Björn Brembs on Nostr: "The road to hell is paved with good intentions" they say. In Germany, this is the ...
"The road to hell is paved with good intentions" they say.
In Germany, this is the motto under which €4.6 billion got wasted in a federal program called "Excellence Initiative".
The program was well-intended: starting 2006, to help increase funding of state-owned universities and assist them in retaining talent, federal monies should flow directly from Berlin to the universities, bypassing a constitutional clause preventing such "federal overreach".
Analyzing the consequences today reveals:
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In Germany, this is the motto under which €4.6 billion got wasted in a federal program called "Excellence Initiative".
The program was well-intended: starting 2006, to help increase funding of state-owned universities and assist them in retaining talent, federal monies should flow directly from Berlin to the universities, bypassing a constitutional clause preventing such "federal overreach".
Analyzing the consequences today reveals:
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