Should be noted that this is only one segment of german job education. There are of course also classical university courses without much or any contact to real

Should be noted that this is only one segment of german job education. There are of course also classical university courses without much or any contact to real job experience. Also, what they describe is less the University route than the non-university route, being educated by and in the business. Germany has also universities that cooperate with business, but that's not the norm. The classical division is between universities (Studium) and education at the job (Ausbildung). Not sure how universities could learn from the latter, as it is an alternative to them.