Die vorliegende Studie geht den Fragen nach, wie Wettbewerb in das Hochschulsystem Eingang finden könnte und ob Selbstdarstellung ein geeignetes Instrument im Wettbewerb zwischen den Hochschulen sein kann. Hierzu wird basierend auf systemtheoretischen Überlegungen ein Modellansatz vorgestellt...

The implementation of the Bachelor and Master reform in German universities happens at a surprisingly rapid pace. Apparently, a higher education system which by most observers is characterized as being reluctant to change can quickly embrace the Bologna process, which aims at a common European...

The process of restructuring European universities in order to harmonize their educational systems is rapidly approaching a key milestone as 2010 looms large on the horizon. This paper describes an approach to the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) based on a real case study of students that...

German universities are regarded as being under-financed, inefficient, and performing below average if compared to universities in other European countries and the US. Starting in the 1990s, several German federal states implemented reforms to improve this situation. An important part of these...