The book examines individual and institutional barriers that high school graduates with college aspirations face and asks whether there are social background differences even within this highly selective group. It focuses theoretically as well as empirically on different phases – intentions, applications, admissions, enrolment – and allows a first glance on the direct and indirect influence of gatekeeping processes of German universities.
Claudia Finger
Hochschule Student choices individual barriers Studium Aspiration institutional barriers social origin differences soziale Ungleichheit aspiration conversion Studienzulassung Studienbewerbung transition to college student rates Studienfachwahl admissions processes