Heiko Quast

Biographic Data

ID6474907
NAMEHeiko Quast
GIVEN NAMESHeiko
FAMILY NAMEQuast
SIGNATUREQUAST H
AFFILIATIONSGerman Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies
ORCID0000-0001-5538-0977
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS5
WORKS AS AUTHOR4
WORKS AS EDITOR1
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2015
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX1

  • Inequality at the Transition to Higher Education in Germany

    Open AccessHeiko Quast, Heike Spangenberg et al.ARTICLESocial Inclusion2025References: 19

    In this article, we assess the importance of alternative pathways via vocational schools and vocational education and training (VET) for social differences in the transition into higher education in Germany. Drawing on data from the DZHW Panel of School Leavers 2018, we use sequence analysis to identify both classical and alternative pathways to obtaining a higher education entrance certificate. We then apply logistic regressions and decompositio…

  • Tertiary Education, Changing One’s Educational Decision and the Role of Parental Preferences

    Open AccessBernhard Christoph, Heike Spangenberg et al.ARTICLEResearch in Higher Education2024

    Unequal access to university and the decision processes that give rise to it are important factors in the accumulation of educational inequalities. In this paper, we investigate a specific aspect of such decision processes by focusing on those students who change their original plans to start a (nontertiary) vocational education and decide to pursue a tertiary degree instead. In doing so, we find that more than one-fifth of the students in our sa…

  • Bildungs- und Berufsverläufe mit Bachelor und Master

    Open AccessMarkus Lörz, Heiko QuastEDITORBOOKBildungs- und Berufsverläufe mit…2019

  • Why do students from underprivileged families less often intend to study abroad?

    Open AccessMarkus Lörz, Nicolai Netz et al.ARTICLEHigher Education2016

  • Konsequenzen der Bologna-Reform

    Markus Lörz, Heiko Quast et al.ARTICLEZeitschrift für Soziologie2015Cited by: 5

    Im Zuge der Bologna-Reform wurden mit den neuen Bachelor- und Masterstudiengängen zusätzliche Selektionsschwellen und zwei Hochschulabschlüsse eingeführt, die mit unterschiedlichen Karrierechancen einhergehen. Obwohl die Reform soziale Ungleichheit vermindern sollte, verzichten insbesondere Bachelorabsolventen aus weniger privilegierten Elternhäusern auf ein Masterstudium. Hierfür lassen sich aus theoretischer Sicht verschiedene Erklärungen anfüh…