning in Migrant Schools
Migrant children are among the lowest performing students in China.
English
Multimedia
Technology and Education: Computer Assisted Learning in Poor Migrant Schools
July 2014
Can educational software serve as a remedial aid in chronically under resourced schools? The Chinese government has committed billions of dollars to placing computers in schools across China.