In recent years, across Europe, the economic crisis has resulted in an increased pressure on education systems. Notably, Italy has been one of the countries that has experienced the most severe reduction in public expenditure in the education sector. In the described conditions, Italian governmental institutions have started to perform rationalisation actions, aimed at modifying the current configuration of the existing facilities offering educational services (either by entirely closing and merging some of them, or by downsizing or transferring capacities), in order to increase the affordability of the system while still providing a required minimum service level. These strategic choices may have a lasting impact; therefore, there is a need for appropriate decision support tools capable of assisting planners. For this reason, after a description of the context and a review of the current literature, this paper presents two novel mathematical models for addressing rationalisation decisions in the Italian education system. The usability of such models is tested by means of real-world case studies, offering interesting insights.

Institutions and facility mergers in the Italian education system: Models and case studies / Bruno, Giuseppe; Esposito, Emilio; Genovese, Andrea; Piccolo, Carmela. - In: SOCIO-ECONOMIC PLANNING SCIENCES. - ISSN 0038-0121. - 53:(2016), pp. 23-32. [10.1016/j.seps.2015.11.001]

Institutions and facility mergers in the Italian education system: Models and case studies

BRUNO, GIUSEPPE;ESPOSITO, EMILIO;PICCOLO, CARMELA
2016

Abstract

In recent years, across Europe, the economic crisis has resulted in an increased pressure on education systems. Notably, Italy has been one of the countries that has experienced the most severe reduction in public expenditure in the education sector. In the described conditions, Italian governmental institutions have started to perform rationalisation actions, aimed at modifying the current configuration of the existing facilities offering educational services (either by entirely closing and merging some of them, or by downsizing or transferring capacities), in order to increase the affordability of the system while still providing a required minimum service level. These strategic choices may have a lasting impact; therefore, there is a need for appropriate decision support tools capable of assisting planners. For this reason, after a description of the context and a review of the current literature, this paper presents two novel mathematical models for addressing rationalisation decisions in the Italian education system. The usability of such models is tested by means of real-world case studies, offering interesting insights.
2016
Institutions and facility mergers in the Italian education system: Models and case studies / Bruno, Giuseppe; Esposito, Emilio; Genovese, Andrea; Piccolo, Carmela. - In: SOCIO-ECONOMIC PLANNING SCIENCES. - ISSN 0038-0121. - 53:(2016), pp. 23-32. [10.1016/j.seps.2015.11.001]
File in questo prodotto:
Non ci sono file associati a questo prodotto.

I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.

Utilizza questo identificativo per citare o creare un link a questo documento: https://hdl.handle.net/11588/642747
Citazioni
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.pmc??? ND
  • Scopus 15
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.isi??? 10
social impact