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Analyzing the Results of Study in Higher Education and the Requirements of the World of Work

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Since the 1990s, interest in obtaining more precise information about the results of study and their relation to the requirements of the world of work has increased in many countries across the world, including Germany. Three reasons for this growing interest can be identified.

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  1. International Center for Higher Education Research, University of Kassel, Germany

    Ulrich Teichler

  2. International Center for Higher Education Research, University of Kassel, Germany

    Harald Schomburg

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  1. Institute of Education, Humboldt-University of Berlin, Germany

    Sigrid Blömeke

  2. Chair of Business Education, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany

    Olga Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia

  3. Chair of Business Education, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany

    Christiane Kuhn

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Teichler, U., Schomburg, H. (2013). Analyzing the Results of Study in Higher Education and the Requirements of the World of Work. In: Blömeke, S., Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, O., Kuhn, C., Fege, J. (eds) Modeling and Measuring Competencies in Higher Education. Professional and Vet Learning, vol 1. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-867-4_16

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