Germany: The Quest for World Class

Authors

  • Barbara Kehm

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6017/ihe.2009.57.8456

Keywords:

World-Class University, Europe, Germany

Abstract

In 2004 the education and research federal minister made a proposal to identify Germany's top-level institutions to secure Germany's competitiveness and economic future in the emerging knowledge society and to strengthen the international visibility of German universities as high-quality institutions with cutting-edge research. This plan formed the birth of the German "excellence initiative." The initiative not only triggered more competition among German universities; it also marked a conscious shift toward a more vertical differentiation of the system as a whole.

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Published

2009-03-25

How to Cite

Kehm, B. (2009). Germany: The Quest for World Class. International Higher Education, (57). https://doi.org/10.6017/ihe.2009.57.8456

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Section

Countries and Regions