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The purpose of this study is to investigate the academic achievement of students in higher vocational colleges in Yunnan on the basis of family factors and school environment. Family factors are influenced by parental expectations and aspirations, family resources, communication and openness? parental involvement in decision-making. On the other hand, the school environment is influenced by relationship satisfaction, academic support, school facilities and school safety. According to the purpose of this study, the following objectives are to be achieved. First of all, it is necessary to determine the student's academic achievements. Second, try and identify differences in student achievement based on gender and grade groups. Next, the study looked at parental expectations and aspirations, family resources, communication and openness, parental involvement in decision-making contribution to the change of students' academic achievement in higher vocational colleges. Finally, we examine the contribution of relationship satisfaction, academic support, school facilities and school safety to the change of students' academic achievement in higher vocational colleges. Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems theory is used as a model to support the theoretical arguments of this study. The study sample will be composed of 396 first-year college students, second-year college students and third-year college students from higher vocational colleges in Yunnan, selected by Multi-stage stratified random sampling technique. The methods used in this study include independent sample t test, one-way analysis of variance and multiple hierarchical regression. The results of this study have a profound impact on many fields, including the transformation of family education patterns, the formulation of educational policies, curriculum development, and the provision of school facilities.
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