Educational pathways and dropout from higher education in Germany.

Autor/inn/en	Müller, Sophie; Schneider, Thorsten
Titel	Educational pathways and dropout from higher education in Germany. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Bildungsverläufe und Studienabbruch in Deutschland.
Quelle	Bamberg (2012), 39 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	NEPS working paper. 11
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Bildung; Panel; Soziale Ungleichheit; Soziale Herkunft; Sozialstruktur; Ausbildung; Hochschulbildung; Studium; Abbruch; Quote; Abiturient; Absolvent; Studienanfänger; NEPS (National Educational Panel Study); Deutschland
Abstract	Extending access to higher education leads to a growing heterogeneity in the social origins and previous educational biographies of first-year students. They differ in their socialization, their preparedness for tertiary studies, and the salience of alternative options. How do these differences relate to social inequality in dropout from higher education? Drawing on theories and concepts of rational choice, differential learning environments, and selection, we argue that social origins and pre-tertiary educational pathways have at least an initial impact on dropout risks. We test this empirically by analysing pre-tertiary pathways in retrospective life-course data from the "Adult Education and Life-Long Learning" stage of the German National Educational Panel Study (NEPS) and assessing time dependency with event history analysis. Results suggest that prior educational pathways substantially influence dropout rates in Germany. Students taking the direct pathway via the Gymnasium have significantly lower dropout rates than students with an upwardly mobile educational biography or students who obtained a vocational qualification before starting higher education. Whereas students from a higher social background are less prone to drop out than students from a lower social background at universities, social origins do not influence dropout rates significantly at universities of applied sciences. (DIPF/Orig.)
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2013/4