August 13, 2004
German Court Overturns Law Designed to Streamline Path to Professorship
Germany's highest court has struck down a law that was intended to streamline the process of becoming a professor and to open more academic positions to younger candidates.
An eight-judge panel of the Federal Constitutional Court ruled 5 to 3 against the government last month, invalidating a 2002 statute that created new junior-professor positions at German universities.
The process of becoming a professor in Germany has traditionally involved completing what amounts to a second
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