University tuition fees will burn.

Tuition fees will improve the teaching. In an emergency, the University of Hohenheim aparte an idea: She wants so darn big budget holes - and especially heating cover, the country does not pay. Angry students rebel against their Verfeuern Euros.

 

It would be so nice. In December was the University of Hohenheim quite generous on their side and made an offer to their students: with 200,000 euros from tuition, the students specially conceived projects must pay. As the idea of winning a jury of award-winning students at the end of a website, the precise breakdown is what Hohenheim the tuition issue. Motto of the contest:
"Thy will be done."

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Castle Hohenheim University: Malerisch, but expensive to heat

That was last week. And this week to decide the Hohenheim students about money again, for a vote on Wednesday and Thursday. But in comparison to the idea of Christmas competition this time is not about Peanuts: The University Leadership plans namely, 1.6 million euros from the coffers fees in the university's budget goes to 2009 - and wants it in the first place their expensive heating bill.

This is revenue from the toll campus but did not mind. They seek to improve the teaching lead some to better care. So in any case is the eternal mantra of the charges fans among science ministers in Germany, including the Baden-Württemberg Minister Peter Frankenberg (CDU). At the universities were in the past two years, very creative and idiosyncratic interpretations to visit, which from their point of view even everything under the Improvement of Teaching verbuchen could - but the burn of student Euros certainly not one of them.

Deep holes in the university budget

500 euros per semester, the students also need to pay Hohenheim. Altogether there are around five million euros. Now is the Asta outraged over a "break, but the same word, as we have never experienced," said Asta chairman Stefan Haffke. Previously maintain University Leadership and student representatives in Hohenheim a fairly cooperative relationship. A committee of students, staff and faculty deans to decide what from tuition fees must be paid. Have the students something to that, is Rector Hans-Peter Liebig also personally with them.

As at the recent meeting in December all disputed points were processed, pushed Liebigstrasse still a point behind: In the draft budget for 2009 were missing 3.2 million euros. Half of it will at the three faculties of the University of savings, he said. An amount of 1.6 million euros, however, the students with their fees incidentally, explains Stefan Haffke the outcome of the meeting. University spokesman Florian Klebs confirms this "If we do not agree, we must reckon with incisions", quoted the student representatives Haffke Rector.

The biggest problem, according to university spokesman Klebs the high energy costs. 1.2 million have electricity and heating cost the university 2008. The state of Baden-Wuerttemberg had in the past two years a grant of 600,000 euros per year to increase the university walls in the castle of Hohenheim - picturesque, but low energy efficiency - to keep warm. These funds, however, the country has stopped at the end of 2008.

Employees should be "a place beside Heizöfchen"

With this problem, the University of Hohenheim is not alone. In recent years, the Ministry of Science and six million euros for the heating of its universities paid. Now is therefore concluded confirmed Marion Young, spokeswoman of the ministry, blogs ONLINE. The Us in Ländle darbe also because the so-called Solidarity Pact donations since the country soon for twelve years on the level of 1997 is frozen. The state pays only collective wage increases and participates in the Excellence Initiative, which some universities receive extra money.

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Fees Protest in Ulm (January 2007): logs and scolding for the Uni

Because the country is now also the bonus deleted heating, thus saving only iron. The elite university to Konstanzer crowned college about lapsed between Christmas and the 6th January, in a brief hibernation. In order to save on heating costs, the library is shut for nearly two weeks to their doors. Savings: 60,000 euros. In Ulm and Freiburg were also parts of the building is not heated, those who came anyway, you should "dress warm" (Ulm), or "a place beside Heizöfchen" (Freiburg). Solo Tübingen heated by over the holidays. Stuttgart on the other hand, turned the thermostat down as well as Mannheim.

Baden-Württemberg is proud of its engineering, the dialect - and already notorious for the outlandish idea that the tuition fees for heating fuel. In the winter of 2006 came first, the University of Freiburg on the idea that students with money
to pay their heating oil. Only after protests by the university collects the plan again. Even in the universities of Ulm and Mannheim considered all
economical tricks. After angry protests, it was quiet around the idea of tuition fees by the fireplace to chase or to be cast in concrete - up to the current revival in Hohenheim.

"We need more money from the country"

On Wednesday and Thursday to the Asta Hohenheimer all students in a primary to decide themselves whether the majority of 1.6 million euros in the current year will be literally verheizt. If the students against the management plan, then the Rector is in the word, "says university spokesman Klebs.

Pressing Rector Liebigstrasse fees but not by use, determines ultimately the university as a supervisory body, what to do next. The eleven-member body in which the external majority, could decide that the charges against the will of the rector and students used to plug budget holes, and the university to warm.

This should then just accept it, says university spokesman Florian Klebs. "We were not happy about but that's not what we want permanently." Where does the money for heating will actually need it are Klebs and Asta chairman Haffke agreed: "We need more money from the country."

The Ministry of Science mauert before. We will deal with the universities' deal, "said the statement drought. Whether it is for the current year a grant to give the energy or not, wanted the spokesperson of the Ministry does not say. It referred only to current energy costs and falling on vague "savings".