I am studying media art at the University for Arts and Design Karlsruhe, Germany [1]. It was founded in the nineties, alongside ZKM, the Museum for new media [2

I am studying media art at the University for Arts and Design Karlsruhe, Germany [1]. It was founded in the nineties, alongside ZKM, the Museum for new media [2]. One of the founding principles of the school was to limit professor tenure to three years, regardless of the performance. The idea behind it was to prevent the school to become a morass of old ideas and stay competitive in a new field. It succeeded to a degree, especially with regard to the sheer number of different artistic positions that get to be represented at a small university. It is not without fault however - the quality of teaching is not constant; after a professor leaves there is oftentimes a semester of emptiness until a new one arrives. And while the students can not fire a professor, they have a vote in the committee that decides which person to hire as the next professor. [1] http://www.hfg-karlsruhe.de/ http://www.hfg-karlsruhe.de/ [2] http://zkm.de/ http://zkm.de/