Dr. H.C. mult. Schavan: What remains of the tracks left

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Hold on to it, the university announced on Thursday – despite the negative vote at Schavan real doctor at the University of Dusseldorf. By Dr. hc. Lübeck from the Initiative grows honorary doctorate collection to a total of five such titles.

The University of Lübeck declared their allegiance to the controversial minister as follows: The award is conferred not because of a scholarly work, but in recognition of outstanding contributions to the science. Schavan had in 2010 used vehemently for the preservation of medical education in Lübeck.

Schavan remains honorary professor at the Free University? "On the subject of honorary professorship Schavan we not express ourselves," said a university spokesman told SPIEGEL ONLINE. To the university must Schavan not this year. Your seminar "religious freedom. A new vision of the Council and the reception in religiously plural societies" with five events ended on 23 January. Courses in the coming semester are not planned with the Minister, the spokesman said.

While on Wednesday, many professors and students said pretty unanimous: not Schavan can remain Minister of Education, register now some supporters say. Sun doubted the President of the Humboldt University of Berlin, Jan-Hendrik Olbertz, the procedure of the university – which he and others had already done it before. The review of the relevant passages have "not have the depth," he told the magazine "Focus". Also read this