Higher education reform in Italy: Tightening regulation instead of steering at a distance

Higher Education Policy

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 215-234

  Donina, Davide ^a,b   Meoli, Michele ^a   Paleari, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gelmini reform; governance regime; higher education reform; Italy; public management reform narratives; university governance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928731234     PISSN: 09528733     EISSN: 17403863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/hep.2014.6     Document Type: Article

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