A Private University in Germany Modeled on College of the Atlantic

Over the last 10 years several private colleges were established in Germany (1). Most of them are sponsored directly by companies or corporations with powerful interests in economic matters and appropriately tailored education, for example, the Beisheim School. The Zeppelin University in Friedrichshafen also stresses economic interests, but supports extensive extracurricular studies. Up to now, however, no college like the College of the Atlantic has been established within the German-speaking countries or Europe as a whole. This call is intended to fill that gap. We propose to constitute a private college on the model of the College of the Atlantic. For these reason appropriate concepts for scientific work, study, organization and administration, locality, region, as well as finance and scholarship management need to be established vis-à-vis present socioeconomic conditions in Germany and Europe.