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Ziemlich beste Feinde?
(2017)
Die Lernende Stadt
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Foreword
(2012)
Education plays a key role in knowledge society, since, from a meritocratic perspective, it opens up fair opportunities for well-paid jobs, thereby increasing social mobility and well-being more generally. In order to foster their economic competitiveness, cities are therefore encouraged to engage in knowledge-based urban development by trying to provide good schools and world-class universities to attract the “creative class.” However, meritocracy is a “myth,” as access to educational opportunities is itself socially biased. With the example of Heidelberg, a so-called “knowledge pearl,” we show how knowledge-institutions, such as the university, may shape socioenvironmental contexts in ways conducive to spatially selective access to—and use of—educational opportunities. Instead of reducing social polarization, knowledge-institutions may instead (re-)produce inequalities.
Dr. Julia Rathke, Dr. Susan Harris-Huemmert und Prof. Dr. Michael Hölscher befassen sich nicht speziell mit der Lehre, sondern allgemein mit dem Wissenschaftsmanagement in der Corona-Krise. Dazu haben sie Studierende und Ehemalige ihres exekutiven Masterstudien-gangs Wissenschaftsmanagement an der Deutschen Universität für Verwaltungswissen-schaften Speyer online befragt und 95 Antworten ausgewertet. Die Befragten arbeiten an verschiedenen Stellen des Wissenschaftsmanagements, häufig an strategischen Positionen der Hochschulverwaltung. Die Mehrheit befand sich im Frühjahr vollständig im Homeoffice und viele weitere zumindest teilweise. Das war eine deutliche Steigerung gegenüber den Zeiten vor Corona, wobei es auch Unterschiede in der Art des Arbeitens von zu Hause gab. So war das Homeoffice nicht mehr freiwillig und waren häufiger auch andere Familienange-hörige gleichzeitig zu Hause, z.B. zu betreuende Kinder. Das Arbeitspensum änderte sich im Schnitt nicht, allerdings erhöhte es sich für einige krisenbedingt, während es für andere sank. Mangels persönlichen Kontakten im Büro stieg der Kommunikationsbedarf mittels Telefon und Internet stark an. Begrüßt wurde das Wegfallen von Arbeitswegen und mehrheitlich waren die Befragten mit dem Homeoffice zufrieden und wünschen sich mehr davon nach der Pandemie, jedoch kombiniert mit Präsenzphasen im Büro.
Policies to promote high participation in Higher Educations (HE) systems aim to deliver social justice and economic development through widening participation of under-represented groups. Degrees of Success provides a critical test of this through examination of participa-tion and success of learners progressing to HE with a vocational background.
Employing an original conceptual framework that combines the ideas of Basil Bernstein and Pierre Bourdieu the authors analyse the various transitional frictions experienced by learners with VET backgrounds on their journeys into and through the HE system. The findings indi-cate that including students with vocational qualifications does lead to widening participation but that their modes of participation may not provide fair access and outcomes. In part this is due to the epistemic incompatibilities between higher and vocational education which remain unresolved despite constant VET qualification reform.
This book, therefore, extends the debate about widening participation beyond metaphors of barriers to access to consider the epistemic and pedagogical challenges of increasing student heterogeneity in high participation HE systems. The analysis and policy suggestions therefore have relevance for all seeking to support students' HE learning journeys, and policy makers concerned with how best to utilise HE systems as means of furthering social mobility and justice.