German policy perspectives on enhancing the quality of student learning by university teaching

Abstract Traditionally, the higher education sector in Germany has been research oriented. During their studies of ten to thirteen semesters, students have had close contact with research and have been motivated by new findings they have discovered themselves. Introducing a bachelor's‐ and master's‐style structure into the current system means in many cases losing this close contact at the bachelor's level. Only a few programs developed professionally maintain this link.