Therefore to review the CAL-scenery in Germany it is necessary to use the Internet as a main tool scanning the homepages of the economic departments of German universities for CAL offers. The second way is to look up the catalogues of important publishing houses. There are other economists who are developing CAL-software only for their own purposes. This short report is based only on information provided by Internet and on selected published software. German universities are totally financed by the government.
Professors are officials and employed for life.
Therefore, educational ability is not required for an academic reputation and not a criterion for getting a chair in economics. Students in Germany do not pay any fees and there is no limit to the length of their study. Together with the rising problems in the labour market it is not surprising that there are students who study more than ten years without any examination. It is not astonishing that a system with these elements is reluctant to launch necessary reforms by itself. But on the other hand to be able to guarantee an efficient education under the condition of vast rising numbers of students organisational and educational changes in the public universities are necessary and more urgent than ever.