{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The World of Higher Education","title":"1.7: Study Gods and Losers","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/da4a1648\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1272,"description":"This week’s guest on the World of Higher Education Podcast is Yi-Lin Chiang, author of Study Gods: How the New Chinese Elite Prepare for Global Competition which was published in 2022 by Princeton University Press. It’s a really extraordinary work of ethnography, following a group of students from a pair of elite Beijing secondary schools as they make their way towards China’s extremely challenging Gaokao system and on to university in China and beyond.  Have a listen.Download PDF transcript","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/szE5_mOUPtJs5cholvHC7w1KZlZfRnimUyhRfynZLBk/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8yMDlj/M2IzZDMxMDE0MzRk/ZDMwNmY1ZDU3ZTZk/ZTQwMy5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}