(Eine deutsche Version steht weiter unten.)<\/p>\n
17 April 2013, WEDNESDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY<\/p>\n
The Technical University of Munich* \u2013 In Wurzburg, Germany, You Can Just Pay a Professor to Write Your Dissertation \u2013 9<\/p>\n
In that summer of 2005, Keil was seventy-one. He considered himself the epitome of an influential man at the zenith of his career. He had just recently supervised his two hundred and fiftieth dissertation, an incredible number. \u201cHe went around trading on that figure everywhere,\u201d said one retired professor, who had been a member of the same department. This professor added that at the time, the only thing that counted for Keil was fame, his place in university history. But then Keil\u2019s successor, Professor Michael Stolberg, discovered a whole series of dissertations that seemed unusual. Stolberg suspected that Keil had written these dissertations himself, \u201cbecause the wording, the diction, and the style were all those of Professor Keil,\u201d as Stolberg states in the minutes of a university meeting that this newspaper has had access to. The doctoral candidates involved were all physicians and dentists, some of whom had been in practice for decades and very few of whom had any connection with the University of Wurzburg \u2013 much less with the Department of the History of Medicine \u2013 until they received their doctorates. In return, according to university documents, these physicians and dentists had made contributions to non-profit organizations run by Professor Keil.<\/strong><\/p>\n (To be continued)<\/p>\n Source: Mueller, Daniel, \u201ePromotionen: W\u00fcrzburger Doktorfabrik\u201c, Die Zeit Online, 16 November 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 17 APRIL 2013, MITTWOCH, D\u00dcSSELDORF, DEUTSCHLAND<\/p>\n Die Technische Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen* \u2013 Promotionen: W\u00fcrzburger Doktorfabrik \u2013 9<\/p>\n In jenem Sommer 2005, Keil ist 71, w\u00e4hnt sich der einflussreiche Mann auf dem Zenit seiner Karriere. Erst k\u00fcrzlich hat er seine 250. Dissertation betreut, eine unglaubliche Zahl. \u00bbEr ist damit \u00fcberall hausieren gegangen\u00ab, sagt ein emeritierter Professor der Fakult\u00e4t. F\u00fcr Keil habe in dieser Zeit nur noch der Ruhm gez\u00e4hlt, der Eintrag in die Geschichtsb\u00fccher. Doch dann entdeckt sein Nachfolger, Professor Michael Stolberg, eine ganze Reihe von Dissertationen, die ihm ungew\u00f6hnlich vorkommen. Er vermutet, dass Keil sie selbst verfasst hat, \u00bbweil sie nach dem Wortlaut des Textes weitgehend der Diktion und dem Stil von Prof. Keil entspr\u00e4chen\u00ab, wie es in einem universit\u00e4ren Sitzungsprotokoll hei\u00dft, das der ZEIT vorliegt. Die Doktoranden, allesamt \u00c4rzte und Zahn\u00e4rzte, die zum Teil schon seit Jahrzehnten im Beruf stehen und von denen die wenigsten bis zur Promotion eine Verbindung zur Uni W\u00fcrzburg, geschweige denn zur Medizingeschichte hatten, sollen sich internen Schreiben zufolge mit Spenden an von Professor Keil betriebene gemeinn\u00fctzige Vereine revanchiert haben.<\/strong><\/p>\n (Fortsetzung folgt.)<\/p>\n Quelle: M\u00fcller, Daniel, \u201ePromotionen: W\u00fcrzburger Doktorfabrik\u201c, Die Zeit Online, 16.11.2012.<\/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.) 17 April 2013, WEDNESDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY The Technical University of Munich* \u2013 In Wurzburg, Germany, You Can Just Pay a Professor to Write Your Dissertation \u2013 9 In that summer of 2005, Keil was seventy-one. 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