Over the 2000s, many federal states in Germany shortened the duration of secondary school by one year while keeping the …

This paper analyzes how high-ability students respond to different indicators of university quality when applying for a … information in the quality dimensions mentoring, infrastructure and students' satisfaction than with respect to research …

terms of the skill contents of jobs held and the type of payment individuals receive for their work. An increase in school …

setting. The thirteenth year of schooling was eliminated for those students currently attending the ninth grade. Tenth grade … students were unaffected. The academic curriculum remained almost unaltered. Using primary data from the double cohort of … in English. The effects on literature were not statistically significant. -- student performance ; school duration …

traditional degree program has affected first-year students’ satisfaction. Three dimensions of student satisfaction are focused … upon: Student satisfaction with teaching, student satisfaction with the organization of the study programs, as well as an … indicator for students’ personal problems within the academic context. The selection into the type of program is taken into …

Learning at school and university and also at the work place has become more important in the knowledge-based economy …

particular, we investigate the role of the share of female mathematics teachers in secondary school and of pupils self …