German universities as state-sponsored co-operatives

Arbeitspapier

Most universities in Germany are public firms but they have many properties of co-operatives. The most important thereof are described and analysed together with the characteristics of state-sponsorship. The real companions of the university as a co-operation are its professors. The same is true for the faculty level, perhaps even more so. However, especially the students are also organised in a co-operative form as are the representatives of all membership groups together. The state is making some crucial reforms that transform this university model or may even destroy it. In any case, the change is slow, painful and open-ended.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IÖB-Diskussionspapier ; No. 1/07

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Producer Cooperatives; Labor Managed Firms; Employee Ownership ; Education and Research Institutions: General ; State and Local Government: Health; Education; Welfare; Public Pensions ; Cooperative Enterprises ; Public Enterprises; Public-Private Enterprises ; Nonprofit Institutions; NGOs; Social Entrepreneurship ; Public Sector Labor Markets ; Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
• Subject: Hochschule ; Hochschulreform ; Leistungsanreiz ; Genossenschaft ; Hochschulfinanzierung ; Deutschland

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Dilger, Alexander
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Ökonomische Bildung (IÖB)
• (where): Münster
• (when): 2007

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/25567
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET