Journal Article - 2019
Author: Giliberto Capano, Andrea Pritoni, Giulia Vicentini
Governments pursue their goals by adopting various mixes of policy instruments. This article proposes a specific operationalisation of these mixes and applies it to the analysis of reforms that many Western European governments have pursued, as they have adopted a similar policy design in their higher education systems (HESs) over the last 20 years. In… moreJournal Article - 2019
Author: Giliberto Capano and Andrea Pritoni
As a result of domestic pressure or international prescription, many national higher education systems (HESs) in Europe have undergone structural changes over the last 30 years. These changes have been made primarily to enhance the overall performance – defined as students’ access, quality of teaching, and excellence in research – of universities. As such, almost… moreJournal Article - 2017
Author: Michele Rostan and Adriana Stan
Relying on various sources of data, the article aims to prove an overview on Italian graduates’ employment and labour market participation in times of economic crisis. It provides a short description of Italy’s higher education, economy and labour market, and an analysis of graduate employment, especially focusing on fresh graduates. Three possible views on the… moreChapter in edited book - 2017
Author: Eliana Baici - Davide Servetti - Carmen Aina - Michele Rostan - Giacomo Balduzzi - Giorgia Casalone
Questo contributo presenta le premesse e i primi risultati del progetto pilota CivicNeet-Sviluppo di comunità promosso da una associazione di volontariato di Novara in collaborazione con un gruppo di studiosi di diverse estrazioni disciplinari, in particolare sociologi, economisti e giuristi, e finanziato dalla Fondazione Cariplo. Il progetto, tuttora in corso di realizzazione, si propone di… more
Monograph - 2017
Author: GILIBERTO CAPANO - MARINO REGINI - MATTEO TURRI
Il dibattito sull’università italiana sta finalmente uscendo dai confini angusti degli addetti ai lavori e dalle polemiche annose, grazie anche a recenti e corpose indagini empiriche. Spesso però le interpretazioni che ne derivano si limitano a riproporre antichi stereotipi, contrapponendo le colpe dei governi a quelle delle università o delle corporazioni accademiche. Nell’affrontare la crisi… moreChapter in edited book - 2017
Author: Monia Anzivino and Michele Rostan
Student university experience is not limited to class attendance. In fact students may be involved in various out-of-class activities implying both horizontal interaction with peers and vertical interaction with faculty. The participation in these activities may influence both students’ performance and career.
Monograph - 2016
Author: Giliberto Capano, Marino Regini, Matteo Turri
This book critically examines the ramifications of reforms to higher education institutions. All of the higher education system reforms implemented in western countries over the last three decades have had one fundamentally important aim: namely, that of changing the existing institutional and system governance arrangements. This book argues that within this general framework, Italy is… moreJournal Article - 2016
Author: G. Luzzatto
Vengono qui suggeriti precisi contenuti per il decreto che dovrà definire quelle innovazioni, nel sistema di accesso alla professione docente, che in termini generali sono state disposte nella legge 107 del 2015 (“Buona Scuola”). Mentre le attuali procedure sono scoraggianti per i bravi laureati, con incertezze e precariato anche dopo un impegnativo percorso abilitante, tale… moreJournal Article - 2016
Author: Salini, S. Turri, M.
This article suggests the use of statistical analysis, based on revenue data, to measure institutional diversity. The financial statements of universities in Italy and in England are thoroughly examined in order to emphasize the levels of diversity within these two different university systems; to understand the causes of the variations; and to verify, from a… moreJournal Article - 2016
Author: Giacomo Balduzzi and Michele Rostan
The article aims at underlining the role played by extra-academic and autonomous organizations strongly connected with university institutions and researchers in producing, acquiring, transferring and transforming knowledge. The study examines a particular Italian case, the PolitecnicoCalzaturiero, a private institution providing technical training and research services operating in North-eastern Italy. The analysis of this experience suggests… more01/07/2015
