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Germany plans to reform its higher education system giving universities more power to select students and setting a deadline for the completion of degrees. The government has decided against fee reform since this issue is seen as too controversial. German universities are affected by overcrowding and insufficient funding. The drop-out rate is 25% and students take seven years or more on average to finish a first degree. German qualifications are not compatible with international qualification systems which both deters foreign students and handicaps German graduates.
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The German university system is designed for 970,000 students, but is now cracking under the burden of student numbers that have risen to 1.9 million. Resources have become stretched to breaking point, and this has sparked off student protests. The German government has finally responded to this problem with a bill designed to reform the higher education framework law. Under the new legislation, entry to higher education would be restricted and students would have to take intermediary exams in order to continue studying.
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German Education Minister Edelgard Bulmahn is planning a series of reforms of the academic salary structure. She believes that there should be a system of junior professorships restricted to six years, eliminating the postdoctoral thesis needed to qualify as a professor. There would be a simplified salary system, although professors would still be civil servants.
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