Trends in the Restructuring of German Universities

Autor/in	Pritchard, Rosalind
Titel	Trends in the Restructuring of German Universities
Quelle	In: Comparative Education Review, 50 (2006) 1, S.90-112 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0010-4086
DOI	10.1086/498330
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Quality Control; Human Resources; School Restructuring; Academic Freedom; Academic Achievement; Higher Education; Educational Change; Governance; Educational Administration; Marketing; Politics of Education; Educational Quality; Educational Finance; Institutional Characteristics; Germany; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Qualitätskontrolle; Humankapital; Schulreformplan; Schulumwandlung; Akademische Freiheit; Schulleistung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Bildungsreform; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Bildungsverwaltung; Schuladministration; Schulverwaltung; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Bildungsfonds; Deutschland; USA
Abstract	What happens when a highly regulated educational system--one featuring academic freedom, a national outlook, and an input-oriented, state-run bureaucracy--attempts to internationalize and introduce management structures that are outcome-oriented, deregulated, and more efficient? In the case of Germany, examined in this article, it has long been admitted that change is needed. There is no shortage of exhortations to achieve it, both within and outside government. Yet the German model is an immensely influential one, both in Europe and the United States. Accordingly, a change in German higher education would represent a significant reconfiguration in the academic world. The author's purpose in this article is to explore the measures currently being taken to modernize and create a market within German universities and to evaluate the success of these measures. The following questions are addressed: (1) How are marketizing trends being manifested in governance and law, management, finance, quality assurance, and human resource management?; (2) What are the obstacles to marketizing trends?; and (3) How are these trends influencing the model of the German state in its postwar incarnation? To address these questions, trends in the restructuring of German universities were studied both qualitatively and quantitatively. Visits were undertaken and interviews were carried out with key personnel from 2001 up to the summer of 2005. These were supplemented by study of official publications, policy statements, books, and articles. In addition, a survey was conducted of the academic staff of 12 universities, which is the subject of separate publications. (Contains 86 footnotes.) (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10