Ulrich Teichler, born 1942, since 1978 (full) professor at the International Centre for Higher Education Research Kassel and at the Department for Social Sciences of the University of Kassel. Ulrich Teichler was Director of the International Centre for Higher Education Research Kassel for altogether 16 years. Research areas: 1. Changing relationships between education and employment systems and related policies. 2. Interaction of structural and content relationships between education and employment. 3. Institutional patterns in higher education. Educational policy. 4. The academic profession. 5. Educational and organizational impacts of international cooperation and mobility programmes.