Journal of Political Economy Vol. 10 No. 1 1901
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Abstract
PROMPTED by the marked success of the Commercial College at Leipsic a new institution for higher commercial education has been opened at Frankfurt a. Main. This is the Akademie fur Sozialund Handelswissenschaften, which began its work October 2I. The institution differs from that at Leipsic in that it is entirely independent; the promoters of the Frankurt Akademie considering that close connection with a university is somewhat detrimental to the peculiar work of commercial education. At the same time both institutions require preparatory work equivalent to that required for entrance to the universities. The academy is established under the joint auspices of the city, the Institut fur Gemeinwohl, the Chamber of Commerce, and the Polytechnic Society, which have together granted an annual income, in addition to fees, of 70,000 marks. The scope of the school is somewhat broader than that of the Leipsic school in that it attempts to provide courses especially suited for those in government service as well as for those engaged in commercial pursuits. At the head of the institution is Dr. Andreas Voigt, well known as an enthusiast over commercial education. Among the permanent instructors are to be noted Dr. Pohle from the University of Leipsic, who lectures on economics; Professor Burchard from the same university (commercial law), Dr. Paul Arndt (commercial policy), R. Lambert, fromn the Leipsic Commercial College (commerce), and Dr. von Moellendorff, formerly German consul (comimercial geography and consular system). Other professors from neighboring universities, and some public officials assist in the instruction, so that the faculty numbers twenty, with the announcement that others will be added. The attempt thus to establish an institution of higher learning independent of the existing universities is a somewhat interesting innovation. A professor in a neighboring Prussian university, in a conversation with the writer, characterized the new school as a "mock
- DOI
- 10.1086/250805
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 104-105
- Language
- en
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