(Eine Deutsche Fassung steht weiter unten. German version below.)<\/p>\n
21 AUGUST 2006, MONDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY<\/p>\n
Revenge of the German Bureaucrats (Naturally Not at the Technical University of Munich) \u2013 5<\/p>\n
\u201cWoerner\u2019s two prime examples are industrial engineering and computer science for business data processing. Each of these courses of study is actually made up of equal parts of two combined fields of concentration, \u201870% from one field and 70% from another\u2019. In terms of semester hours, the workload can be expressed with fairness, but not in terms of thirty credits per semester. \u2018There must be exceptions in cases where the exceptions can be justified. After all, in both of these fields we\u2019re dealing with very achievement-oriented students.\u2019 Woerner is supported by his deputy in the organization he represents, the Vice-President of the Technical University of Munich, Ernst Rank. \u2018To make such exceptions would go against the typical German process of leveling down higher achievement,\u2019 says Rank, who heads an elite master\u2019s degree program in computational engineering in Munich. In this program students have to carry thirty extra credits. Rank says, \u2018It is absurd that we cannot have this course of study accredited as it is\u2019.\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 21 AUGUST 2006, MONTAG, D\u00dcSSELDORF, DEUTSCHLAND<\/p>\n Rache der deutschen B\u00fcrokraten (nat\u00fcrlich nicht an der Technischen Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen) \u2013 5<\/p>\n \u201eW\u00f6rners Paradebeispiel sind die Wirtschaftsingenieure und die Wirtschaftsinformatiker, deren Studieng\u00e4nge sich jeweils zu gleichen Teilen aus zwei F\u00e4chern zusammensetzen, \u00bbund zwar zu zweimal 70 Prozent\u00ab. In Semesterwochenstunden sei das ja noch machbar gewesen, doch in das enge Korsett der 30 Semester-Credits lie\u00dfen sich die Studieninhalte nun einmal nicht pressen. \u00bbIn gut begr\u00fcndeten F\u00e4llen m\u00fcssen Ausnahmen m\u00f6glich sein. Schlie\u00dflich haben wir es hier doch auch mit besonders leistungsf\u00e4higen Studierenden zu tun!\u00ab Unterst\u00fctzung bekommt W\u00f6rner von seinem Stellvertreter im AVI-Vorstand, dem Vizepr\u00e4sidenten der TU M\u00fcnchen, Ernst Rank. \u00bbDas w\u00e4re ein Signal gegen die typisch deutsche Gleichmacherei\u00ab, sagt Rank, der in M\u00fcnchen ein Elite-Masterprogramm namens Computional Engineering leitet, wo die Studenten schon heute zum Teil 30 Extra-Credits machen. \u00bbEs ist absurd, dass wir diesen Studiengang nicht akkreditiert bekommen.\u00ab\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 Baldwi<\/em>n<\/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.) 21 AUGUST 2006, MONDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY Revenge of the German Bureaucrats (Naturally Not at the Technical University of Munich) \u2013 5 \u201cWoerner\u2019s two prime examples are industrial engineering and computer science for business data processing. 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