iosr-JRME   Volume-15 ~ Issue-4 ~ Jul. – Aug. 2025

Abstract: Background: The school curriculum represents a fundamental component of education systems, significantly influencing social inclusion, access to employment, and the development of competencies for global citizenship. In Italy’s upper secondary education, the curriculum has undergone notable transformations between 2022 and 2024, particularly in connection with national reform initiatives and digital innovation policies. Materials and Methods: This article adopts a critical-pedagogical approach to analyze recent curricular reforms in upper secondary education in Italy....

Keywords: School curriculum, Upper secondary education, National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) – School 4.0, educational guidance.

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Abstract: Public research universities, particularly land-grant institutions in the United States of America (USA), face mounting fiscal pressures, aging physical infrastructure, and intensifying competition for external funding. Simultaneously, the rapid decline in the cost of high-performance computing and the rise of scalable cloud services have redefined what is possible in data-intensive research. It is presented herein that transitioning from traditional field and bench-based methodologies to computational, cloud-enabled workflows is no longer optional but strategically essential........

Key Words: Cyberinfrastructure; Computational Research; High-Performance Computing (HPC); Cloud Computing; Data Science; Reproducibility; Land-Grant Institutions; Workforce Development; Funding Agencies.

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Abstract: Public research universities face converging pressures: shrinking appropriations, decreasing grant success rates, and rising facility costs. However, the last decade has also seen the emergence of inexpensive cloud cycles, open-source analytics, and exabyte-scale data that redefine discovery. This article presents an argument that a focused transition to computational innovation, simulation, artificial intelligence, and data-intensive methodologies offers the potential to transform resource scarcity into a strategic advantage. Shared cyberinfrastructure has the potential to reduce project expenses, expedite publication by eliminating time-consuming iterative processes, and generate additional revenue through collaborative industry analytics.....

Keywords: Computational Research; Cyberinfrastructure; Fiscal Austerity; Artificial Intelligence; Data-Driven Decision Making; Interdisciplinary Innovation.

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