Entry Number 02133<\/p>\n
(Eine deutsche Version steht weiter unten.)<\/p>\n
30 APRIL 2012, MONDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY<\/p>\n
The Technical University of Munich* \u2013 Why a Qualitative Decline Threatens German Universities \u2013 12<\/p>\n
Shouldn’t German universities strive to be among the top universities world-wide? But how can German academics carry on serious research if they are expected to act as advisers to increasing numbers of students, while spending the rest of their time making up for budget shortfalls by writing grant applications? And how can any German university attract the best international researchers if it can no longer offer them the finest working conditions? German university research is going to fall farther and farther behind \u2013 especially since funding for the government’s \u201cexcellence initiative\u201d is scheduled to end after 2017.<\/strong><\/p>\n (To be continued)<\/p>\n Source: Mueller-Esterl, Werner, \u201eStudenten-Ansturm: Warum den deutschen Unis ein Qualitaetsverlust droht,\u201c Sueddeutsche Zeitung Online, 4 October 2011<\/p>\n *According to The Times of London, in its Higher Education Supplement [THES], World University Rankings, 2011-2012, the Technical University of Munich, officially recognized by the German government as an \u201celite university,\u201d is ranked 88 overall among the world\u2019s universities.<\/strong> At its current ranking, the Technical University of Munich is not so very far behind many universities in, for example, East Asia. It is now only seventeen places behind China\u2019s Tsinghua University (ranked 71 in the world), only twenty-six places behind the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (ranked 62 in the world), only thirty-nine places behind Peking University (ranked 49 in the world), only forty-eight places behind the National University of Singapore (ranked 40 in the world), only thirty-five places behind Korea\u2019s Pohang University of Science and Technology (ranked 53 in the world), and, for another comparison, only eighty-one places behind the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (ranked 7 in the world). (http:\/\/www.timeshighereducation.co.uk\/world-university-rankings\/2011-2012\/top-400.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:\u00a0http:\/\/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 30 APRIL 2012, MONTAG, D\u00dcSSELDORF, DEUTSCHLAND<\/p>\n Die Technische Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen* \u2013 Warum den deutschen Unis ein Qualit\u00e4tsverlust droht \u2013 12<\/p>\n Sollten die Universit\u00e4ten nicht soeben noch internationales Spitzenniveau erzielen? Wie aber wollen Wissenschaftler ernsthaft forschen, wenn sie immer mehr Studierende betreuen und die verbleibende Arbeitszeit aufgrund r\u00fcckl\u00e4ufiger Budgets f\u00fcr das Schreiben von Drittmittelantr\u00e4gen aufwenden m\u00fcssen? Wie kann eine Universit\u00e4t noch Spitzenforscher aus dem Ausland gewinnen, wenn diesen keine attraktiven Arbeitsbedingungen mehr geboten werden k\u00f6nnen? Die deutsche Universit\u00e4tsforschung wird weiter ins Hintertreffen geraten – endg\u00fcltig dann, wenn von 2017 an die Mittel der Exzellenzinitiative versiegen.<\/strong><\/p>\n (Fortsetzung folgt.)<\/p>\n Quelle: M\u00fcller-Esterl, Werner, \u201eStudenten-Ansturm: Warum den deutschen Unis ein Qualit\u00e4tsverlust droht,\u201c S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung Online, 04.10.2011<\/p>\n *Nach der Times of London, Higher Education Supplement [THES], World University Rankings, 2011-2012, steht die Technische Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen, eine durch die deutsche Regierung anerkannte \u201eElite-Universit\u00e4t\u201c, an der 88. Stelle in der Welt.<\/strong> Heute an ihrer jetzigen Stelle, steht die Technische Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen nicht mehr bei weitem hinter vielen Universit\u00e4ten in, zum Beispiel, Ostasien. Sie steht nur 17 Stellen hinter Chinas Tsinghua University (an der 71. Stelle in der Welt), nur 26 Stellen hinter der Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (an der 62. Stelle in der Welt), nur 39 Stellen hinter der Peking University (an der 49. Stelle in der Welt), nur 48 Stellen hinter der National University of Singapore (an der 40. Stelle in der Welt), nur 35 Stellen hinter Koreas Pohang University of Science and Technology (an der 53. Stelle in der Welt), und, um noch einen Vergleich anzustellen, nur 81 Stellen hinter dem Massachusetts Institute of Technology (an der 7. Stelle in der Welt). (http:\/\/www.timeshighereducation.co.uk\/world-university-rankings\/2011-2012\/top-400.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> Entry Number 02133 (Eine deutsche Version steht weiter unten.) 30 APRIL 2012, MONDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY The Technical University of Munich* \u2013 Why a Qualitative Decline Threatens German Universities \u2013 12 Shouldn’t German universities strive to be among the top universities world-wide? 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