Overview
- The state cabinet, which approved the higher-education bill Tuesday, sent the draft to the Landtag for deliberation.
- The plan seeks to cut typical hiring times for professors from 12–24 months to 6–12 months to address delays the minister says deter top candidates.
- Universities would gain permanent rights to call and appoint professors, with fewer procedural hurdles and stronger routes for top-tier hires.
- The package also carries out a 2025 pact to expand the Hasso‑Plattner‑Institut and build a new Potsdam campus backed by Hasso Plattner’s foundation.
- University leaders praised the push for autonomy, while the state student association and the GEW union warned about weaker oversight, new powers for presidents, the end of waiting‑semester admission, and possible workarounds to legal quotas.