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After a short description of the overall development of the higher education system in Germany, some explanations are given regarding the complex functioning of decision making in relation to legal, administrative, planning, and financial matters in the federal state of Germany. One section is devoted to the present increase of privatization of higher education in Germany and to the ensuing legal and financial problems. Another section deals with the introduction of new funding schemes based on performance indicators which augur major changes in the legal status and management structure of higher education. All these reform efforts should be viewed as part of the adopted policy of increasing the competitiveness of German higher education.
Klaus Hüfner (Tue,) studied this question.