Entry Number 01880<\/p>\n
17 NOVEMBER 2009, TUESDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY<\/p>\n
The Technical University of Munich* \u2013 Image Problem \u2013 8<\/p>\n
Guenther Feld, Cologne district attorney, said that even though the managing director of the institute in Bergisch-Gladbach had already been sentenced in another case, investigations would begin again. (The manager in question, after a raid on the institute\u2019s offices in March 2008, had been fined and sentenced to three years in prison for taking bribes. According to the district court in Hildesheim, there were sixty-one cases in which the manager had acted as a mediator between a law professor at the University of Hanover and individuals wanting to obtain a doctoral degree. The professor was sentenced to prison as well.)<\/strong><\/p>\n (To be continued)<\/p>\n Source: Sueddeutsche Zeitung, “Unis fuerchten Imageschaden”, 24 August 2009.<\/p>\n *In the area of engineering\/technology and computer sciences, according to the Academic Ranking of World Universities compiled by Shanghai Jiao Tong University, the Technical University of Munich, officially recognized by the German government as an \u201celite university,\u201d is ranked with twenty-two other universities at 78 or below, well beneath such institutions as the Technical University of Denmark. (http:\/\/www.arwu.org\/ARWUFIELD2009ENG.jsp) According to The Times of London, in its Higher Education Supplement [THES], World University Rankings, 2009, the Technical University of Munich is ranked 55 overall among the world\u2019s universities. That is, for example, seven places below Seoul National University. <\/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 17 NOVEMBER 2009, DIENSTAG, D\u00dcSSELDORF, DEUTSCHLAND<\/p>\n Die Technische Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen* \u2013 Imageschaden \u2013 8<\/p>\n Auch gegen den bereits rechtskr\u00e4ftig verurteilten Gesch\u00e4ftsf\u00fchrer des Bergisch Gladbacher Instituts werde nun wieder neu ermittelt, erkl\u00e4rte Oberstaatsanwalt Feld. Der Manager war nach einer Razzia in den Gesch\u00e4ftsr\u00e4umen im M\u00e4rz 2008 wegen Bestechung zu dreieinhalb Jahren Haft und einer Geldstrafe verurteilt worden. In 61 F\u00e4llen hatte er dem Urteil des Landgerichts Hildesheim zufolge Promotionswillige an einen Jura-Professor der Uni Hannover vermittelt. Auch der Professor erhielt eine Freiheitsstrafe.<\/strong><\/p>\n (Fortsetzung folgt.)<\/p>\n Quelle: S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, \u201eUnis f\u00fcrchten Imageschaden”, 24.08.2009<\/p>\n *Im Bereich Technik und Computerwissenschaft, nach dem Bericht \u201eAcademic Ranking of World Universities\u201c von der Universit\u00e4t Jiao-Tong von Schanghai, steht die Technische Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen, eine durch die deutsche Regierung anerkannte \u201eElite-Universit\u00e4t\u201c, jetzt zwischen der 78. und 100. Stelle in der Welt, zusammen mit 22 anderen Universit\u00e4ten; d.h., zum Beispiel, mehrere Stellen unter der Technical University of Denmark. (http:\/\/www.arwu.org\/ARWUFIELD2009ENG.jsp) Nach der Times of London, Higher Education Supplement [THES], World University Rankings, 2009, steht die Technische Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen insgesamt an der 55. Stelle in der Welt. Das hei\u00dft, 7 Stellen unter der Seoul National University von S\u00fcdkorea.<\/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\/ Entry Number 01880 17 NOVEMBER 2009, TUESDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY The Technical University of Munich* \u2013 Image Problem \u2013 8 Guenther Feld, Cologne district attorney, said that even though the managing director of the institute in Bergisch-Gladbach had already been sentenced in another case, investigations would begin again. 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