Where is the vision, the market and the product?
Frankfurter Rundschau reports on the German Rectors’ Conference
Frankfurter Rundschau by Karl-Heinz Heinemann
“For the first time in its history, the representatives of Germany’s halls of knowledge met at a university of applied sciences. These institutes of higher education are much closer to this year’s topic of “Career” than classical universities are. Sure, university is where young people with courage and the vision to change the world go to study. But nowadays, they no longer find their inspiration in courses on Marx’s “Capital” in a sociological workshop as they once did, but in one at Harvard Business School. Or if necessary in Oestrich Winkel. Which is where Peter Rasenberger studied.
The young entrepreneur was invited to the conference as a “special guest” from the business world to give the German presidents gathered at Wiesbaden University of Applied Sciences a dressing down. He is justified in doing so, not only because of his acquaintance with the President of the German Rectors’ Conference Klaus Landfried, who appreciates his outspokenness, but also because he is a successful young entrepreneur. …”