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Discursive Practices about Third Mission. A Survey from Italian Universities' Official Websites
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della Volpe, Maddalena; Esposito, Francesca – Quality in Higher Education, 2020
This article aims to analyse Italian universities' official websites discursive practices to assess their involvement in the university third mission: the contribution by universities to the social and economic development of the environment in which they act. To achieve it, textual data were extracted from the official websites of the 91 Italian…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Universities, Institutional Mission, Educational Quality
Dynamic Clustering to Evaluate Satisfaction with Teaching at University
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Bassi, Francesca – International Journal of Educational Management, 2018
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to measure students' satisfaction with the didactics in a large Italian university, that of Padua, giving special attention to its evolution over time in consecutive academic years. The overall level of the quality of the didactics is examined and its change over time is modeled. Moreover, the effect of…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Markov Processes, Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes
Seven Keys for Implementing the Self-Evaluation, Periodic Evaluation and Accreditation (AVA) Method, to Improve Quality and Student Satisfaction in the Italian Higher Education System
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Murmura, Federica; Casolani, Nicola; Bravi, Laura – Quality in Higher Education, 2016
This paper develops a theoretical framework that could facilitate the application of the Autovalutazione, Valutazione periodica, Accreditamento (AVA) method in Italian universities, trying to simplify the use of this approach, and to cover the existing gap between Italy and others European academic institutions. The new competitive environment in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Program Implementation, Self Evaluation (Groups)
Education Policy Outlook: Italy
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Figueroa, Diana Toledo; Golden, Gillian; Giovinazzo, Manon; Jankova, Bojana; Horvathova, Michaela – OECD Publishing, 2017
This policy profile on education in Italy is part of the "Education Policy Outlook" series, which presents comparative analysis of education policies and reforms across The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries. Building on the OECD's substantial comparative and sectorial policy knowledge base, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Educational Trends, Trend Analysis
A Method to Measure the Quality on Teaching Evaluation of the University System: The Italian Case
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Iezzi, Domenica Fioredistella – Social Indicators Research, 2005
Since 1999, Italian Universities have been monitoring teaching using students opinions to improve the quality of the education process. The acceleration of the evaluation has been promoted by ministerial laws, that have obliged Universities to write reports containing the main results. In this paper, the aim is to find a method to classify the…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Educational Quality, Universities, Foreign Countries
Lifelong Learning and Environmental Education.
Filho, Walter Leal, Ed. – 1997
This book, which was prepared in the context of the Fifth International Conference on Adult Education, consists of a summary of the conference workshop "Environmental Education for Adults," 11 papers reviewing promising trends and developments in environmental learning in selected countries and contexts, and an introduction to the 25th…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Careers, Community Education