Reform or re-labeling? A student's perspective on the introduction of the bachelor's and master's degree in German higher education.

From: German Policy Studies | Date: July 1, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

The German higher education illness: a diagnosis

The German higher education system is suffering from a serious malaise. After years of inactivity and half-hearted reforms, the diagnosis is clear--we have to change our habits, or the patient will die a silent death. The findings reoccurring in the public debate on German higher education can be summarized as follows:

When they finish their first degree, German students are much older than their European peers. The average age of a German graduate in the year 2000 is twenty-eight years, the average freshmen having entered ...

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