In China,college enrollment rate of rural students has been decreasing steadily during the past 30 years.This is caused by many reasons,including greater academic pressure,higher relative cost of education,and poorer job prospects for those rural students.Rural households also tend to make educational investment for utilitarian rather than altruistic motivation.To raise college enrollment rate of rural students,the government,schools,and parents should make joint efforts to reduce rural students’academic pressure and improve their employment p...