Issue 17/4 of the Zeitschrift für Hochschulentwicklung published

The latest issue of the Zeitschrift für Hochschulentwicklung (Journal for Higher Education Development / ZFHE) was just published: Issue 17/4 (December 2022) on "Hochschulzugang und Studium nicht-traditioneller Studierender – Die Situation in Österreich, Deutschland und der Schweiz", edited by Walburga Katharina Freitag, Christian Kerst & Jessica Ordemann.

 

About the issue:

Providing access to higher education and establishing a conducive framework for lifelong learning are important goals of the European Higher Education Area. In the D-A-CH countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland), the group of  “non-traditional students” includes graduates of technical and vocational training without a school-based university entrance qualification, employees, family workers and “learners in later life”. Based on current data, and operating from the perspective of diversity and inequality theory, the papers in this issue examine university access regulations, students’ time budgets, the effects of care responsibility, and student dropouts, including during the Covid-19 pandemic. Papers also discuss a learning program conducted at sea, as well as new ways potential educators can access teacher education opportunities for technical and vocational schools. The contributions represent deep dives in what is still an emerging field.

 

In addition to the online version, the issue will also be available in bookshops as a print publication. For more information, visit https://www.zfhe.at/index.php/zfhe/print.