{"id":4700,"date":"2013-05-28T09:53:26","date_gmt":"2013-05-28T07:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/germany2\/?p=4700"},"modified":"2013-06-05T10:54:15","modified_gmt":"2013-06-05T08:54:15","slug":"entry-number-02186","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/2013\/05\/28\/entry-number-02186\/","title":{"rendered":"Entry Number 02186"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(Eine deutsche Version steht weiter unten.)<\/p>\n<p>28 May 2013, TUESDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY<\/p>\n<p>The Technical University of Munich* \u2013 In Wurzburg, Germany, You Can Just Pay a Professor to Write Your Dissertation \u2013 13<\/p>\n<p><strong>One other striking element in these dissertations that points to arch-Catholic Professor Keil as the real author is the way that some of the dissertations are dated. For example, this kind of item appears in some of the theses: \u201cWurzburg, the Feast of the Holy Abbot Romanus, 2002\u201d or \u201cWurzburg, the day before Candlemas\u201d or \u201cWurzburg, the Feast of Saints Timotheus and Symphorianus, 2003.\u201d It is difficult to imagine that a gynecologist from Eisenach, or a dentist from a small town in Saxony, or an internist from Nuremberg would, independently of one another, add these somewhat eccentric details to their doctoral dissertations. A former highly-placed university employee said. \u201cFor me, the matter is settled: all of these physicians managed to add some panache to their nameplates and calling cards by handing over a little cash.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(To be continued)<\/p>\n<p>Source: Mueller, Daniel, \u201ePromotionen: W\u00fcrzburger Doktorfabrik\u201c, Die Zeit Online, 16 November 2012.<br \/>\n*According to The Times of London, in its Higher Education Supplement [THES], World University Rankings, 2012-2013, (http:\/\/goo.gl\/6EqmQ) <strong>the Technical University of Munich, officially recognized by the German government as an \u201celite university,\u201d is ranked 105 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 fifty-three places behind China\u2019s Tsinghua University (ranked 52 in the world), only forty places behind the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (ranked 65 in the world), only fifty-nine places behind Peking University (ranked 46 in the world), only seventy-six places behind the National University of Singapore (ranked 29 in the world), only fifty-five places behind Korea\u2019s Pohang University of Science and Technology (ranked 50 in the world), and, for another comparison, only one hundred places behind the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (ranked 5 in the world). (http:\/\/www.timeshighereducation.co.uk\/world-university-rankings\/2012-13\/world-ranking)<\/p>\n<p><em>\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<p>And what about Germany?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Novel: http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/revision<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>28 MAI 2013, DIENSTAG, D\u00dcSSELDORF, DEUTSCHLAND<\/p>\n<p>Die Technische Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen* \u2013 Promotionen: W\u00fcrzburger Doktorfabrik \u2013 13<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ebenso auff\u00e4llig \u2013 und auf die Urheberschaft des erzkatholischen Professors Keil hindeutend \u2013 sind die Datumsangaben in einigen Dissertationen. Da hei\u00dft es zum Beispiel \u00bbW\u00fcrzburg am Tage des Heiligen Abtes Romanus 2002\u00ab oder \u00bbW\u00fcrzburg am Tag vor Lichtme\u00df 2003\u00ab und \u00bbW\u00fcrzburg am Timotheus- und Symphorianus-Tag 2003\u00ab. Es ist nur schwer vorstellbar, dass ein Frauenarzt aus Eisenach, ein Zahnarzt aus einer s\u00e4chsischen Kleinstadt und ein N\u00fcrnberger Internist unabh\u00e4ngig voneinander derartig ausgefallene Angaben in ihren Arbeiten machen. \u00bbF\u00fcr mich steht fest\u00ab, sagt ein hochrangiger ehemaliger Mitarbeiter der Universit\u00e4t, \u00bbdass all diese \u00c4rzte f\u00fcr ein bisschen Bares ihre Klingelschilder aufgeh\u00fcbscht haben.\u00ab<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(Fortsetzung folgt.)<\/p>\n<p>Quelle: M\u00fcller, Daniel, \u201ePromotionen: W\u00fcrzburger Doktorfabrik\u201c, Die Zeit Online, 16.11.2012.<\/p>\n<p>*Nach der Times of London, Higher Education Supplement [THES], World University Rankings, 2012-2013, (http:\/\/goo.gl\/6EqmQ) <strong>steht die Technische Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen, eine durch die deutsche Regierung anerkannte \u201eElite-Universit\u00e4t\u201c, an der 105. 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 53 Stellen hinter Chinas Tsinghua University (an der 52. Stelle in der Welt), nur 40 Stellen hinter der Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (an der 65. Stelle in der Welt), nur 59 Stellen hinter der Peking University (an der 46. Stelle in der Welt), nur 76 Stellen hinter der National University of Singapore (an der 29. Stelle in der Welt), nur 55 Stellen hinter Koreas Pohang University of Science and Technology (an der 50. Stelle in der Welt), und, um noch einen Vergleich anzustellen, nur 100 Stellen hinter dem Massachusetts Institute of Technology (an der 5. Stelle in der Welt). (http:\/\/www.timeshighereducation.co.uk\/world-university-rankings\/2012-13\/world-ranking)<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201eUnter Amerikanern, die im Ausland studieren, sind die beliebtesten L\u00e4nder Gro\u00dfbritannien, Italien, Spanien, Frankreich und China.\u201c &#8211; The New York Times, 17.11.2008.<\/p>\n<p>Und was ist mit Deutschland?<\/em><br \/>\n===========================================<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Eine deutsche Version steht weiter unten.) 28 May 2013, TUESDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY The Technical University of Munich* \u2013 In Wurzburg, Germany, You Can Just Pay a Professor to Write Your Dissertation \u2013 13 One other striking element in these dissertations that points to arch-Catholic Professor Keil as the real author is the way that some [&hellip;]<\/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-4700","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\/4700","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=4700"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4700\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4715,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4700\/revisions\/4715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}