DZHW Panel Study of School Leavers 2012 - Educational paths of school leavers with a higher education entrance qualification 

Survey Period: Dec 1, 2011 - Jun 30, 2019 Survey Data Type: Quantitative Data

The DZHW-Panel Study of School Leavers 2012 is part of the DZHW-Panel Study of School Leavers survey series, in which standardized multiple surveys are used to collect information on the post-school careers of school leavers with a (school) higher educatio... moren entrance qualification. As a rule, several survey waves are conducted at different times before and after the acquisition of the higher education entrance qualification for each year group of persons with a university entrance qualification. Accordingly, this is a combined cohort-panel design. The panel 2012 is the 19th cohort of the study series with currently three waves. The special topics chosen for the 2012 DZHW-Panel Study of School Leavers were information behaviour in choosing a post-school career, the social environment and cultural experience. less

Refugees on their Way into German Higher Education. Survey with refugees and other prospective international students (Quantitative sub study) 

Survey Period: Oct 1, 2018 - Apr 30, 2020 Survey Data Type: Quantitative Data

The project 'Pathways of Refugees to German Universities', in short: WeGe, was funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) from April 2017 to March 2021 as part of the funding line 'Study Success and Study Dropout I'. The project invest... moreigated the challenges faced by refugee prospective students in preparing for university and the factors that influence whether preparation for university succeeds and a transition to higher education is completed. Data from the three substudies (2x qualitative, 1x quantitative) were published in separate data packages. The present data package contains the data from the quantitative sub-study. Data were collected by means of questionnaires at selected preparatory colleges and universities in Germany. The study participants were invited to take part in two repeat surveys in online mode. Topics included study preparation learning, learning success, aspects of integration, and well-being. The data package includes the associated longitudinal data set. less

Eurostudent VII 

Survey Period: Feb 1, 2019 - Jan 1, 2021 Survey Data Type: Quantitative Data

The EUROSTUDENT project collects and analyses comparable data on the social dimension of European higher education. A wide range of topics related to students’ social and economic conditions are covered. The project strives to provide reliable and insightf... moreul cross-country comparisons. It does this through coupling a central coordination approach with a strong network of national partners in each participating country. In this way, an assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of the respective national frameworks in international comparison can be made. The main users of our findings are higher education policy-makers at national and European level, researchers in this field, managers of higher education institutions and - of course - students all over Europe. less

DZHW Scientists Survey 2019 

Survey Period: Nov 26, 2019 - Feb 24, 2020 Survey Data Type: Quantitative Data

The DZHW Scientists Survey 2019 is an online survey of full-time academic and artistic staff at German universities, colleges of education, theology, art and music, and medical schools. It is repeated at regular intervals as a trend study to explore the wo... morerking and research conditions at German universities and equivalent institutions of higher education. The first two surveys took place in 2010 and 2016. The 2019 Scientists Survey was conducted from November 2019 to February 2020. Accordingly, the COVID19 pandemic from March 2020 onwards did not yet have impact on the survey of scientists, who were consequently able to refer to their regular daily research routine. The DZHW science survey is designed as a multi-topic survey. Each survey contains a core instrument (a constant survey programme over several waves) with central questions on working and research conditions as well as modules with more in-depth questions on current research policy topics and research priorities. The core instrument is completed by priority topics for which the instruments are developed in cooperation with research groups within and outside the DZHW. The focus topics of the 2019 science survey were: open data, research information, authorship, knowledge transfer and subject cultures. less

DZHW Graduate Panel 1989 

Survey Period: Dec 1, 1989 - Jul 31, 1993 Survey Data Type: Quantitative Data

The DZHW Graduate Panel 1989 (initially HIS Graduate Panel) is part of the DZHW Graduate Survey Series, which compiles information on study, career entry, career development and further qualifications of higher education graduates using standardised survey... mores. The Graduate Panel 1989 ist the first one of the Survey Series. Since then, every fourth graduate year (cohort) has been surveyed. For each graduate cohort, a series of survey waves are carried out, with each wave occurring at differing time intervals following the completion of degree. less

WERT - Student perception of the vocational and civic relevance in the humanities 

Survey Period: Mar 30, 2022 - Oct 20, 2023 Survey Data Type: Quantitative Data

WERT is a BMBF-funded research project in the field of academic success and drop-out. The project investigates how humanities students perceive the vocational and civic relevance of their studies. For this, a total of 43 university activities at 12 German ... moreuniversities were accompanied. Within these activities, the students took part in online surveys using standardised questionnaires at three measurement points (pre-post-follow-up). The surveys took place from summer semester 2022 to summer semester 2023. less

Quantitative sub-study of the study "VORAUS" 

Survey Period: Jan 14, 2021 - Feb 26, 2021 Survey Data Type: Quantitative Data

The BMBF-funded study ‘Further development of established quality assurance: What are the precausions and consensuses of a partially randomized selection of research projects in the scientific field?‘ was conducted from April 2019 to March 2022. The study ... moreelaborates reservations and understandings in the scientific field about partial randomization and clarifies what is currently considered scientifically adequate. For this purpose, a quantitative survey was carried out with scientists in Lower Saxony in the fields of biology, chemistry, physics as well as in engineering and history. Questions were asked about assessments and attitudes towards the peer review process, research funding and the lottery procedure. In addition to socio-demographic and job-related information, also questions were asked about experiences in the peer review process and with research proposals. Then, in the qualitative sub-study, problem-centered interviews were conducted with scientists in different status groups. This data is also available as a data package (DOI). The data package of the quantitative sub-study contains a data set with 283 cases and 115 variables. less

Pooled Data Set 10th - 21st Social Survey 1982 - 2016 

Survey Period: May 24, 1982 - Aug 31, 2016 Survey Data Type: Quantitative Data

The Social Survey is a series of surveys on the economic and social situation of students in Germany that has been in existence since 1951. At three- to four-year intervals, a cross-section of students is surveyed on aspects of university access, structura... morel features of study, social and economic situation, including income and cost of living, employment, housing situation, and socio-demographic characteristics such as ethnic and social origin, partnership status and parenthood. The data package includes data from the core set of the 10th to 21st Social Survey (1982-2016). The twelve individual scientific use files available at the FDZ-DZHW were pooled in an complex data preparation process to form an integrated dataset, which now enables elaborate time series analysis procedures on the aspects covered. less

The Student Survey in Germany (2021) 

Survey Period: May 4, 2021 - Sep 19, 2021 Survey Data Type: Quantitative Data

"The Student Survey in Germany" (2021) is a newly designed study that integrates three previously separate student surveys (Beuße et al., 2022): the Social Survey (Middendorff et al., 2017; Middendorff & Wallis, 2023), the Student Survey (Multrus et al... more., 2017; Multrus, 2021) and the survey "best - Studying with impairments" (Poskowsky et al., 2018; Unger et al., 2012). The study is designed as a cross-sectional survey with a long-term character. The new, integrated student survey thus continues the long tradition of the Social Survey and the Student Survey as important cross-sectional long-term observation studies for describing and analysing higher education and the student population in Germany, as well as the significantly shorter tradition of the previous "best studies". The survey covered a variety of topics relating to the study situation and the different life situations of students in Germany. The content of the programme is very diverse, as the thematic focuses of the previously separate surveys were integrated. In the tradition of the Social Survey, the economic and social situation of students is analysed (Middendorff, 2022). This focus is supplemented by topics from the student survey (Multrus et al., 2017). In addition, for the first time the new study design enables comparisons between students with and without health impairments that make studying difficult (Steinkühler et al., 2023). By combining survey content in this way, cross-connections between different subject areas can be established. This data package contains the survey data from the summer semester 2021. less

ValCom2: Value and competence beliefs in adulthood (Study 3) 

Survey Period: Sep 1, 2019 - Sep 30, 2019 Survey Data Type: Quantitative Data

This dataset is from Study 3 of the ValCom2 project. The project investigates the formation of expectancy of success and subjective task value when facing novel learning content. It is a cross-sectional survey of adults implemented through the Social Scien... morece Panel. The sample was drawn from those panel participants who were no longer listed as students. The questionnaire consisted of questions on demographics, school- and subject-specific as well as general academic motivation (ability self-concept and intrinsic value), prior knowledge of subjects, Need For Cognition, and perceived similarity between school and study subjects. less