The German University—Basically Healthy or Rotten?: Reflections on an Overdue Reorientation of German Higher-Education Policy

Higher Education in Germany: reform in incremental steps

“…That the German higher education system has been in crisis has long been diagnosed, and international competition and financial pressures have intensified the reform debate (Führ, 1995; Müller‐Böling, 2000; Ostermann, 2002). The indicators used to support the urgency for reform range from the relatively high age at which young German scientists start to work independently; concerns about the attractiveness of Studienstandort Deutschland for foreign students and scholars; conditions that contribute to lengthy or unfinished study programmes; and the relatively low number of students who enrol in the tertiary sector.…”