(Eine deutsche Version steht weiter unten.)<\/p>\n
18 JUNE 2012, MONDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY<\/p>\n
The Technical University of Munich* \u2013 Professors and the Doctorate Scandal: \u201cMy Field, My Institute, My Doctoral Students\u201d \u2013 5<\/p>\n
And yet there are parallels between Bayreuth and Wurzburg. Once again the university and the faculty are appalled \u2013 no one could have even suspected such a thing might occur, much less actually known about it. At Wurzburg, the president of the university declares he is shocked; the dean of the medical faculty is at a loss to explain what happened, and in his sense of helplessness he points out that current doctoral theses average one hundred to one hundred fifty pages in length \u2013 in contrast to the \u201cdoctorate factory\u201c length of thirty-five pages. The dean appears to believe that somehow the length of a dissertation has something to do with the quality of its content. (The work submitted by zu Guttenberg, studded with instances of plagiarism, was almost five hundred pages long.)<\/strong><\/p>\n (To be continued)<\/p>\n Source: Mueller, Jeanne, \u201eProfessoren und Promotionsskandale: Mein Fach, mein Institut, meine Doktoranden,\u201c Sueddeutsche Zeitung Online, 03.06.2011. \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 18 JUNI 2012, MONTAG, D\u00dcSSELDORF, DEUTSCHLAND<\/p>\n Die Technische Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen* \u2013 Professoren und Promotionsskandale: Mein Fach, mein Institut, meine Doktoranden \u2013 5<\/p>\n Und doch gibt es Parallelen. Wieder einmal zeigen sich Universit\u00e4t und Fakult\u00e4t entsetzt – man habe das alles nicht geahnt, geschweige denn gewusst. Der Pr\u00e4sident der W\u00fcrzburger Hochschule ist nach eigenen Angaben schockiert, der Dekan der medizinischen Fakult\u00e4t kann sich das alles auch nicht erkl\u00e4ren – und verweist in seiner Hilflosigkeit darauf, dass heutige Doktorarbeiten – anders als die Billigarbeiten unter der Regie des inkriminierten Professors mit gerade einmal 35 Seiten – im Schnitt 100 bis 150 Seiten stark seien. Als ob der Umfang einer Promotion (Guttenbergs Arbeit umfasste knapp 500 Seiten) auch nur irgendwie mit der Qualit\u00e4t des Inhaltes zusammenhinge.<\/strong><\/p>\n (Fortsetzung folgt.)<\/p>\n Quelle: Rubner, Jeanne, \u201eProfessoren und Promotionsskandale: Mein Fach, mein Institut, meine Doktoranden,\u201c S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung Online, 03.06.2011.<\/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> (Eine deutsche Version steht weiter unten.) 18 JUNE 2012, MONDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY The Technical University of Munich* \u2013 Professors and the Doctorate Scandal: \u201cMy Field, My Institute, My Doctoral Students\u201d \u2013 5 And yet there are parallels between Bayreuth and Wurzburg. 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\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
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