The University of the future – or rather: The University as it should be

Abstract

This paper discusses the recent changes within the German university education as a process of restructurization that in part relies on a pseudo-adaptation of the Anglo American system. This leads to a structuralization of formally unstructured areas. In order to make this apparent, I will briefly outline both German and Anglo American educational systems to discuss the differing notions of education that each system has been grounded upon. As this paper illustrates, the German educational systems attempt to create new educational structures based on an Anglo American ideal is highly problematic, and, in fact, rather a pretext for an economization that is focussed on creating comparable education, ratable universities, and sellable research outcomes. This whole process is legitimized by an ideal that is itself discursively created and dependent upon the improvement of efficiency and the creation of ever more surplus value. Finally, I will address what the University of the future – a University without condition – could be like.