Vocational Schools as Pathways to Higher Education: International Perspectives
Open Access
Academic Editor(s): Christian Imdorf (Leibniz University Hannover / Bulgarian Academy of Sciences), Claudia Schuchart (University of Wuppertal), and Nadine Bernhard (Technische Universität Berlin)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17645/si.i423
Table of Contents
| International Perspectives on Vocational Schools as Pathways to Higher Education | |||||||||
| Christian Imdorf, Claudia Schuchart and Nadine Bernhard | |||||||||
| Editorial | Open Access | Published: 28 October 2025 | |||||||||
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| Inequality at the Transition to Higher Education in Germany: Social Differences by Prior Educational Pathways | |||||||||
| Heiko Quast, Heike Spangenberg, Hanna Mentges, Jessica Ordemann and Sandra Buchholz | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 16 April 2025 | |||||||||
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| Breaking Barriers? Social Inequality in Pathways to Higher Education Between General and Vocational Schools in Germany | |||||||||
| Oliver Winkler, Robin Busse and Stefanie Findeisen | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 27 August 2025 | |||||||||
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| Guilty of Success and Failure: Permeability Struggles of Unsuccessful Upper Secondary VET Examinees in the Czech Republic | |||||||||
| Petr Novotný, Katarína Rozvadská and Martin Majcík | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 4 September 2025 | |||||||||
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| Overcoming Obstacles? Institutional Support for the Pathways to Higher Education at German Vocational Schools | |||||||||
| Nadine Dörffer and Nadine Bernhard | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 20 March 2025 | |||||||||
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| From Vocational Schools to Universities: Navigating Educational Permeability for Vietnamese Students in Japan | |||||||||
| Anh Phuong Le | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 24 July 2025 | |||||||||
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| Secondary Vocational Schools as Pathways to Higher Education in China | |||||||||
| Yuan Wan, Nadia Siddiqui, Xiaodong Wei and Zheng Li | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 30 July 2025 | |||||||||
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| Study or Work? The Impact of Social Background and Unemployment Rates on the Decision of Vocational High School Graduates in Austria | |||||||||
| David Binder, Nora Haag and Bianca Thaler | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 30 July 2025 | |||||||||
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| Vocational Pathways to Higher Education: Real or False Chances? | |||||||||
| Claudia Schuchart and Benjamin Schimke | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 30 April 2025 | |||||||||
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| Overshadowed By Royal Roads: Vocationally Oriented Middle Schools as Pathways to Higher Education in Switzerland | |||||||||
| Raffaella Simona Esposito | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 20 March 2025 | |||||||||
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| Challenges in the Transition From Apprenticeships to Higher Education in England, Germany, and Norway | |||||||||
| Johannes Karl Schmees, Tim Migura, Bill Esmond, Dietmar Frommberger and Eli Smeplass | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 10 September 2025 | |||||||||
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