(Eine Deutsche Fassung steht weiter unten. German version below.)<\/p>\n
15 AUGUST 2006, TUESDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY<\/p>\n
Revenge of the German Bureaucrats (Naturally Not at the Technical University of Munich) \u2013 1<\/p>\n
\u201cAt first glance, the press release was enough to make anyone yawn. Just before the start of the summer break, Johann-Dietrich Woerner, President of the Technical University of Darmstadt was asking that German universities give up to ten percent more credits than usual for especially demanding courses of study. Woerner said that any departure from this norm would have to be applied for and substantiated by the person making the application.<\/p>\n “At first, almost no one noticed that this proposal, quietly initiated by the bureaucracy, represented a serious attack on the European Union reform of university studies. Taken to its logical end, the change suggested by President Woerner could annul the whole system of bachelor and master\u2019s degrees now being set up in Germany for the first time. This system is intended to bring the organization of studies at German universities into conformity with EU requirements.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n (To be continued)<\/p>\n Source: Jan-Martin Wiarda, \u201eDer lange Weg zum Master\u201c, Die Zeit, 10.08.2006, 33\/2006.<\/p>\n \u201cI feel like someone who has been attacked and injured by a group of thugs. You forgive the thugs, but at the same time you have to warn other people about them.\u201d \u2013 George Sand<\/p>\n “I love (my country) more than any other country in the world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.” – James Baldwin<\/em><\/p>\n Novel: http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/revision\/<\/p>\n —————————————————————————-<\/p>\n 15 AUGUST 2006, DIENSTAG, D\u00dcSSELDORF, DEUTSCHLAND<\/p>\n Rache der deutschen B\u00fcrokraten (nat\u00fcrlich nicht an der Technischen Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen) \u2013 1<\/p>\n \u201eAuf den ersten Blick war die Pressemitteilung noch zum G\u00e4hnen. F\u00fcr besonders anspruchsvolle Studieng\u00e4nge sollten die Hochschulen bis zu zehn Prozent mehr Credits als \u00fcblich vergeben d\u00fcrfen, forderte Johann-Dietrich W\u00f6rner, Pr\u00e4sident der Technischen Universit\u00e4t Darmstadt, kurz vor Beginn der Semesterferien. Abweichungen von der Norm, so W\u00f6rner, m\u00fcssten dann von den Antragstellern begr\u00fcndet werden. Kaum einer merkte zun\u00e4chst, dass es sich bei der so b\u00fcrokratisch daherkommenden Initiative um einen schweren Angriff auf die europ\u00e4ische Studienreform handelte. Konsequent zu Ende gedacht, k\u00f6nnte der Vorschlag das gesamte System von Bachelor und Master aushebeln.\u201c<\/strong><\/p>\n (Fortsetzung folgt)<\/p>\n Quelle: Jan-Martin Wiarda, \u201eDer lange Weg zum Master\u201c, Die Zeit, 10.08.2006, 33\/2006.<\/p>\n \u201eIch f\u00fchle mich wie eine Person, die von einer Gruppe Schl\u00e4ger angegriffen und verletzt wird. Man vergibt die Schl\u00e4ger, aber muss man andere Menschen vor ihnen warnen.\u201c \u2013 George Sand<\/p>\n \u201eIch liebe (mein Land) mehr, als alle anderen L\u00e4nder der Welt, und genau aus diesem Grund bestehe ich auf das Recht, es ewig zu kritisieren.\u201c – James Baldwin<\/em><\/p>\n Novel: http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/revision\/<\/p>\n ===========================================<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" (Eine Deutsche Fassung steht weiter unten. German version below.) 15 AUGUST 2006, TUESDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY Revenge of the German Bureaucrats (Naturally Not at the Technical University of Munich) \u2013 1 \u201cAt first glance, the press release was enough to make anyone yawn. 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