The Italian university system has long been characterised by high non-completion rates,
though aggregate data show a slight reduction of dropouts in recent years. The most …

The New Public Management (NPM) governance framework was introduced into higher
education systems across the world in the 1990s and early 2000s following a period of huge …

Much attention has been paid to the idea and concept of accountability in higher education.
That attention can be traced back to two important and interrelated developments (see, for …

This paper deals with the role that an extensive use at local level of informal networks to
match workers to jobs can play in the university enrolments decisions of low socioeconomic …

In questo articolo, tramite l'applicazione di tecniche di decomposizione a un campione di
studenti universitari iscritti in differenti anni accademici, si mostra come il «miglioramento» …

According to theoretical and empirical evidence young workers are more likely to be
overeducated than adult ones, especially in countries where the educational attainments of …