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February 11, 2013
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German Fascination With Degrees Claims Latest Victim: Education Minister
Tobias Schwarz/Reuters
Education Minister Annette Schavan, left, with Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday.
By NICHOLAS KULISH and CHRIS COTTRELL
Published: February 9, 2013
BERLIN — For 32 years, the German education minister’s 351-page dissertation sat on a shelf at Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf gathering dust while its author pursued a successful political career that carried her to the highest circles of the German government.