{"id":2183,"date":"2010-01-13T13:02:46","date_gmt":"2010-01-13T11:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/germany2\/?p=2183"},"modified":"2010-01-13T13:15:25","modified_gmt":"2010-01-13T11:15:25","slug":"entry-number-01910","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/2010\/01\/13\/entry-number-01910\/","title":{"rendered":"Entry Number 01910"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>13 JANUARY 2010, WEDNESDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY<\/p>\n<p>The Technical University of Munich* \u2013 German Universities: Are They Worth the Money? \u2013 5<\/p>\n<p><strong>According to the study, universities in Germany were also supposed to implement the suggestions that the Education Ministry made in the new law that imposed tuition fees on students. The study finds fault with the fact that in carrying out those suggestions, German universities have failed to distinguish themselves, one from another. The hope had been that the universities would use the additional income from the new fees to improve their teaching and to start competing with one another, but this hope has not been realized. The study reaches the conclusion that \u201cthe new tuition fees have not as yet created any real spirit of competition among German universities.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(To be continued)<\/p>\n<p>Source: \u201eStudiengebuehren: Keine Professoren Und Geld Auf Der Hohen Kante\u201c, Tagesspiegel, 17.12.2009<\/p>\n<p>*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<p><em>\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>13 JANUAR 2010, MITTWOCH, D\u00dcSSELDORF, DEUTSCHLAND<\/p>\n<p>Die Technische Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen* \u2013 Studiengeb\u00fchren: Keine Professoren Und Geld Auf Der Hohen Kante \u2013 5<\/p>\n<p><strong>Damit w\u00fcrden die Hochschulen vor allem die vom Ministerium im Geb\u00fchrengesetz beispiel-haft genannten Vorschl\u00e4ge &#8220;abarbeiten, ohne dar\u00fcber hinaus m\u00f6gliche eigene Akzente zu setzen&#8221;, bem\u00e4ngelt die Studie. Die Hoffnung, die Hochschulen w\u00fcrden dank der zus\u00e4tzlichen Mittel ihr Profil in der Lehre sch\u00e4rfen k\u00f6nnen und so st\u00e4rker miteinander konkurrieren, habe sich daher nicht erf\u00fcllt. &#8220;Einen st\u00e4rkeren Wettbewerb unter den Hochschulen haben die Studi-enbeitr\u00e4ge bisher nicht ausgel\u00f6st&#8221;, hei\u00dft es.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(Fortsetzung folgt.)<\/p>\n<p>Quelle: \u201eStudiengeb\u00fchren: Keine Professoren Und Geld Auf Der Hohen Kante\u201c, Tagesspiegel, 17.12.2009.<\/p>\n<p>*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<p>\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?<\/p>\n<p>Novel: http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/revision\/<br \/>\n===========================================<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>13 JANUARY 2010, WEDNESDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY The Technical University of Munich* \u2013 German Universities: Are They Worth the Money? \u2013 5 According to the study, universities in Germany were also supposed to implement the suggestions that the Education Ministry made in the new law that imposed tuition fees on students. 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