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PRACTICAL INFORMATION  Implementation of the Bologna Declaration, Part III: Italy, Part IV: Austria by Robert Sedgwick Until quite recently, the Italian university system remained rigidly centralized. During the 1960s and 1970s, increased demand for university degrees brought about the massification of higher education in Italy, which in turn necessitated a complete overhaul of the system.  REGIONAL NEWS  Click below on the region of the country you wish to go.    Cuban Medical Scholarship Program Stirs Debate by Luke Reynolds In a late-night meeting in May 2000, Cuban President Fidel Castro extended an offer to U.S. Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, D-Miss., which promised to provide free medical education to 500 students from the impoverished regions of the American South. The congressman had been lamenting the poor health conditions in his state and the inadequate resources there for practical medical training. Thompson and other members of the Congressional Black Caucus responded positively to the offer, and four months later, Cuban lawmakers proposed a scholarship program for disadvantaged U.S. students. See full story on AMERICAS page  FEATURE  The Permanent Crisis of the Public University by Pablo Gentili A few moments of institutional splendor aside, the history of the Latin American university is a history of crisis. Indeed, because the words "crisis" and "university" go hand in hand in Latin America, and because the deep problems in which the university system now finds itself are so complex and vary so much from institution to institution, it is difficult to talk about the "crisis" in the singular.