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  5. New book by University president Prof. Dieter Lenzen

16 February 2015

University of the World: A Case for a World University SystemNew book by University president Prof. Dieter Lenzen

Prof. Dr. Dieter Lenzen

Photo: Foto: UHH/Dichant

Prof. Dr. Dieter Lenzen

The three coexisting higher education systems—the continental Europen, the Anglo-American, and the East Asian systems—are currently converging towards the Anglo-American concept of "education as business." The results are manifold: Studying has often become prohibitively expensive and has also been reduced to mere vocational training. Research now orients itself according to the utilitarian interests of the market. Dieter Lenzen investigates this development and calls for nations to agree upon a concept of higher education that does not serve the economic needs of individual or society, but instead fosters development towards a humane future. [Read on in German]

Sein Hochschulmodell sieht für Hochschulen die Aufgabe, mündige Persönlichkeiten zu bilden, die als Weltbürger Verantwortung übernehmen.

Lenzen, der Sprecher der deutschen Universitäten in der Hochschulrektorenkonferenz und als deren Vizepräsident für die internationalen Beziehungen verantwortlich ist, will mit seiner Schrift Politiker und Verantwortliche in den Hochschulen weltweit erreichen, um gemeinsam einen Konsens für die Entwicklung eines Welthochschulsystems zu erarbeiten.

Das Buch ist in deutscher und in englischer Sprache erschienen.

„Eine Hochschule der Welt. Plädoyer für ein Welthochschulsystem“
Springer VS
Wiesbaden
90 Seiten

Für Rückfragen:

Christian Matheis
Universität Hamburg
Referent des Präsidenten
Tel.: 040 42838-1809
E-Mail: christian.matheis"AT"hvn.uni-hamburg.de

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