(Eine deutsche Version steht weiter unten.)<\/p>\n
5 NOVEMBER 2012, MONDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY<\/p>\n
The Technical University of Munich* \u2013 \u201cGerman Elite Universities \u2013 Money for Professors, Frustration for Students\u201d \u2013 8<\/p>\n
In the competition among universities for \u201celite\u201d status, the German federal government and the states worked things out among themselves, despite the supposed division of power between the government in Berlin and the various states. Such a working arrangement was long overdue, though, where the quality of teaching is concerned. However, teaching quality at \u201celite\u201d universities is of course not something that can be easily defined and then displayed internationally. Bluntly put: teaching does not produce patents. Thus, any enthusiasm over \u201celite\u201d status was limited by certain factors: the \u201cteaching quality pact,\u201d a sort of competition for better teaching conditions, turned into a kind of \u201cexcellence initiative\u201d for the poor. In addition, the cost of the \u201cuniversity pact\u201d for more student places was underestimated, and now the federal government and the states are in conflict over budget parameters.<\/strong><\/p>\n (To be continued)<\/p>\n Source: Osel, Johann, \u201cDeutsche Elite-Universit\u00e4ten – Geld f\u00fcr die Professoren – Frust f\u00fcr die Studenten,\u201c Sueddeutsche Zeitung Online, 16.06.2012.<\/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, 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 5 NOVEMBER 2012, MONTAG, D\u00dcSSELDORF, DEUTSCHLAND<\/p>\n Die Technische Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen* \u2013 \u201eDeutsche Elite-Universit\u00e4ten – Geld f\u00fcr die Professoren – Frust f\u00fcr die Studenten\u201c \u2013 8<\/p>\n F\u00fcr den Elite-Wettbewerb haben sich Bund und L\u00e4nder trotz F\u00f6deralismus zusammengerauft. Das w\u00e4re nun endlich auch f\u00fcr die Lehre f\u00e4llig. Doch hier geht es freilich nicht um etwas, mit dem sich auf internationalem Parkett angeben l\u00e4sst; Lehre erbringt keine Patente. So h\u00e4lt sich der Elan in Grenzen: Der “Qualit\u00e4tspakt Lehre”, ein Wettbewerb f\u00fcr bessere Studienbedingungen, ist nur eine Art Exzellenzinitiative f\u00fcr Arme. Und der “Hochschulpakt” f\u00fcr mehr Studienpl\u00e4tze wurde anfangs viel zu niedrig kalkuliert, jetzt streiten Bund und L\u00e4nder um die Kosten.<\/strong><\/p>\n (Fortsetzung folgt.)<\/p>\n Quelle: Osel, Johann, \u201eDeutsche Elite-Universit\u00e4ten – Geld f\u00fcr die Professoren – Frust f\u00fcr die Studenten,\u201c S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung Online, 16.06.2012.<\/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.) 5 NOVEMBER 2012, MONDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY The Technical University of Munich* \u2013 \u201cGerman Elite Universities \u2013 Money for Professors, Frustration for Students\u201d \u2013 8 In the competition among universities for \u201celite\u201d status, the German federal government and the states worked things out among themselves, despite the supposed division of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":165,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[383],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tu-munich"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/165"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4330"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4341,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4330\/revisions\/4341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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