The challenge of the Third Mission of Italian Universities: A new path for inclusive growth and the development of the person

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Abstract

Italian Universities, under some social, cultural and economic pressures, have been called to change the institutional action adding to the two traditional missions, on the one hand the Didactics for a qualified training and on the other the Research, a new objective (called "Third Mission") aimed at continuous interaction with the social environment, school institutions and the business world to create the basis for a common project of development. The aim of the paper is to analyze the change of Italian university system through the evolution of the two traditional functions and illustrate a new path within which the University should promote the growth of the person through the acquisition of competence and awareness, and also the constructive dialogue between historically distinct systems: education, research and innovation.

• #Third Mission
• #networking
• #knowledge transfer