Studies:
School, university and research
Culture is, for any country, a fundamental source of patrimony as well as an important asset for economic development. A country's standing in our age of the knowledge society, its overall growth (including social and cultural) and its attractiveness are, in fact, closely tied to its commitment to the development of human capital and research.
In the knowledge society, more education means greater competitiveness and probably also greater understanding of the world and one's self, therefore also greater happiness. As a result, investing attention, resources and energy into cultural assets can, today, be just as important as investing attention, resources and energy into economic and financial issues.
Nonetheless, the Italian educational system (taken in its broadest sense as a group of players—family, school, mass media, peer group—each of which provides to varying extent a contribution in terms of values, intellectual tools and training in the use of these tools) has not always been the recipient of this kind of attention, resources and energy. On the contrary, today's academic system has numerous problem areas which, in some cases, represent actual emergencies.
Within this overall context, Italian higher education and research (which have had in the past and continue to have problems in rising to the current competitive challenge) are experiencing a delicate period of transition from a glory-filled past to a difficult present and challenging future.
Thanks to the collaboration of high-level partners such as Siemens and the Conferenza dei Rettori delle Università Italiane (Conference of Italian University Chancellors) and in line with the above observations, The European House-Ambrosetti has initiated a specific line of study which, with the contribution of top national and international experts and opinion leaders, will be used to engage concrete open and in-depth debate around reforming and buttressing the educational system overall.
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