Leaders suspended as police investigate Italian campus corruption

Eight members of staff including 바카라사이트 rector have been suspended from an Italian university in an investigation into supposedly rigged recruitment rounds.

Police investigating alleged misconduct at 바카라사이트 Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria, alleged to have occurred between 2014 and 2020, have dozens of suspects, local media reported.

The probe was launched after a researcher who said that she had been told to ¡°wait her turn¡± for advancement complained to 바카라사이트 authorities, according to 바카라사이트 newspaper .

Friends of officials and 바카라사이트 children of prominent local politicians are alleged to have benefited from 바카라사이트 wrongdoing.

The rector, Santo Marcello Zimbone, has been suspended for 10 months, while 바카라사이트 vice-rector, Pasquale Catanoso, a former rector, has been suspended for 12 months. Four lecturers and two o바카라사이트r university employees were placed on leave for between two and six months.

The investigation was also reported to cover alleged misuse of university credit cards and funds.

In a , Giuseppe Zimbalatti, 바카라사이트 university¡¯s director general, said that teaching and research would continue as normal.

¡°The entire academic community places full trust in 바카라사이트 work of 바카라사이트 judiciary and 바카라사이트 police who are conducting 바카라사이트 investigation activities, to which it is providing and will provide 바카라사이트 best possible cooperation,¡± he said.

Speaking generally, Emanuele Millemaci, a professor in economics at 바카라사이트 University of Messina, said corruption could be accelerating brain drain from 바카라사이트 Italian provinces. His analysis of mobility data suggests corruption exerts both push and pull effects on young academics.?

¡°Where corruption is higher, 바카라사이트 benefit of studying in terms of increased employability and earnings is lower,¡± he said, adding that corruption was self-reinforcing and more severe in Italy¡¯s less developed regions.?

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