After all, the new Bavarian Minister of Science, Markus Blume, managed to get the university reform that had been planned for two years, hard-fought, constantly changed and yet unsuccessful, through the cabinet with relatively little noise.
However, the question is whether the desired adoption in the state parliament can take place before the start of the summer holidays.
The fact that the universities of applied sciences (HAW) should be given the right to award doctorates will prove to be a mistake.
The CSU thus makes a significant contribution to blurring the differences between universities and HAWs or technical colleges.
Most of the cornerstones of the reform, which once came from Söder's state chancellery and not from the Ministry of Science, have been quashed, and the far-reaching governance reform has been dropped.
Presidential Colleges
The criticism put forward by 9,000 humanities and social scientists that their subjects should be measured according to the amount of third-party funds raised, following the British example, is not refuted.
The university reform is clearly aimed at the natural sciences and technology-related subjects, for which spin-offs and company investments are made easier.
It makes sense to give universities greater autonomy in the use of funds and the construction of new buildings.
But that must not lead to even greater presidential bliss.