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Participation, equality of opportunity and returns to tertiary education in contemporary Europe

Journal Article - 2014

Author: Gabriele Ballarino, Fabrizio Bernardi

The aim of the paper is to investigate the consequences of the expansion of higher education on two goals of the education system: promoting equity of educational opportunities and providing credentials that facilitate the matching of labour supply and demand. The first goal is typically studied by research on inequality of educational opportunity; the second… more

The Italian Labour Market as Perceived by Outstanding Upper Secondary School-Leavers

Journal Article - 2014

Author: Giancarlo Gasperoni

The article reports a set of findings drawn form a larger research programme, promoted by Italy’s National Federation of Knights of Labour, aiming to supply a profile of social characteristics and the tertiary education choices of particularly gifted students, who are contacted one year after having earned their upper secondary school diplomas. More specifically, results… more

The new Italian agency for the evaluation of the university system (ANVUR): a need for governance or legitimacy?

Journal Article - 2014

Author: Matteo Turri

After nearly 20 years of evaluation in Italian higher education, a new national agency for the evaluation of the university system (ANVUR) came into being in 2011. This article traces the history of evaluation in Italian universities, discussing the tasks assigned to the national evaluation bodies and their functions within the university system. In order… more

The permanent liminality. Transition and liminal change in the Italian university. A theoretical framework and early evidences

Chapter in edited book - 2014

Author: Massimiliano Vaira

Starting from the observation that in organizational studies the concept of transition is dealt more as an evocative term rather than an analytical object, the essay deals with transition and liminality applied to organizational change both in theoretical and empirical perspective. Firstly it provides a conceptual definition of transition and liminality. Secondly, a general theoretical… more

Nessuno mi può giudicare? L’università e la valutazione

Monograph - 2013

Author: Gianfranco Rebora

Profilo sociale e scelte formative dei diplomati eccellenti

Journal Article - 2013

Author: Giancarlo Gasperoni

Are exceptionally talented students leaving upper secondary education cycles any different from other school-leavers in terms of their post-secondary education choices? One would assume so and expect them – for example – to express a higher inclination for continuing their studies, engage in early decision-making, prefer more challenging and rewarding degree programmes, as well as… more

Rapporto preliminare sull’indagine CRUI “Valutazione interna della Ricerca”

Working Paper - 2013

Author: Elena Breno, Natalia Paganelli

Il paper analizza i risultati di una rilevazione della CRUI condotta nel 2012 sugli atenei italiani in merito a modalità e strumenti per la valutazione interna della ricerca.

The UK and Italian research assessment exercises face to face

Journal Article - 2013

Author: REBORA G., TURRI M.

In the UK the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) is being replaced by the Research Excellence Framework (REF); similarly, in Italy the former Research Evaluation Exercise (VTR 2001–2003) has been revised and extended and a new cycle of assessment was activated in Autumn 2011 (VQR 2004–2010). The analysis of the development and the consequences of both… more

The UK and Italian research assessment exercises face to face

Journal Article - 2013

Author: Rebora, G., Turri, M.

In the UK the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) is being replaced by the Research Excellence Framework (REF); similarly, in Italy the former Research Evaluation Exercise (VTR 2001–2003) has been revised and extended and a new cycle of assessment was activated in Autumn 2011 (VQR 2004–2010). The analysis of the development and the consequences of both… more

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01/07/2015

Varieties of Governance. Dynamics, Strategies, Capacities

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The study of governance may be currently in fashion, but it is also a firmly-established lens through which the complexities of contemporary policy making can be analysed while examining the ways in which a society and its political processes are organized and steered. [...]