Friday, February 25, 2011

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Revision of the statutes, chaos in university departments destroys

from the www.terranews.it 02/25/2011
(Knowledge Network)
STOPGELMINI. The implementation of the reform in water on all sides and the rectors do not know how to get on.
The obligation to revise the statutes of the universities to adapt the law Gelmini sparked chaos at Italian universities. The text approved by Parliament, in fact, is at the same time very hard time in marking and very general in establishing the modalities of implementation. In practice, nobody knows what must be done, but the important thing is to do it fast and try to please the minister.

Even the election of the committee that must review the status of university and university change: elections by universal suffrage for all (Trieste), or at least for student representation (Messina), consultation with the Student Council (Padova), appointment from above by the rector (Napoli). A special case is Turin, where the Senate democratically appointed two students had representatives but the chancellor has refused to name one, since both are opponents of reform. Catania A presentation by the rector of blocked lists in the Senate and Board of Directors has created the revolt of the principals, threatening an appeal to the TAR, as students, temporary workers and researchers are still asking the mobilization process of democratic participation.

The theme of democracy, moreover, is on the agenda everywhere: in Bologna the students have repeatedly blocked the meetings of the governing bodies to demand that the final text of the amended statute is subject to referendum, as they did in Macerata burst at the opening of the academic year to support its petition. But the current climate is completely different: more than a referendum, may even skip the regular election of student representatives. Some presidents, in fact, are interpreted ultrarestrittivo paragraph 9 of Article 2 of the Gelmini Law, which extended the mandate of the governing bodies for the review of the statutes.

is clear that this does not impede the renewal of the student representatives, and some presidents, such as those of Florence and Pisa, have already called the elections respecting the natural expiration of the mandate. In Turin and Padua, however, has formed a strange (but not published) alliance between the barons and the worst parts of student representation, ready to violate every democratic logic to avoid losing the seat.

Meanwhile, the race continues to the association among universities: after the union of Bari, Foggia, Lecce, Molise and Basilicata, Campania, now it's up to the universities. The protocol signed by the president and the minister Gelmini Caldoro already speaks, explicitly, cutting degree programs. But the healthy part of the university is not to look: LINK-University Coordination, the Italian Association of Students, the Coordination Precarious University, the Network on April 29 and the National Coordination of Associate Professors have drawn together 10 points, 10 joint proposals students, students, temporary workers, researchers and professors, to bring in all the committees. The fight continues.

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