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4th Forum „Higher Education and the Labour Market“ (HELM)

Empirical perspectives on students’ experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic

The Covid-19 pandemic has changed higher education in numerous ways. Not only do faculties face new challenges, but the pandemic also affected various aspects of students' academic and social life. Among these are:

  • University entrance: Study decisions may have changed under pandemic conditions with respect to both take-up of university studies and subject choice. Moreover, starting at the university may involve particular obstacles during a pandemic.
  • Social and academic integration: During times of distance learning, students have fewer opportunities to interact face to face with fellow students and academic staff. The more demanding communication and lack of exchange may hamper integration.
  • Study processes: The participation in courses and learning have become more isolated, which may impede many learning formats such as study groups. Students’ and universities’ strategies to meet these challenges – and their success – are of particular interest.
  • Students’ employment and financial situation: Students were among the first to lose their jobs at the beginning of the pandemic. As many students rely on a job to finance their education, they may suffer consequences for their grades and ultimately for study success.
  • Career counselling: The pandemic may have affected not only career guidance before starting university but also counselling services at universities. Both the administration and format of counselling as well as its contents may have been adjusted.
  • Labour market entry: The prospects for entering the labour market after graduation may have changed. The pandemic may have increased employers’ demand for certain subjects and decreased the demand for others, thus affecting graduates’ labour market prospects.

Moreover, the conference offers sessions with a more general perspective on “Higher Education and the Labour Market”, for example on returns to tertiary education, university dropout, graduates’ placement on the labour market, and regional mobility of graduates.

Termin

6.10.2022 - 7.10.2022

Keynote Speakers

  • Prof. David A. Jaeger, Ph.D. (University of St Andrews)
  • Prof. Núria Rodríguez-Planas, Ph.D. (City University of New York, Queens College)

Wissenschaftlicher Ausschuss

  • Monika Jungbauer-Gans (DZHW;  University of Hanover)
  • Silke Anger (IAB & University of Bamberg)
  • Anja Gottburgsen (DZHW)
  • Markus Nagler (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg)
  • Nancy Kracke (DZHW)
  • Bernhard Christoph (IAB)
  • Jessica Ordemann (DZHW)
  • Alexander Patzina (IAB; University of Bamberg)

Programm

Thursday, October 6th 2022

  • 12:00 p.m. – Opening
  • 12:10 p.m. – Short welcome by the organizers
    Bernhard Christoph (Institute for Employment Research – IAB)
    Anja Gottburgsen (German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies – DZHW)
  • 12:15 p.m. – Welcome address
    Prof. Dr. Monika Jungbauer-Gans (Scientific Director of the DZHW/Univ. of Hanover)
  • 12:30 p.m. – Keynote 1: Health and Economic Impacts of COVID-19 on University Students around the World at the Beginning of the Pandemic
    Prof. David A. Jaeger, PhD (University of St Andrews)
  • 01:30 p.m. – Coffee break
  • 01:45 p.m. – Session 1: Transitions After Secondary Education Before and After the Pandemic
    Chair: Markus Nagler (Univ. of Erlangen-Nuremberg/CESifo)
    Fledging the nest – The role of family context and regional opportunities for transitions to adulthood
    Kars van Oosterhout (ROA), Katarina Weßling (BIBB/ROA)
    The COVID-19 pandemic, well-being, and transitions to post-secondary education
    Malte Sandner (IAB), Alexander Patzina (IAB/Univ. of Bamberg), Silke Anger (IAB/Univ. of Bamberg), Sarah Bernhard (IAB), Hans Dietrich (IAB)
    Post-secondary decision sooner or later? Social inequality and individual capabilities in the decision to take a „Gap Year“ after high school graduation
    Michael Grüttner (Leibniz Center for Science and Society/DZHW), Frauke Peter (DZHW), Sandra Buchholz (DZHW/Univ. of Hanover)
  • 03:15 p.m. – Coffee break
  • 03:30 p.m. – Session 2: Student Experiences During Covid-19
    Chair: Frauke Peter (DZHW)
    Session 3: University Dropout & De-registration Before and During the Pandemic
    Chair: Nancy Kracke (DZHW)
    Changes of student perspectives at TU Graz: A comparison between survey results before and after the COVID-19 Pandemic
    Hannes Müller, Christoph De Marinis (both TU Graz)
    The things we (might) lose. Content and context of online learning in times of COVID-19
    Meike Bredendiek, Lena Hoffmann, Emilia Kmiotek-Meier (all Univ. of Cologne)
    Impaired, chronically ill and neurodiverse students’ experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic
    Julia Loose (Leibniz Center for Science and Society)
    How did college dropout differ before and during the pandemic? The relationship between feelings of overload and self-efficacy and their connection to college dropout thoughts
    Marie-Christin Ehrhardt, Karsten Becker (both DZHW)
    Studying in times of the Covid-19 pandemic: Why are students with disabilities more likely to drop out of higher education?
    Mareike Rußmann (DZHW), Markus Lörz (HIS-HE), Nicolai Netz (DZHW)
    Individual effects of forced de-registrations in German higher education
    Friederike Hertweck (RWI), Ulrike Schwabe (DZHW)
  • 05:00 p.m. – Coffee break
  • 05:15 p.m. – Keynote 2: Flexible Grading, Emergency Relief Funds, and Students’ Academic Success During the Covid-19-Pandemic
    Prof. Núria Rodríguez-Planas, PhD (City University of New York, Queens College)
  • 06:15 p.m. – End of Day 1

Friday, October 7th 2022

  • 09:00 a.m. – Session 4: Student Admission, Student’s Financial Situation and Tuition Fees Before and After the Pandemic
    Chair: Alexander Patzina (IAB/Univ. of Bamberg)
    Session 5: Returns to Education: Differences by Skill Requirements, Region, and Cohort
    Chair: Bernhard Christoph (IAB)
    The financial situation of students during the COVID-19 Pandemic
    Dennis H. Meier, Stephan Thomsen, Johannes Trunzer (all Univ. of Hannover)
    Tuition fees and academic (in)activity in higher education. How did students adjust to the abolition of tuition fees in Germany?
    Johannes Berens, Leandro Henao, Kerstin Schneider (all Univ. of Wuppertal)
    COVID19-Pandemic and students admission challenges into higher education institutions of Nigeria
    Oluwafemi Imisioluwa Olatunde (Fed. Univ. Oye-Ekiti Ekiti State, Nigeria)
    Unpacking rising degree requirements: Graduate skill requirements and their consequences for pay
    Golo Henseke (UCL), Alan Felstead (Univ. of Cardiff), Duncan Gallie (Univ. of Oxford), Francis Green (UCL)
    Tertiary education and the urban wage premium in Germany
    Theresa Michlbauer (Univ. of Würzburg)
    Monetary returns to higher education: A comparison of babyboomers age 45-60 with their direct down- and upstream cohorts
    Jessica Ordemann (DZHW)
  • 10:30 a.m. – Coffee break
  • 10:45 a.m. – Session 6: Outcomes of Higher Education: Transition to Employment, Continuing Education, and Graduate Tracking
    Chair: Jessica Ordemann (DZHW)
    Session 7: Student Coping and Student Involvement During the Pandemic and Before
    Chair: Anja Gottburgsen (DZHW)
    Entry conditions and the transition from tertiary education to employment
    John Moffat (Durham University), Duncan Roth (IAB)
    Effects of continuing education on labour market outcomes of tertiary educated workers: Evidence from a factorial survey experiment
    Ladina Rageth, Ursula Renold, Aranya Sritharan (all ETH Zürich)
    Register-based graduate tracking in the Austrian labour market – A powerful tool
    Michael Hofer, Lukas Mitterauer, Franziska Kurka (all three Univ. of Vienna), Judith Zehetgruber, Johanna Einfalt, Michael Huber (all three Statistics Austria)
    Non-academic involvement of international students and their role for academic progress
    Fabian Koenings, Julia Peter, Silke Uebelmesser (all FSU Jena)
    Explorative study of international students’ coping strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic
    Rosalyn Eder (PMU Salzburg)
    12:15 p.m. – Lunch Break
  • 01:00 p.m. – Session 8: Gender Differences in Major Choice, Employment Trajectories, and Income
    Chair: Silke Anger (IAB/Univ. of Bamberg)
    Gender differences in earnings expectations and their role for major choice
    Katharina Adler (Univ. of Erlangen-Nuremberg), Markus Nagler (Univ. of Erlangen-Nuremberg/CESifo), Fabian Kosse (LMU Munich/CESifo), Johannes Rincke (Univ. of Erlangen-Nuremberg/CESifo)
    Are employment trajectories of STEM doctoral degree holders gender-specific? Evidence from a large German technical university
    Simone Bartsch (TU Berlin), Guido Buenstorf (INCHER/Univ. of Kassel), Anne Otto (IAB), Maria Theissen (INCHER/Univ. of Kassel)
    The gender income gap in postgraduate education – Evidence from German doctoral studies
    Dennis Becker (Univ. of Hamburg)
  • 02:30 p.m. – Farewell
  • 02:45 p.m. – End of the conference

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