Ulrich Bremer examines the internationalization process of German public research universities, extracts multiple expected factors of impact from existing theory, tests them against data and thus delivers implications for research and practice. Strategy-based international partnerships,...

Mareike Schad examines how redistributive policy measures influence intergenerational income mobility, taking into account various facets of the parent-child connection. In the first part, the author investigates the impact of education and education policy on income mobility both theoretically...

Die Globalisierung beschränkt sich heute nicht mehr auf die industrielle Produktion, sondern ergreift zunehmend auch die Welt der Dienstleistungen. Forerunner und Enabler dieser neuen Phase der Globalisierung ist die IT-Branche. IT-Unternehmen stehen vor tief greifenden Veränderungen, die eine...

Qualifikationen und Berufe in der generativen Fertigung -- Weiterbildungsangebote für Additive Manufacturing -- Generative Fertigung in der Berufsausbildung -- Perspektiven – neue Berufe und Industrie 4.0.

This book offers a comprehensive empirical analysis of continuing vocational training in Germany. Specific issues concerning continuing training that are debated in academia as well as in public are discussed. Wage and productivity effects of training are analyzed, explicitly accounting for the...

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book provides an original and challenging analysis of one of the most pressing social issues of our times: intergenerational inequality. Based on recent mixed-method research, it explores the extent and scope of generational divides...

This book reports on the findings from a research study of vocational and higher education graduates’ employability challenges. The nature and extent of these challenges, their underlying causes, and effective strategies to address the problems in this area are all analysed from a...

This book offers an insight into the complications higher education is currently facing in the Arab world. It discusses whether governance in international higher education is of particular importance in Arab countries when considering their difference in political systems, cultures, interests,...