13 MAY 2008, TUESDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY<\/p>\n
The Technical University of Munich* \u2013 \u201cBecause Quality Education Is within Reach\u201d \u2013 in the Netherlands \u2013 15<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen Jo Ritzen is asked if he thinks the question is not whether universities in the Netherlands are strong, but whether German universities are weak in many respects, his answer illustrates the diplomatic skills he acquired during his years as a politician. \u2018German universities are outstanding,\u2019 he says, \u2018and it is fascinating to observe the care and vigor they are showing in their efforts at modernization.\u2019 He is silent for a moment, though, and then it is the university president who speaks, rather than the politician: \u2018But compared to us, most German universities are still very old-fashioned\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n (To be continued)<\/p>\n Source: Jan-Martin Wiarda, \u201eDenn das Gute liegt so nah\u201c, Die Zeit, 28 February 2008<\/p>\n *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) \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 13 MAI 2008, DIENSTAG, D\u00dcSSELDORF, DEUTSCHLAND<\/p>\n Die Technische Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen* \u2013 \u201eDenn das Gute liegt so nah\u201c \u2013 in den Niederlanden \u2013 15<\/p>\n \u201eWenn man Jo Ritzen fragt, ob die St\u00e4rke der Niederl\u00e4nder vielleicht doch mehr eine Schw\u00e4che der deutschen Unis sei, spielt er all die Diplomatie aus, die er sich aus seinen Jahren als Politiker hin\u00fcbergerettet hat. \u00bbDie deutschen Universit\u00e4ten sind hervorragend, und es ist faszinierend zu beobachten, mit welcher Sorgfalt und welchem Nachdruck sie sich modernisieren.\u00ab Dann schweigt er einen Moment, und pl\u00f6tzlich spricht nicht mehr der Politiker, sondern der Uni-Pr\u00e4sident: \u00bbAber verglichen mit uns, sind die meisten von ihnen immer noch sehr altmodisch.\u00ab\u201c<\/p>\n (Fortsetzung folgt.)<\/p>\n Quelle: Jan-Martin Wiarda, \u201eDenn das Gute liegt so nah\u201c, Die Zeit, 28.02.2008.<\/p>\n *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)<\/strong><\/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\/ 13 MAY 2008, TUESDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY The Technical University of Munich* \u2013 \u201cBecause Quality Education Is within Reach\u201d \u2013 in the Netherlands \u2013 15 \u201cWhen Jo Ritzen is asked if he thinks the question is not whether universities in the Netherlands are strong, but whether German universities are weak in many respects, his answer illustrates […]<\/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-1377","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\/1377","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=1377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1377\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\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
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