The aim of this article is to analyse the impact of academic capacity building onuniversity-industry-linkages (UILs) and to identify a set of critical success factors to guide improvements of university-industry knowledge ...

Starting in 1999, the Bologna Process reformed the German five-year study system for a first degree into the three-year bachelor’s (BA) system to harmonize study lengths in Europe and improve competitiveness. This reform ...

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Due to the high demand for academically qualified personnel, ensuring study success is of social and economic importance. In this context, the effect of institutional regulations of study and examination organizations on ...

Following its outbreak, the COVID-19 pandemic had strong negative effects on university students' stress and mental health worldwide. Using two longitudinal datasets from Germany (N = 504) and the U.S. (N = 893), we ...

This article focuses on the development of class-specific inequalities within German universities. Based on data on the social origin of students, doctoral students, and professors in the long-term cross-section, the article ...

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, university students worldwide have experienced drastic changes in their academic and social lives, with the rapid shift to online courses and contact restrictions being reported among the major ...