ITALY HIGHER EDUCATION REFORMS STALLED AS MONTI GOVERNMENT TOTTERS
December 1st, 2012
BY LEE ADENDOORF, IN LUCCA
With Italy tottering on the brink of a political crisis that could topple the technocrat government of Mario Monti before Christmas, proposed higher education reforms will probably be stalled at least until a new government is formed following Spring elections, and maybe longer. The proposals sponsor education minister Francesco Profumo, also rector of the Politecnico di Torino, has said he will not stay in his job following the polls and could even leave before the New Year.
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