Workshop 2008


AG Hochschulforschung + FREREF Réseau Uni 21

Quality and Equity in Higher Education -
International Experiences and Comparisons

Workshop at the University of Konstanz
November 23th – 25th 2008

Program

Sunday, November 23th 2008 – Arrival - Ankunft

19:30h Welcome Dinner – Begrüßung und Abendessen

Monday, November 24th 2008

9:00h Address of welcome and opening of the workshop
(Tino Bargel, Prof. Werner Georg, Regina Sonntag-Krupp)
9:30h

Introductiory lecture

Education research in international comparison: Inequality among students in
european countries

Prof. Dr. Walter Müller, Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung

10:30h Coffee break
10:45h Lecture and discussion:
Individual and institutional factors to drop out of higher education -
a multilevel analysis
Prof. Dr. Werner Georg, AG Hochschulforschung, University of Konstanz
11:30h Lecture and discussion:
Evaluation of study quality - does inequality matter?
Dr. Alain Fernex, Prof. Charles Hadji, University of Grenoble II. Laboratory of educational
sciences
12:30h Lunch (International meeting center, University of Konstanz)
14:00h FREREF - Réseau Uni 21 – Research groups
Surveys and results: Overview of research practice in different countries
Switzerland: Dr. Jean-Francois Stassen, University of Geneva: The Suisse Survey of Students 2008
and its public discussion
Austria: Prof. Dr. Paul Kellermann, Dr. Helmut Guggenberger:
Research about Students at the University Klagenfurt – Experiences and results
Great Britain: Dr. Heike Behle, University Warwick: Careers Clarity of UK students
- Diversity and Choices
16:00h Coffee break
16:15h Lituania: Prof. Dr. Gediminas Merkys: "Design und Komposition schriftlicher
Fragebogen: Techniken zur Motivierung des Antwortverhaltens"
Ukraine: Prof. Andrii Gorbatschyk: Report and results from Kyiv, Taras-
Shevtchenko-University.
17:15h – 18:00h Internationality – Problems and chances of Student mobility
Regina Sonntag-Krupp, International Office, University of Konstanz
19:45h Dinner


Tuesday, November 25th 2008

9:00h Professionality and Transition
Qualification, Transition and the Tasks of Quality Management
Dr. René Krempkow, University of Freiburg
9:40h Investigations and findings
Research about students and alumni in the Netherlands
Maarja Lühiste and Lette Hogeling, Research Ned
10:15h Lecture and discussion
Hochschul-Informations-System (HIS)
Quality of Studies – a research programm and results
Kai Mühleck
Euro Student – an international survey
Dr. Dominic Orr
11:30h Coffeebreak

11:45h – 13:00h

Perspectives for Research (QUISS II), Practice (Services) and Politics
Tino Bargel, AG Hochschulforschung, Universität Konstanz
13:30h Farewell Lunch


Meeting place:
University of Konstanz
Senatssaal V1001
Universitätsstraße 10
D-78464 Konstanz, Germany