Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 November 2014
We thank Anning Hu for carefully reading and commenting on our report “College is a rich, Han, urban, male club: research notes from a census survey of four tier one colleges in China.” We also thank the editor of The China Quarterly for giving us the chance to respond to the commentary. The topic of assessing disparities in college access in China (and other developing countries undergoing major transitions in their higher education systems) is an important one. We hope that our China Quarterly article, Hu's commentary and our response will stimulate more research and dialogue on this topic in China and elsewhere.
The authors would like to acknowledge the funding support from National Natural Sciences of China (Grant:71110107028; 71373255; 71333012) and the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant: 2012RC102; 2012ZD008).