RegelWerk – Rules and Commitment in Higher Education – What Effect Do They Have?
The main research questions of RegelWerk are: Which specific regulations contribute to greater commitment to studies? How does the binding nature of admission, advising, and examination rules influence academic success?
RegelWerk focuses on the institutional framework conditions of studying, as defined by admission criteria and the rules of study and examination regulations. In this context, rules are understood to mean all agreements between students and the university that are associated with mutual rights and obligations. Within the framework of extensive university autonomy in Germany, universities can control the binding nature of studies by designing the regulations.
Bindingness can go in two directions: On the one hand, the university makes binding offers to students; on the other hand, it demands bindingness from students with regard to their study progress and success. A high degree of state and university regulation with regard to examinations and counseling, e.g., regulations in the form of obligations, goes hand in hand with a high level of commitment on the part of students, while a low level of commitment is associated with greater student autonomy, e.g., regulations in the form of options.
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Project start:
30. April 2025
Project end:
29. April 2029
Project management:
Prof. Dr. Kerstin Schneider
Project staff:
Luis Rumert,
Thomas Gößl,
Leandro Henao
Project partners:
Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf,
Leibniz Universität Hannover,
Deutsches Zentrum für Hochschul- und Wissenschaftsforschung GmbH