(Eine Deutsche Fassung steht weiter unten. German version below.)<\/p>\n
22 AUGUST 2006, TUESDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY<\/p>\n
Revenge of the German Bureaucrats (Naturally Not at the Technical University of Munich) \u2013 6<\/p>\n
\u201cAt the German national Conference of University Rectors (HRK) there is some sympathy for the initiative that twenty-nine universities have put forward. Margret Wintermantel, who is both HRK President and head of the University of the Saarland, says, \u2018It would be a good thing if we could offer something more to very hard-working students.\u2019 Her university is one of the signers of the initiative, but even she admits, \u2018There is a clear area of tension here, because it is of course an advantage if comparable degrees can be earned with comparable effort.\u2019 Juergen Kohler, head of the German accrediting council poses the question in starker terms: \u2018If one bachelor\u2019s degree is worth 180 credits and another 200 credits, then the result is an unstructured interface with some other master\u2019s degree program.\u2019 He says it would be practically impossible for the holder of a bachelor\u2019s degree from one university to register for a master\u2019s program at another institution. A given course of studies for a master\u2019s then \u2018would be appropriate only for a university\u2019s own students. The EU principle of mobility from one university to another would be endangered\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 22 AUGUST 2006, DIENSTAG, D\u00dcSSELDORF, DEUTSCHLAND<\/p>\n Rache der deutschen B\u00fcrokraten (nat\u00fcrlich nicht an der Technischen Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen) \u2013 6<\/p>\n \u201eIn der Hochschulrektorenkonferenz (HRK) genie\u00dft die Initiative der 29 Hochschulen bereits Sympathien. \u00bbEs w\u00e4re eine gute Sache, wenn wir besonders t\u00fcchtigen Studenten mehr bieten k\u00f6nnten\u00ab, sagt HRK-Pr\u00e4sidentin Margret Wintermantel, die zugleich die Universit\u00e4t des Saarlandes leitet, eine der Unterzeichner-Hochschulen. Doch sie r\u00e4umt auch ein: \u00bbDa ist ganz klar ein Spannungsfeld. Denn es ist nat\u00fcrlich von Vorteil, wenn vergleichbare Abschl\u00fcsse mit einem vergleichbaren Aufwand erworben werden.\u00ab Drastischer formuliert es Kohler: \u00bbIst der eine Bachelor 180 Credits wert und der andere 200, entstehen unstrukturierte Schnittstellen zum Master.\u00ab Die Einschreibung ins Masterprogramm f\u00fcr Bachelorabsolventen anderer Hochschulen sei so praktisch unm\u00f6glich, der Studiengang \u00bbsozusagen nur f\u00fcr die eigenen Studierenden gemacht. Dann ist die Mobilit\u00e4t gef\u00e4hrdet.\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 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.) 22 AUGUST 2006, TUESDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY Revenge of the German Bureaucrats (Naturally Not at the Technical University of Munich) \u2013 6 \u201cAt the German national Conference of University Rectors (HRK) there is some sympathy for the initiative that twenty-nine universities have put forward. 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