8 AUGUST 2007, WEDNESDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY<\/p>\n
\u201cAn Attack on German University Policy\u201d \u2013 but at the Technical University of Munich? \u2013 11<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom Munch\u2019s work, it is clear that another development has brought about enormous changes in German universities and in German research efforts, changes that have been greater than those resulting from the wonderful \u2018lighthouse\u2019 effect mentioned earlier. This development has been the systematic decline in basic equipment at German universities. In 1980 basic institutional expenditures were 13.25 times the funds spent on research. In 2003, they were 5.38. Careful consideration of these figures would lead to a recognition of Germany\u2019s strengthening economic position, but it would also lead to a recognition of the fact that there has been \u2018selective support\u2019 of universities. As the Latin saying goes: \u2018Cumula et impera\u2019 \u2013 accumulate (resources) and rule.\u2019<\/p>\n \u201cIn reality the situation is a little different. Many German universities have been transformed into educational discount stores, where the appearance of more money given to the care and counselling of students is deceptive.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n (To be continued)<\/p>\n Source: Wolfgang Kemp, \u201eClustrophobische Ausbildungsdiscounter,\u201c Sueddeutsche Zeitung, 18 July 2007.<\/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 \u201cI 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.\u201d – James Baldwin<\/em><\/p>\n Novel: http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/revision\/<\/p>\n \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-<\/p>\n 8 AUGUST 2007, MITTWOCH, D\u00dcSSELDORF, DEUTSCHLAND<\/p>\n \u201eRichard M\u00fcnch attackiert die gegenw\u00e4rtige Hochschulpolitik\u201c\u2013 aber an der Technischen Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen? \u2013 11<\/p>\n \u201eAus M\u00fcnchs Rechenwerk geht eine andere Entwicklung hervor, welche die Sektoren Hochschule und Forschung ungleich st\u00e4rker transformiert als die Aufstellung noch so sch\u00f6ner “Leuchtt\u00fcrme”: das systematische Herunterfahren der Grundausstattung der Universit\u00e4ten. 1980 machten die Grundmittel noch den 13,25-fachen Wert der Mittel f\u00fcr Forschung aus, 2003 nur noch den 5,38-fachen Wert. Eine schlichte Betrachtungsweise dieser Zahlen w\u00fcrde hier die St\u00e4rkung des Wissenschaftsstandorts Deutschland und die Anwendung des Prinzips “selektive F\u00f6rderung” erkennen – wie der Lateiner sagt: Cumula et impera.<\/p>\n Es verh\u00e4lt sich aber anders. Viele bundesdeutsche Universit\u00e4ten werden derzeit zu Ausbildungsdiscountern umgebaut, wobei eine nur auf den ersten Blick widerspr\u00fcchlich erscheinende Ma\u00dfnahme mehr Mittel in die Betreuung der Studierenden flie\u00dfen l\u00e4sst.”<\/strong><\/p>\n (Fortsetzung folgt)<\/p>\n Quelle: Wolfgang Kemp, \u201eClustrophobische Ausbildungsdiscounter,\u201c S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, 18.07.2007.<\/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 man muss 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":" 8 AUGUST 2007, WEDNESDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY \u201cAn Attack on German University Policy\u201d \u2013 but at the Technical University of Munich? \u2013 11 \u201cFrom Munch\u2019s work, it is clear that another development has brought about enormous changes in German universities and in German research efforts, changes that have been greater than those resulting from the wonderful […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":165,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[383],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tu-munich"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/165"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1208\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}