An institutional mechanism to reduce internal competition? A hypothesis about the diffusion of satellite universities in Italy

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4097524
AutoresValentina Goglio (0000-0001-6341-4815, University of Milan, autor correspondente), Paolo Parigi (Stanford University)
Ano2016
Volume41
Fascículo8
Páginas1495-1513
Data de publicação2016-08-02
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoStudies in Higher Education (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0307-5079 • E-ISSN: 1470-174X
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03075079.2014.981517
OpenAlexW2035878840
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas5
Referências citadas12

This paper sheds light on the development of a peculiar organizational form in the Italian higher education system: satellite campuses. In comparison with other European countries, the Italian system shows peculiarities in terms of differentiation and power distribution among institutional actors. Building on the idea that the opening of a satellite campus might be the result of a convergence of interests among two actors (the academic oligarchy, that is, tenured faculty members, and local governments) at the expenses of a third (the state), the paper provides evidence about a statistically significant and robust association between the level of internal 'academic crowding' at a university and the chances of opening one or more satellite campuses. This supports the hypothesis that the creation of satellite campuses may have been welcomed and favored by tenured professors for diverting internal competition for academic posts and preserving the distribution of power in the parent university

Higher education · Oligarchy · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Satellite · Sociology · University system · Engineering · Higher Education Governance and Development · Intellectual Capital and Performance Analysis · Italy: Economic History and Contemporary Issues · Law