Exclusive education institutions in Germany. Developing trends and identification problems

Point of departure of the contribution are current public debates about the expansion of private educational institutions and multi-located discussions about the feared accompanied increase of educational inequalities. Especially the theses, that increasing refoundations of privately owned educational institutions are coincide with enhanced social segregation, is in the center of attention. The contribution also amplifies the verified phenomena of increasing distinction of educational and founding/supporting landscapes at all levels of the educational system. It also requests apart from debates about the pros and cons of an "elite education" in Germany, how exclusive educational institutions with stratifying impact can be identified. With reference to the national and international research, criteria and dimensions of the study for the different levels of education from the elementary education to higher education are developed.