Entry Number 02201<\/p>\n
(Eine deutsche Version steht weiter unten.)<\/p>\n
9 SEPTEMBER 2013, MONDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY<\/p>\n
The Technical University of Munich* \u2013 PhD Inflation in Germany: Let the doctorates begin! \u2013 5<\/p>\n
When meaningful doctorates are awarded, this represents a gain not only for the recipients but also, as a rule, for science and scholarship, and for the whole of society as well. A general requirement in this regard is usual expressed in university regulations governing doctorates. However, the thousands of dissertations that are pushed through university committees every year do not signify any academic progress worth mentioning. This is not only true of the scandalous plagiarism of people like zu Guttenberg and other \u201ccheat\u201d PhDs. It is true also of the countless collections of absurd dissertations on topics like \u201cLacerations to the Penis through Masturbation with a Vacuum Cleaner\u201d or \u201cA Discussion of the Legal Status of the Bullet in the Body of a Wounded Person.\u201d Dissertations like that can with good reason be laughed at. The huge undifferentiated mass of dissertations itself, though, is certainly not very funny and does not offer any increase in knowledge at all, even to university examiners.<\/strong><\/p>\n (To be continued)<\/p>\n Source: Knauss, Ferdinand, Zeit Online, 03.04.2013.<\/p>\n *According to The Times of London, in its Higher Education Supplement [THES], World University Rankings, 2012-2013, (http:\/\/goo.gl\/6EqmQ) 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 \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<\/p>\n And what about Germany?<\/em><\/p>\n Novel: http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/revision<\/p>\n —————————————–<\/p>\n 9 SEPTEMBER 2013, MONTAG, D\u00dcSSELDORF, DEUTSCHLAND<\/p>\n Die Technische Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen* \u2013 Doktortitel-Inflation: Lasst das Promovieren sein! \u2013 5<\/p>\n Von sinnvollen Promotionen profitieren nicht nur die einzelnen Doktoranden, sondern in der Regel auch die Wissenschaft, vielleicht sogar die Allgemeinheit. In den Promotionsordnungen der Universit\u00e4ten wird dies in der Regel ausdr\u00fccklich verlangt. Aber nat\u00fcrlich bedeuten die Tausenden von Dissertationen, die durch die Promotionsaussch\u00fcsse der Fakult\u00e4ten gepaukt werden, oft keinen nennenswerten wissenschaftlichen Fortschritt. Und das gilt nicht nur f\u00fcr die skandal\u00f6sen Plagiate Guttenbergs und anderer prominenter Schummeldoktoren. Es gibt mittlerweile unz\u00e4hlige Sammlungen unsinniger Promotionen \u00fcber “Penisverletzungen bei Masturbation mit Staubsaugern” oder die “Rechtslage der Kugel im K\u00f6rper des Verwundeten”, die immerhin noch f\u00fcr Heiterkeit sorgen k\u00f6nnen. Die Masse der Dissertationen sind allerdings h\u00f6chst unlustig und werden oft nicht einmal von den Pr\u00fcfern mit Gewinn gelesen.<\/strong><\/p>\n (Fortsetzung folgt.)<\/p>\n Quelle: Knau\u00df, Ferdinand, Zeit Online, 03.04.2013.<\/p>\n *Nach der Times of London, Higher Education Supplement [THES], World University Rankings, 2012-2013, (http:\/\/goo.gl\/6EqmQ) 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 \u201eUnter Amerikanern, die im Ausland studieren, sind die beliebtesten L\u00e4nder Gro\u00dfbritannien, Italien, Spanien, Frankreich und China.\u201c – The New York Times<\/p>\n Und was ist mit Deutschland?<\/em> Entry Number 02201 (Eine deutsche Version steht weiter unten.) 9 SEPTEMBER 2013, MONDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY The Technical University of Munich* \u2013 PhD Inflation in Germany: Let the doctorates begin! \u2013 5 When meaningful doctorates are awarded, this represents a gain not only for the recipients but also, as a rule, for science and scholarship, and […]<\/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-4883","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\/4883","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=4883"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4883\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4894,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4883\/revisions\/4894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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