The Chronicle of Higher Education

Germany's Ivy League Lottery

Fiscal and political disputes hamper plans to develop elite universities

By AISHA LABI

A long-anticipated and highly controversial plan to develop a group of elite universities in Germany -- a German "Ivy League" -- hit a snag last week when its formal announcement was delayed, in part because of lingering concerns among the federal and state governments about how...

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