Kick-off for the EU project "POWERst"

Around three quarters of children of academic parents in Germany go on to study.
Around three quarters of children of academic parents in Germany go on to study. If the parents do not have a degree, only one-fifth of the children decide to study. The cooperative project ’POWER st - emPOWERing first generation STudents’, led by the University of Stuttgart, will develop strategies for more equal opportunities regardless of social background.

The project "POWERst - emPOWERing first generation STudents" was successfully applied for in 2020 by the Vice Rector for Early Career Researchers and Diversity and is now starting. It is funded within the framework of ERASMUS+ Strategic Partnerships by the National Agency of the German Academic Exchange Service DAAD. POWERst addresses in particular the diversity dimension "social origin" and supports young academics, employees, and teaching staff.

In Germany, social origin still very much determines whether people choose to study. While 74 out of 100 children from academic households apply for university, only 21 out of 100 children from non-academic families do. ...

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