Article: Lower education; German universities.(Troubles in German higher education)

The bare necessities of student life

The budget problems of German universities stir much-needed debate

TOURISTS visiting Berlin have been treated to some strange sights recently: students raking up leaves, running naked through Christmas fairs, or holding seminars under the Brandenburg Gate. Similar media-savvy protests against budget cuts were staged in Frankfurt, Gottingen and Munich. The protests have triggered a debate about universities that is unlikely to abate soon. On January 6th Chancellor Gerhard Schroder and his Social Democrats launched an "innovation offensive", which included efforts to boost higher education. In a manifesto, they even ...

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