(Eine Deutsche Fassung steht weiter unten. German version below.)<\/p>\n
12 SEPTEMBER 2006, TUESDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY<\/p>\n
A Revolutionary (for German Universities) Idea, but One Which Would Be Quite Superfluous at the Technical University of Munich \u2013 7<\/p>\n
\u201cBut just as the industrial engineering students had underestimated the enthusiasm that other students would have for their idea, the universities were now underestimating the resonance their offensive would have in the media \u2013 the reaction was devastating: to threaten students with legal action was cowardly and even questionable, according to some journalists, especially when a university like Aachen, which is competing for support from the government as a specially designated \u2018elite university,\u2019 tried to silence public criticism with what amounted to a legal sledgehammer. Burkhard Rauhut, Rector of the Aachen University of Technology conceded, \u2018We just didn\u2019t get our side of the question across.\u2019 At the same time, he continued to criticize the students\u2019 website. \u2018Whoever examines the whole question carefully,\u2019 he said, \u2018can see right away that the website is quite dishonest, and in a calculated way. A few anonymous evaluations are enough to put a professor at the very top or the very bottom.\u2019 Rauhut also said the university\u2019s own evaluation process was much fairer and more transparent, although, except in a few cases, it is not made public.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n (To be continued)<\/p>\n Source: Jan-Martin Wiarda, \u201eDie Angst der Profs vor dem Click\u201c, Die Zeit, 31.08.2006.<\/p>\n \u201cI feel like someone who has been attacked and injured by a group of thugs. You forgive the thugs, but at the same time you have to warn other people about them.\u201d \u2013 George Sand<\/p>\n “I love (my country) more than any other country in the world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.” – James Baldwin<\/em><\/p>\n Novel: http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/revision\/<\/p>\n —————————————————————————-<\/p>\n 12 SEPTEMBER 2006, DIENSTAG, D\u00dcSSELDORF, DEUTSCHLAND<\/p>\n Eine (an deutschen Universit\u00e4ten) revolution\u00e4re Idee, die aber an der Technischen Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen v\u00f6llig \u00fcberfl\u00fcssig w\u00e4re \u2013 7<\/p>\n \u201e Doch so wie die Wirtschaftsingenieure die Begeisterung der Studenten f\u00fcr ihre Idee untersch\u00e4tzt hatten, untersch\u00e4tzten die beiden Hochschulen das Medienecho auf ihre Offensive \u2013 es war verheerend: Den Studenten mit dem Anwalt zu drohen sei feige und fragw\u00fcrdig dazu, wenn eine Universit\u00e4t wie Aachen, die sich am Elitewettbewerb beteiligt habe, \u00f6ffentliche Kritik mit der juristischen Brechstange zu verhindern versuche. \u00bbUnser Anliegen ist ungl\u00fccklich her\u00fcbergekommen\u00ab, r\u00e4umt der Aachener Rektor Burkhard Rauhut mittlerweile ein \u2013 um www.meinprof.de gleich wieder zu kritisieren. \u00bbWer genauer hinschaut, entdeckt sofort, dass diese Seite methodisch komplett unseri\u00f6s ist. Ein paar anonyme Wertungen reichen, um es ganz an die Spitze schaffen oder unter den Schlechtesten zu landen\u00ab, sagt er. Die Uni-eigenen Evaluationsverfahren seien viel fairer und transparenter. Allerdings sind sie bis auf wenige Ausnahmen nicht \u00f6ffentlich.\u201c<\/strong><\/p>\n (Fortsetzung folgt)<\/p>\n Quelle: Jan-Martin Wiarda, \u201eDie Angst der Profs vor dem Click\u201c, Die Zeit, 31.08.2006.<\/p>\n \u201eIch f\u00fchle mich wie eine Person, die von einer Gruppe Schl\u00e4ger angegriffen und verletzt wird. Man vergibt die Schl\u00e4ger, aber muss man andere Menschen vor ihnen warnen.\u201c \u2013 George Sand<\/p>\n \u201eIch liebe (mein Land) mehr, als alle anderen L\u00e4nder der Welt, und genau aus diesem Grund bestehe ich auf das Recht, es ewig zu kritisieren.\u201c – James Baldwin<\/em><\/p>\n Novel: http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/revision\/<\/p>\n ===========================================<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" (Eine Deutsche Fassung steht weiter unten. 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