March 27, 2008
BUT THE MALAISE HIT DURING NERO'S REIGN:
A malaise hits Italian academiaElisabetta Povoledo, March 27, 2008, IHT)
After five years at the Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona, where she is about to receive a PhD in economics, Ines Buono is ready to come home.Posted by Orrin Judd at March 27, 2008 3:03 PMShe wants to teach and pursue her scholarly interests, which include tracking the possible impact of Turkey's entry into the European Union, but Italy's stagnant academic job market offers meager prospects to the 30-year old researcher.
Run by a select cadre of aging academics, ivory towers in Italy are as well defended as Fort Knox, but without the gold.
Comments
ivory towers in Italy are as well defended as Fort Knox, but without the gold
Isn't it also true with American ivory towers?
Posted by: ic at March 27, 2008 3:34 PMic: American ivory towers (at least in the hard sciences) have more gold than you can believe.
Posted by: b at March 27, 2008 5:13 PM