{"id":1355,"date":"2008-04-03T11:01:13","date_gmt":"2008-04-03T09:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/germany2\/2008\/04\/03\/entry-number-01575\/"},"modified":"2008-04-03T11:24:17","modified_gmt":"2008-04-03T09:24:17","slug":"entry-number-01575","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/2008\/04\/03\/entry-number-01575\/","title":{"rendered":"Entry Number 01575"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>3 APRIL 2008, THURSDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY<\/p>\n<p>The Technical University of Munich* \u2013 the University Workplace in Germany: \u201cIt\u2019s Enough to Make You Cry\u201d \u2013 2<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cHelp us!\u201d \u201cMuch, much too much administration! Free us from these bureaucrats!\u201d \u201cUnder the motto, \u2018Everybody evaluates everybody else!\u2019 (and that\u2019s only one example among many) gigantic sets of time-wasting machinery have been switched on, all for the self-gratification of the ministerial bureaucracy. It\u2019s enough to make you howl!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s how dramatic the complaints of academics are, when they talk about the mood at German universities.<\/p>\n<p>(To be continued)<\/p>\n<p>Source: Julia Boenisch, \u201eArbeitsplatz Universitaet: \u201aEs ist zum Heulen!\u2019\u201c, Sueddeutsche Zeitung, 7 February 2008.<\/p>\n<p>*The Technical University of Munich, officially recognized by the German government as an \u201celite university,\u201d is ranked 67 among the world\u2019s universities. That is, for example, sixteen places below Seoul National University of South Korea. (The Times of London, Higher Education Supplement [THES], World University Rankings, 2007)<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>\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<p>\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 &#8211; James Baldwin<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Novel: http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/revision\/<\/p>\n<p>\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<p>3 APRIL 2008, DONNERSTAG, D\u00dcSSELDORF, DEUTSCHLAND<\/p>\n<p>Die Technische Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen* \u2013 Arbeitsplatz Universit\u00e4t: \u201eEs ist zum Heulen!\u201c \u2013 2<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Helfen Sie uns!&#8221; &#8220;Verwaltung: zuviel, zuviel, zuviel! Befreit uns von diesen B\u00fcrokraten!&#8221; &#8220;Unter dem Motto &#8216;Jeder evaluiert Jeden!&#8217; (und das ist nur ein Beispiel von vielen) werden gigantische Zeitvernichtungsmaschinen angeworfen, zur Selbstbefriedigung der Ministerialb\u00fcrokratie. Es ist zum Heulen!!!&#8221; So dramatisch klingen die Klagen der Wissenschaftler, wenn sie sich zur Stimmung an den hiesigen Hochschulen \u00e4u\u00dfern.<\/p>\n<p>(Fortsetzung folgt.)<\/p>\n<p>Quelle: Julia B\u00f6nisch, \u201eArbeitsplatz Universit\u00e4t: \u201aEs ist zum Heulen!\u2019\u201c, S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, 07.02.2008.<\/p>\n<p>*Die Technische Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen, eine durch die deutsche Regierung anerkannte \u201eElite-Universit\u00e4t\u201c, steht an der 67. Stelle in der Welt; d.h., zum Beispiel, 16 Stellen unter der Seoul National University von S\u00fcdkorea. (The Times of London, Higher Education Supplement [THES], World University Rankings, 2007)<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>\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<p>\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 &#8211; James Baldwin<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Novel:http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/revision\/<br \/>\n===========================================<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3 APRIL 2008, THURSDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY The Technical University of Munich* \u2013 the University Workplace in Germany: \u201cIt\u2019s Enough to Make You Cry\u201d \u2013 2 \u201cHelp us!\u201d \u201cMuch, much too much administration! 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