Die Finanzierung Von Wissenschaftlichem Und Weiterem Personal Aus Studienbeiträgen - Am Beispiel Der Rechtslage In Nordrhein-westfalen

摘要

gericht), which are reflected in administrative regulations at the Lander level, universities are obliged to utilize their full capacity in courses of study, subject to entrance requirements. By creating more staff positions in these courses, capacity will increase as well, resulting in no net improvement to the teacher-student ratio. To address this dilemma, all program requirements will have to be reevaluated. Replacing traditional courses of study with Bachelor's and Master's programs will provide an opportunity to establish more rigorous requirements from the outset. Further difficulties arise from the legal rules governing staff contracts that are limited to a specific period of time. Since the continuing existence of tuition fees is far from certain in the long run, new staff will be employed on a limited basis only. Nevertheless, tying these contracts directly to tuition fees is not possible as such money is not supposed to be used for specific projects but for teaching in general. In the view of the Federal Labour Court (Bundesarbeitsgericht), the theoretical possibility of abolishing tuition fees in the future is not a sufficient ground for limiting staff contracts.%Die Sparrunden der letzten Jahre haben zu einer in Teilen sogar existen-ziellen Ausdünnung der Personaldecke auch und gerade im wissenschaftlichen Bereich der Hochschulen geführt. Daher ist es nahe liegend, mit den Studienbeiträgen, die den Hochschulen in freilich nicht allen Bundesländern zufließen3, die in vielen Fächern unzureichende Betreuungsrelation durch Einstellung neuen Personals zu verbessern. Dieser Beitrag beleuchtet, inwieweit die Finanzierung von Personal aus Studienbeitragsmitteln gestattet ist, wenn die Studienbeiträge mit einer gesetzlichen Zweckbindung versehen sind.