The recent developments in HE sector in Germany are characterized by the imposition of the principles of market and organization on academic work. The situation of young academics is especially challenging. In the context of changing governance structures, the relation between the components of...

This article reviews the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME). It discusses the origins, purpose and content of the PRME and gives examples of how to implement the Principles. The article also discusses the PRME initiative in the context of German universities and makes the...

In research into higher education, the evaluation of completion and dropout rates has generated a steady stream of interest for decades. While most studies only calculate quotes using student and graduate numbers for both phenomena, we propose to also consider the budget available to...

Using a new panel dataset comprising publication and appointment data for 889 German academic economists over a quarter of a century, we confirm the familiar hypothesis that publications are important for professorial appointments, but find only a small negative effect of appointments on...