STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 461, sig. 109-4/206

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- 3 - 9. The complaint is often filed over a serious idleness of some university offices.Viewohl is undoubtedly working very hard on these posts, since urgent matters remain unfinished and files disappear partially or completely.A well-managed planning is still missing here. The budget cuts in teaching chairs in relation to the previous level have led to strong disconcerts, in particular the conversion of 4 ordinaries from the General Department of the Technical Universities into extraordinaries. The expansion of some faculties is extremely slow, mainly due to the slow completion of the occupation process.The level of occupation at the Prague universities is as follows: Deutsche Karls-Universität. Chairs available: Unoccupied: Faculty of Law: 12 8 Faculty of Medicine: 21 6 Faculty of Humanities: 27 10 Faculty of Natural Sciences: 18 13 Together: 78 37. . Deutsche Technische Hochschule. Department of Civil Engineering: ll +2 Department of Architecture: 9 Department of Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering: 10 3 General Department plus Chemistry: 16 8 Together: 43 22. All the chairs where recruitment proposals or appeals have already been made have been designated as vacant, but no appointment has yet been made. 4. Individual faculties continue to suffer from an unbearable nature of the management of some deans, with intrigues and personal torments playing an essential role.This is particularly true of the Faculty of Philosophy.Unfortunately, the dean of this faculty is still supported by the rector of the university.