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The Technical University of Munich* \u2013 Professors and the Doctorate Scandal: \u201cMy Field, My Institute, My Doctoral Students\u201d \u2013 10<\/p>\n
A university \u201cchair\u201d in Germany more closely resembles a department at an American university. (The concept of a \u201cchair\u201d is related to the fact that at medieval universities, the instructors gave their lectures from a special, raised chair in the classroom.) Today, a German university chair belongs solely to the professor who occupies it. Even if the status and position of German professors was changed by the reforms of the 1970s, his position and salary remain as they always were within the university structure, in which, ideally, a professor manages his own institute. In the liberal arts and social sciences especially, where differences among various disciplines is sometimes not very great, a professor\u2019s institute is regarded as though it were his own principality or fiefdom.<\/strong><\/p>\n (To be continued)<\/p>\n Source: Rubner, 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, Britain, Italy, Spain and France, 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 —————————————–<\/p>\n 24 JULI 2012, DIENSTAG, D\u00dcSSELDORF, DEUTSCHLAND<\/p>\n Die Technische Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen* \u2013 Professoren und Promotionsskandale: Mein Fach, mein Institut, meine Doktoranden \u2013 10<\/p>\n Der Lehrstuhl stammt von der lateinischen “cathedra” ab, das war der erh\u00f6hte Lesestuhl des Lehrers an einer Universit\u00e4t. Heute geh\u00f6rt der Lehrstuhl dem Lehrstuhlinhaber. Auch wenn es den Ordinarius seit der Hochschulreform der siebziger Jahre offiziell nicht mehr gibt, so lebt der ordentliche Professor in der Besoldung und auch in der inneren Struktur der Universit\u00e4t fort. Idealerweise herrscht er \u00fcber ein eigenes Institut. Vor allem in den Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften, wo die Differenzierung der Disziplinen m\u00f6glichst feink\u00f6rnig ist, sch\u00e4tzt man die Institute als geistige F\u00fcrstent\u00fcmer.<\/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 – The New York Times, 17.11.2008.<\/p>\n Und was ist mit Deutschland?<\/em> (Eine deutsche Version steht weiter unten.) 24 JULY 2012, TUESDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY The Technical University of Munich* \u2013 Professors and the Doctorate Scandal: \u201cMy Field, My Institute, My Doctoral Students\u201d \u2013 10 A university \u201cchair\u201d in Germany more closely resembles a department at an American university. 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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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