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Pilz, Matthias – Oxford Review of Education, 2009
In Germany, a remarkable number of young people leave school with the qualification required for entrance to higher education ("Abitur") but do not actually go on to university. Instead, these young people--known in German as "Abiturienten"--start an apprenticeship within what is known in Germany as the "Dual-System".…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Qualifications, Apprenticeships, Young Adults
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Behrens, Martina; Pilz, Matthias; Greuling, Oliver – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2008
In Germany, the group of young people with the most extended transition from school to work are those achieving higher education entrance qualifications ("Abitur"), then serving an apprenticeship in the German "dual system" and later pursuing higher education. On the basis of three Anglo-German comparative studies, this article…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Labor Market, Apprenticeships, Young Adults