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The Technical University of Munich* \u2013 Closed Society \u2013 7<\/p>\n
As these figures show, the question of whether or not a German school graduate studies at university has \u201cno connection with what that graduate accomplished in school,\u201d according to education researcher Andrae Wolter. Children with mediocre grades, whose parents are university graduates, are more likely to attend university than working-class children with good grades. \u201cIf a child\u2019s background is the determining factor, and not his or her qualifications, then that contradicts the image we have of our \u2018achievement-oriented\u2019 society,\u201d says Wolter.<\/strong><\/p>\n (To be continued)<\/p>\n Source: Reinbold, Fabian, \u201cGeschlossene Gesellschaft,\u201d Die Zeit, 5 June 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)<\/p>\n \u201cWhile the traditional study-abroad sites for Americans \u2014 Britain, Italy, Spain and France \u2014 still attract more students from the United States, the report found that China is now the fifth-most-popular destination.\u201d \u2013 The New York Times, 17 November 2008<\/p>\n And what about Germany?<\/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-<\/p>\n 24 NOVEMBER 2008, MONTAG, D\u00dcSSELDORF, DEUTSCHLAND<\/p>\n Die Technische Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen* \u2013 Geschlossene Gesellschaft \u2013 7<\/p>\n Wie diese Zahlen aus der Sozialerhebung des Studentenwerkes zeigen, ist die Aufnahme eines Studiums \u00bbkomplett unabh\u00e4ngig von der schulischen Leistung\u00ab, sagt Bildungsforscher Andr\u00e4 Wolter. Akademikerkinder mit m\u00e4\u00dfigen Noten studieren h\u00e4ufiger als die Arbeiterkinder mit guten Zensuren. \u00bbWenn aber nicht Qualifikation ausschlaggebend ist, sondern Herkunft, widerspricht das dem Selbstbild unserer Leistungsgesellschaft\u00ab, sagt Wolter. <\/strong><\/p>\n (Fortsetzung folgt.)<\/p>\n Quelle: Reinbold, Fabian, \u201eGeschlossene Gesellschaft\u201c, Die Zeit, 05.06.2008.<\/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)<\/p>\n \u201eUnter Amerikanern, die im Ausland studieren, sind die beliebtesten L\u00e4nder Gro\u00dfbritannien, Italien, Spanien, Frankreich und China.\u201c \u2013 The New York Times, 17.11.2008.<\/p>\n Und was ist mit Deutschland?<\/em><\/p>\n Novel: http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/revision\/ 24 NOVEMBER 2008, MONDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY The Technical University of Munich* \u2013 Closed Society \u2013 7 As these figures show, the question of whether or not a German school graduate studies at university has \u201cno connection with what that graduate accomplished in school,\u201d according to education researcher Andrae Wolter. Children with mediocre grades, whose parents […]<\/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-1489","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\/1489","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=1489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1489\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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