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II. Higher Education, Higher Education Policy (Higher Education Law, Higher Education Organisation, Personnel Structure, Student Body, Educational Assistance, Higher Education Statistics)
B. Essays, Commentaries, Statements
Author ENDERS, Jürgen
Title A chair system in transition: Appointments, promotions, and gate-keeping in German higher education
Publication year 2001
Source/Footnote In: Higher Education. - 41 (2001), 1 - 2, S. 3 - 25
Inventory number 11746
Keywords Berufung : allgemein ; Hochschulen : allgemein ; Promotion : allgemein ; Hochschullehrer : allgemein ; Beamten- und Personalrecht : allgemein
Abstract The traditional German system of academic appointments and careers has recently become a focus of policy reorganisation. The article analyses the ongoing debates and changes on the basis of an examination of the origins and overall function of the academic career system. It is argued that the recruitment, promotion, and appointment of academic staff are seen as more important issues in countries, like Germany, where they shape the institutional pattern of higher education and where they are major link to the state and society. (Abstract vom Verfasser übernommen)