Place for reference spoilsport.

How we actually founded a new university? Without academic TÃœV, the expensive "accreditation" is not. They may question the experts on the fateful question - and some expert quickly become the bogeyman, as a recent case from North Rhine-Westphalia shows.

 

In Neunkirchen-Vluyn at Niederrhein, the Trudi Schoop-to-School, named after the famous "female Charlie Chaplin in the thirties. There are, according to the planning professionals in the field of health and social work alongside in "artistic therapies" for a Bachelor and Master are. Initiator spot is a doctorate in medical and social scientists. The Ministry of Science Düsseldorfer already gave his fundamental Okay.

For the "business" needs a university founders initially only a business and a bank of at least one million promise must. So, if it goes wrong, there is enough money to students enrolled on completing it.

In addition, requires an official "Guide for the establishment of private universities in North Rhine-Westphalia academic TÜV plaque (" accreditation ") at issue in the case of the University therapists are now bang. Experts a nationally accredited Prüfagentur need to clarify whether the training program is really hochschulreif or academic titles with only a false gloss on the labor market gives. Specifically, is not very specific medical courses, for example, in "psychological trauma" for which there is at German universities or otherwise, if not a few related examples. Precaution rejected the consortium founding one of the five referees for alleged bias from the time being with success.

Strange competition

The holding of the affected Professor Georg Hörmann and its professional organization, the German Association of Universities for libelous and illegal. Indeed, before his dismissal, the Agency had not consulted the experts, although from the outset, he dutifully had assured his impartiality. He now demanded the reinstatement as an auditor. The national "Accreditation", the regulator on the agencies, provides clear: Not every single assessor, but only the multi-body as a whole can and must balance the technical represent.

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The case raises fundamental questions on the accreditation system. Nationwide, there are six Prüfagenturen. All offer the same product: the technical approval for all new courses at private and public universities. "In essence, an administrative assistance for the ministerial approval of the training," explained Hermann Reuke of ZEvA, the oldest agency in the country (since 2000). "The nature of the matter is actually no competition issue."

Nevertheless, any applicant with an approved agency to select him. And is always a welcome customer. Because the seal of quality for most five years will cost about 12,000 euros per course, in the dozen it is cheaper. While the experts are active in the study and document the commission of volunteers on the spot. But in the service sector, for the preparation and handling of all bureaucratic procedures, each agency employs about a dozen professional people, mostly academics income.

Given the choice between the agencies said, for example, the Technical University of Dresden in June 2008, the accreditation of biology courses even as application procedures. They demanded it of the potential contractors to "evidence" to "selection and composition of the expert team." As almost an indirect self-selection klang. An agency applied not so aware. The Accreditation Council for TU hooked irritated after. The case was finally as a mere misunderstanding settled. Nevertheless reiterated Karl Lenz, Dresdener Vice President for Education, to blogs ONLINE: "We expect that our quality performances in the circle of experts widerblogsn."

Hard but fair

In the case of the Trudi Schoop-College seemed the paying customers Bonner Agency Aqas best. The bethought after the appeal against their expert Hörmann immediately. But with the concrete evidence of the alleged bias holds Aqas the affected so far behind compared to the mountain. The speech is ambiguous by "technical differences, which appear in both sides are involved."

In addition, the Aqas management still needed to "fairness to the applicant institution." What they said, remains unclear. By contrast, the medical and academic blogs initiator ONLINE very peacefully, "What inconsistencies, I can announce that I have disagreements with anyone."

About 4000 times the agencies have to present new curriculum review, it was loud Akkreditierungsrat exactly 46 applications. This reflects the role of fluctuating Akkreditierer between the public and private licensor consultants. Full of hope and prospects for the so-Trudi Schoop initiative, the 24th Private university in the Rhine and Ruhr - and cloudy for each spoilsport.