{"id":1544,"date":"2009-03-11T10:21:15","date_gmt":"2009-03-11T08:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/germany2\/2009\/03\/11\/entry-number-01757\/"},"modified":"2009-03-11T10:23:12","modified_gmt":"2009-03-11T08:23:12","slug":"entry-number-01757","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/2009\/03\/11\/entry-number-01757\/","title":{"rendered":"Entry Number 01757"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>11 MARCH 2009, WEDNESDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY<\/p>\n<p>The Technical University of Munich* \u2013 Demographic Chaos \u2013 5<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nThe reasons behind this change: demographic developments together with education reforms that have accelerated secondary school graduation rates. The number of first-year students at universities in the former West Germany is expected to rise until the year 2020. In the former East Germany, on the other hand, the number of first-year students is decreasing, because birth rates there have dropped and because those wishing to attend university are moving to western Germany. The result: universities in the western part of the country are threatened by overcrowding, while universities in eastern Germany are being bled dry.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(To be continued)<\/p>\n<p>Source: Trentmann, Nina, \u201cDemographisches Chaos,\u201d ZEIT ONLINE, 6 February 2009.<\/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<em><br \/>\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<p>And what about Germany?<\/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-<\/p>\n<p>11 M\u00c4RZ 2009, MITTWOCH, D\u00dcSSELDORF, DEUTSCHLAND<\/p>\n<p>Die Technische Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen* \u2013 Demographisches Chaos \u2013 5<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nDer Grund: die demografische Entwicklung und die doppelten Abiturjahrg\u00e4nge durch die Einf\u00fchrung des G-8-Abiturs, die den alten Bundesl\u00e4ndern bis 2020 steigende Studienanf\u00e4ngerzahlen bereitet. In den neuen Bundesl\u00e4ndern dagegen sinkt die Zahl der Studienanf\u00e4nger, weil weniger Kinder geboren werden und viele Studierwillige in den Westen abwandern. Den einen Hochschulen droht die \u00dcberf\u00fcllung, den anderen das langsame Ausbluten.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(Fortsetzung folgt.)<\/p>\n<p>Quelle: Trentmann, Nina, \u201eDemographisches Chaos\u201d, ZEIT ONLINE, 6.2.2009.<\/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<em><br \/>\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<p>Und was ist mit Deutschland?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Novel: http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/revision\/<br \/>\n===========================================<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>11 MARCH 2009, WEDNESDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY The Technical University of Munich* \u2013 Demographic Chaos \u2013 5 The reasons behind this change: demographic developments together with education reforms that have accelerated secondary school graduation rates. The number of first-year students at universities in the former West Germany is expected to rise until the year 2020. 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