Inwiefern erreichen Schülerinnen und Schüler, die über gleiche Kompetenzen verfügen, auch gleiche Abschlüsse und gleiche Abschlussnoten? Dieser Fragestellung gehen wir am Beispiel des Mittleren Schulabschlusses und des Abiturs der Hamburger Prüfungsjahrgänge der Schuljahre 2015/16 und 2016/17 nach. In diesem Kontext untersuchen wir ebenfalls, inwieweit Gruppenunterschiede in den Abschlussnoten und in der Abschlusswahrscheinlichkeit (nach Geschlecht, Migrationshintergrund […]
Publication type: Journal Articles
Publication type: Journal Articles
We focus on transition from school or employment to university and analyze how social network characteristics and the quantity of social capital (SC) influence the assessment of help in selecting a program of study. We analyze data of undergraduate students at a German university and find that SC has an amount and a context effect. […]
Publication type: Journal Articles
In the aftermath of the Bologna Process, Germany decided to open universities for individuals who do not possess a scholastic university entrance qualification but completed vocational education. This paper questions how long it takes until these so-called non-traditional students enroll and compares their routes to university to the routes of traditional students. In this context, […]
Publication type: Journal Articles
Since 2009, German universities were opened by law to freshmen who do not possess the traditional graduation certificate required for entry into University, but who are rather vocationally qualified. In this article, we track the grades of these so-called non-traditional students and compare them to those of traditional students using a longitudinal design. Based on […]