We examine the consequences of compressing secondary schooling on students' university enrollment. An unusual education reform in Germany reduced the length of academic high school while simultaneously increasing the instruction hours in the remaining years. Accordingly, students receive the...

This study examines the impact of the charging of tuition fees between 2006 and 2014 in several German federal states on the number of first-year student enrollments. Since Germany is known for a tuition-free education policy at public institutions, the fundamental question arises of whether,...

Durch die Bologna-Reform im Jahr 1999 sollte ein gemeinsamer europäischer Hochschulraum entstehen. Die vorliegende Position nimmt nun die Fortschritte dieses Prozesses unter die Lupe. Ein erstes Fazit zeigt, dass die neuen Abschlüsse wie der Bachelor zwar für einen Beruf fit machen, die...