Inhalt: Begrüßung (Frankenberg, Peter. - Landfried, Klaus). - Vortrag (Limbach, Jutta). - Grußworte (Schavan, Annette. - Widder, Gerhart). - AUTONOMIE IN FORSCHUNG UND LEHRE. Impulsreferate (Hoyningen-Huene, Dietmar von. - Langenbacher-Liebgott, Jutta. - Marcinowski, Stefan. - Pohl, Rüdiger....

Aus Anlaß des Wechsels im Amt des HRK-Präsidenten veranstaltete die Hochschulrektorenkonferenz ein Kolloquium, das in der vorliegenden Veröffentlichung dokumentiert wird. Das Kolloquium wurde u. a. auch veranstaltet, um mit Unterstützung der Referenten "öffentlich Rechenschaft abzulegen...

We exploit an exogenous increase in General Educational Development (GED) testing requirements to determine whether raising the difficulty of the test causes students to finish high school rather than drop out and GED certify. We find that a six point decrease in GED pass rates induces a 1.3...

Exploiting a unique policy reform in Egypt that reduced the number of years of compulsory schooling, we show how it unexpectedly increased education attainment as more students chose to complete the next school stage. This impact is almost entirely driven by girls from more disadvantaged...

We evaluate a program that aims to improve children's reading skills by providing classes with age-appropriate reading material and incentivizing children to read through a 31 day read-a-thon. During the read-a-thon, the program significantly increases the propensity of children to read, causing...