The Sudoku Effect: Universities in the Vicious Circle of Bureaucracy

by Stefan Kühl

This book shows that the introduction of the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) of credit points as a new accounting unit at universities has led to increased bureaucracy and the schoolmaster-style regimentation of Bachelor's and Master's courses. It explains how, due to the pressure of having to plan every single working hour of studying in advance, a 'Sudoku Effect' is created by the necessity to combine courses, exams and modules in such...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319040863
• ISBN13: 9783319040868
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 92 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"