In Italy, the establishment of online universities was officially sanctioned by the 2003 Finance Act. Despite this, academic research on the topic remains limited. Online universities are often perceived as having lower academic prestige and are commonly associated with students seeking degrees primarily for public sector employment. However, these institutions also provide significant...
This contribution presents the research conducted as part of the PRIN 2022 project From High School to University: Assessing Peers’ Influence in Educational Inequalities and Performances, carried out by the research units of Cagliari, Florence, and Salerno and has the main aim to provide an insight on its two main objectives and research outcomes.
The research provides evidence for analysing...
This study investigates the role of socioeconomic status (SES) in shaping educational trajectories during the critical transition from lower to upper secondary education in Italy. Drawing on data from the INVALSI-SNV longitudinal dataset (2014–2019), which includes approximately one million students across two cohorts, we examine how both individual and classroom-level SES affect track...
Girls, historically disadvantaged, outperform boys in education across most OECD countries, despite persistent gender gaps in STEM and labour markets. While boys outperform girls in standardised math assessments, girls consistently receive higher grades across subjects. This paradox has sparked growing interest in the Gender Grading Gap (GGG), defined as the advantage girls receive in...
