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The Origins and Contemporary Development of Work-based Higher Education in Germany: Lessons for Anglophone Countries?

  • Higher education is typically viewed as offering the most assured pathways to secure careers and low unemployment rates. Yet, increasingly some groups, not least higher education graduates and their families paying ever-higher tuition fees, question the taken-for-granted contributions higher education makes to individuals and society. While participation rates have climbed worldwide, higher education systems continue to produce winners and losers. In the face of such challenges globally, which alternatives exist? A prominent possibility, pioneered in Germany, is ‘dual study’ programmes. These programmes fully integrate phases of higher education study and paid work in firms, illustrating how employer interests and investments are (re)shaping advanced skill formation. Co-developed and co-financed by employers, they could ameliorate the global trend towards saddling students with ever-higher education costs and student debt. Grounded in neo-institutional analysis, expert interviews, and document analysis, we analyse the genesis and rapid expansion of dual study programmes, emphasizing the role of employer interests and highlighting distributional conflicts in the new politics of advanced skill formation. Furthermore, we discuss lessons other countries might glean from a new form of work-based higher education in Germany. Reference: Graf, L./Powell, J.J.W. (2022) The Origins and Contemporary Development of Work-based Higher Education in Germany: Lessons for Anglophone Countries? In: Knight, E./Bathmaker, A-M./Moodie, G./Orr, K./Webb, S./Wheelahan, L. (Eds.) Equity and Access to High Skills through Higher Vocational Education. London, Palgrave, 125-144.

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Document Type:Part of a Book
Language:English
Author(s):Lukas GrafORCiD, Justin J.W. Powell
Editor(s):Elizabeth Knight, Ann-Marie Bathmaker, Gavin Moodie, Kevin Orr, Susan Webb, Leesa Wheelahan
Parent Title (English):Equity and Access to High Skills through Higher Vocational Education
Publisher:Palgrave
Place of Publisher:London
Publication year:2022
Publishing Institution:Hertie School
First Page:125
Last Page:144
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-84502-5_7
Release Date:2022/03/30
AY 21/22:AY 21/22
Licence of document (German):Metadaten / metadata
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