Running universities as a business
Wiesbadener Kurier reports on how businesses are appealing to universities to make their courses more hands-on
Wiesbadener Kurier by Markus Lachmann
“The topic of the panel discussion at the annual meeting of the German Rectors’ Conference (HRK) was the transition from university to a career and the expectations of the business world. Employers and institutes of higher education agree that universities and companies need to work together more closely. But how should they go about it?
It is worth taking a look across the pond, says Peter Rasenberger, CEO of compartner AG in Düsseldorf. US universities are measured by how many of their graduates set up their own companies and thus create new jobs. Rasenberger expects the same from Germany. He calls upon professors to promote entrepreneurial commitment at university. …”