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University teacher’s teaching load and academic freedom

BVerwG 6 BN 1/11, 6 BN 1/11 (6 CN 1/11)Bverwg / Division 6Dec 5, 2011Granted

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The Federal Administrative Court upheld the complaint against the refusal to admit revision in a dispute concerning the teaching load of a university professor. It held that the case has fundamental importance because it may clarify when a professor’s own teaching offers must be credited toward the teaching obligation and whether an excess teaching offer can require a reduction of that obligation in light of academic freedom under Art. 5(3) GG. The court also set the dispute value for the complaint and provisional revision proceedings.

Omnilex headnote

§ 132 Abs. 2 Nr. 1 VwGO; Art. 5 Abs. 3 GG; admission of revision for fundamental importance in cases concerning university teaching duties. A complaint against non-admission of revision is well-founded where the dispute is capable of clarifying, in abstract and general terms, the conditions under which teaching events offered by a university lecturer are to be credited against the teaching obligation and whether an excess teaching offer may necessitate a reduction of that obligation. The requisite fundamental importance may arise from the need to delineate the scope of academic freedom in relation to statutory teaching duties (consid. 1).

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BVerwG — 6 BN 1/11, 6 BN 1/11 (6 CN 1/11), Beschluss

Entscheidungsdatum: 2011-12-05

Aktenzeichen: 6 BN 1/11, 6 BN 1/11 (6 CN 1/11)

Dokumenttyp: Beschluss

Normen: § 132 Abs 2 Nr 1 VwGO, Art 5 Abs 3 GG

Vorinstanz: vorgehend Oberverwaltungsgericht für das Land Schleswig-Holstein, 24. Februar 2011, Az: 3 KN 1/09, Urteil

Spruchkörper: 6. Senat

Titelzeile

Umfang der Lehrverpflichtung eines Hochschullehrers

Gründe

1 Die Beschwerde des Antragstellers gegen die Nichtzulassung der Revision ist begründet. Die Rechtssache hat die geltend gemachte grundsätzliche Bedeutung (§ 132 Abs. 2 Nr. 1 VwGO). Sie kann zur Klärung der Fragen beitragen, unter welchen Voraussetzungen vor dem Hintergrund der durch Art. 5 Abs. 3 Satz 1 GG verbürgten Freiheit von Wissenschaft, Forschung und Lehre von einem Hochschullehrer angebotene Lehrveranstaltungen auf dessen Lehrverpflichtung anzurechnen sind und ein Überangebot in der Lehre eine Verminderung der Lehrverpflichtung zur Folge haben muss.

2 Die Streitwertfestsetzung für das Beschwerdeverfahren folgt aus § 47 Abs. 1 und 3, § 52 Abs. 2 GKG; die vorläufige Streitwertfestsetzung für das Revisionsverfahren beruht auf § 47 Abs. 1, § 52 Abs. 2, § 63 Abs. 1 Satz 1 GKG.

Keywords

academic freedomteaching obligationrevision admissibilityfundamental importanceuniversity lecturercrediting lectures

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Key legal questions extracted by Omnilex

Key legal question

Whether revision should be admitted for a case on counting university teaching offerings toward a professor’s teaching obligation in light of academic freedom.

Extracted holding

Yes. The case raises a question of fundamental importance that can clarify when lectures offered by a professor count toward the teaching obligation and when an excess teaching offer requires reducing that obligation.

Extracted reasoning

The court found that clarification was needed under Art. 5(3) GG regarding the relationship between academic freedom and the allocation of teaching duties; this satisfied the requirement of fundamental significance under § 132(2) no. 1 VwGO.

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