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Pietrzyk, Irena ORCID: 0000-0002-3444-1539, Erdmann, Melinda ORCID: 0000-0001-9999-5770, Schneider, Juliana ORCID: 0009-0003-4458-3471, Jacob, Marita ORCID: 0000-0002-2674-568X and Helbig, Marcel ORCID: 0009-0006-2632-4064 (2025). Guidance Counseling Can Reduce Inequality in University Enrollment in Germany: Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial. Sociology of Education, 98 (3). pp. 251-270. Sage. ISSN 0038-0407

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Abstract

Guidance counseling is well known to foster enrollment in higher education among students from low social origins in the United States and Canada. However, because students in these North American countries face obstacles that do not exist in many European countries, generalizing previous findings to the European context is difficult. Against this background, we use a randomized controlled trial to investigate guidance counseling in Germany. Our results reveal that individuals from low social origins are more likely to enroll in higher education due to the program. Furthermore, we find substantial effect heterogeneity across social origin groups. Due to the program, individuals from high social origins enroll less frequently in higher education and more frequently in vocational training. Based on these opposing effects across social origin groups, we find that the program reduces inequality in higher education enrollment by approximately 70 percent.

Item Type:	Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Pietrzyk, Irena UNSPECIFIED https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3444-1539 UNSPECIFIED Erdmann, Melinda UNSPECIFIED https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9999-5770 UNSPECIFIED Schneider, Juliana UNSPECIFIED https://orcid.org/0009-0003-4458-3471 UNSPECIFIED Jacob, Marita UNSPECIFIED https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2674-568X UNSPECIFIED Helbig, Marcel UNSPECIFIED https://orcid.org/0009-0006-2632-4064 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-797599
Identification Number:	10.1177/00380407251323888
Journal or Publication Title:	Sociology of Education
Volume:	98
Number:	3
Page Range:	pp. 251-270
Number of Pages:	20
Date:	24 July 2025
Publisher:	Sage
ISSN:	0038-0407
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Management, Economy and Social Sciences
Divisions:	Weitere Institute, Arbeits- und Forschungsgruppen > Institute of Sociology and Social Psychology (ISS)
Subjects:	Psychology Social sciences
['eprint_fieldname_oa_funders' not defined]:	Publikationsfonds UzK
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/79759