Aspiring to Steeples of Excellence at German Universities

By THOMAS JOHN HOCHSTETTLER

The ruling Social Democrat-Green coalition in Berlin has been hard at work on a plan that would establish American-style elite universities in Germany. Under the current proposal, the government would designate 10 institutions as "top universities" and award them close to $30-million a year for five years to increase their competitiveness...

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