Moonlighting stars exposed

Article Abstract:

Studenti, a web-based student magazine in Italy, has been inundated with complaints about academics who have been neglecting their teaching duties in order to spend large amounts of time on contract work in private universities after issuing a request in early-2003 for current students to report on lecturers so that prospective students could make an informed choice about courses that they were considering. One report looked at a senior professor of economics at an university in Rome who, in a period in which he was supposed to deliver 22 one-hour lectures, only turned up for 12, often very late, and who was also absent when scheduled to receive students. The professor was discovered to also be teaching at a private university in Rome, as well as serving as a consultant to several companies.

Company legal issue, Cases, Investigations, Educational aspects, Studenti (Periodical)

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Italy takes down nepotists..

Article Abstract:

The Conservative Government in Italy is forcing through radical reforms to the system through which academics are recruited and employed. The stated aim of the legislation is to eliminate the culture of nepotism that exists in awarding jobs and to encourage productivity by doing away with lifelong jobs on the lower levels of the academic ladder.

Labor force information, Employment, Administration of General Economic Programs, Jobs & Employment, Prevention, Scholars, Nepotism

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Curb on corruption

Article Abstract:

The corruption in the appointment of teachers through competitive exams is rampant as many heads of the department are actively involved in the malpractices of threatening the examining panel. Fabio Mussi, the University Minister of Italy has decided to file a lawsuit in all the corruption cases in future.

Government domestic functions, Public affairs, Employee Recruitment, Ethics, Social policy, Ethical aspects, Corruption investigation, Cabinet officers, Cabinet officials, Mussi, Fabio

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