= Göttingen Eighteen
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The Göttingen Eighteen refers to a group of 18 professors from the University of Göttingen in Germany who signed a public statement in 2008 opposing certain aspects of the German government's proposed reforms to higher education, particularly concerning funding and the direction of academic research. Their statement emphasized the importance of academic freedom, the integrity of research, and the potential negative consequences of the reforms on the educational environment.
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