Higher Education in Germany-Recent Developments in an International Perspective: Theoretical Concept

The German higher education system - some key facts.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Recent reforms in the German higher education system.- 2.1 General societal developments as a fundamental trigger for reforms.- 2.2 Higher education reforms in Germany since the mid-1990s.- 3 Quantitative-structural configuration and developments.- 3.1 Quantitative developments.- 3.2 Trends in differentiation within the German higher education system.- 3.3 Trends in the funding of the German higher education system.- 4 Governance structures and their developments.- 4.1 Governance mechanisms and their properties.- 4.2 Typologies of governance regimes at higher education institutions.- 4.3 Current results of governance research.- 5 German higher education institutions as organizations.- 5.1 General organization theory.- 5.2 Specific organization theories relating to higher education institutions.- 6 Research on actors and groups of actors at higher education institutions.- 6.1 Students: From university entrance to graduation.- 6.2 Academics: From graduate to professor.- 6.3 Administrative staff.- Equality of opportunity in the German higher education system.- 7.1Gender.- 7.2 Social background.-8 Summarizing reflections-Stability and change in German higher education.