POOR FUNDING AND LACK OF COMPETITION STUNT QUALITY IN ITALIAN UNIVERSITIES

BY LEE ADENDORFF ITALY: Poor funding and weak competition stunt Italian universities Lee Adendorff Full report on the University World News site ITALY: Poor funding and weak competition stunt Italian universities Lee Adendorff Despite being home to Europe's oldest higher education university, Italy has fared less than brilliantly in the latest Times Higher Education (THE) rankings. The University of Milan, and its sister institution the University of Milan Bicocca, came in at joint 228th place in the 2011 THE rankings, the highest-placed Italian institutions ...


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