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18 OCTOBER 2010, MONDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY<\/p>\n
The Technical University of Munich* \u2013 Profiles in Something Other than Courage \u2013 3<\/p>\n
One difficulty that confronted West Germany in this situation was the need to reform East German universities without simply imposing a West German organizational and legal model on them. This was the question that required an answer from politicians such as Hans-Joachim Meyer, the last East German science minister and future science minister of Saxony, as well as Manfred Erhardt, the Berlin science senator (i.e., minister).<\/strong><\/p>\n (To be continued)<\/p>\n Source: Schlicht, Uwe, \u201cDie Universitaet trug leider nichts zur Wende bei”, Zeit Online, 30 September 2010.<\/p>\n *According to The Times of London, in its Higher Education Supplement [THES], World University Rankings, 2010, the Technical University of Munich, officially recognized by the German government as an \u201celite university,\u201d is ranked 101 overall among the world\u2019s universities. In 2009 it was ranked 55.<\/strong> At its current ranking of 101, the Technical University of Munich is far behind many universities in, for example, East Asia. It is twenty-two places behind the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (ranked 79 in the world), forty-three places behind China\u2019s Tsinghua University (ranked 58 in the world), fifty-two places behind the University of Science and Technology of China (ranked 49 in the world), sixty places behind the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (ranked 41 in the world), sixty-four places behind Peking University (ranked 37 in the world), sixty-seven places behind the University of Singapore (ranked 34 in the world), seventy-three places behind Korea\u2019s Pohang University of Science and Technology (ranked 28 in the world), and, for another comparison, ninety-eight places behind the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (ranked 3 in the world). (http:\/\/www.timeshighereducation.co.uk\/world-university-rankings\/2010-2011\/top-200.html)<\/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 18 OKTOBER 2010, MONTAG, D\u00dcSSELDORF, DEUTSCHLAND<\/p>\n Die Technische Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen* \u2013 \u201eDie Universit\u00e4t trug leider nichts zur Wende bei” \u2013 3<\/p>\n Wie sollte man eine Hochschulreform gestalten, die nicht blo\u00df aus einer \u00dcbernahme westdeutscher Organisations- und Rechtsmodelle bestand? Vor dieser Frage standen Politiker aus dem Osten wie der letzte Wissenschaftsminister der DDR und sp\u00e4tere s\u00e4chsische Wissenschaftsminister Hans-Joachim Meyer ebenso wie der Berliner Wissenschaftssenator Manfred Erhardt.<\/strong><\/p>\n (Fortsetzung folgt.)<\/p>\n Quelle: Schlicht, Uwe, \u201eDie Universit\u00e4t trug leider nichts zur Wende bei”, Zeit Online, 30.09.2010.<\/p>\n *Nach der Times of London, Higher Education Supplement [THES], World University Rankings, 2010, steht die Technische Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen, eine durch die deutsche Regierung anerkannte \u201eElite-Universit\u00e4t\u201c, an der 101. Stelle in der Welt. In 2009 stand die Technische Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen an der 55. Stelle. <\/strong>Heute aber, an ihrer jetzigen Stelle, steht die Technische Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen bei weitem hinter vielen Universit\u00e4ten in, zum Beispiel, Ostasien. Sie steht 22 Stellen hinter dem Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (an der 79. Stelle in der Welt), 43 Stellen hinter Chinas Tsinghua University (an der 58. Stelle in der Welt), 52 Stellen hinter der University of Science and Technology of China (an der 49. Stelle in der Welt), 60 Stellen hinter der Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (an der 41. Stelle in der Welt), 64 Stellen hinter der Peking University (an der 37. Stelle in der Welt), 67 Stellen hinter der University of Singapore (an der 34. Stelle in der Welt), 73 Stellen hinter Koreas Pohang University of Science and Technology (an der 28. Stelle in der Welt), und, um noch einen Vergleich anzustellen, 98 Stellen hinter dem Massachusetts Institute of Technology (an der 3. Stelle in der Welt). (http:\/\/www.timeshighereducation.co.uk\/world-university-rankings\/2010-2011\/top-200.html)<\/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> (Eine deutsche Version steht weiter unten.) 18 OCTOBER 2010, MONDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY The Technical University of Munich* \u2013 Profiles in Something Other than Courage \u2013 3 One difficulty that confronted West Germany in this situation was the need to reform East German universities without simply imposing a West German organizational and legal model on them. 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