I grandi numeri dell'istruzione secondaria e terziaria

This works deals with the “big” changes occurred in the upper secondary (high school) and tertiary education in Italy in the last 20 years. It can be divided into three steps: 1. High school, 2. High school-university transition; 3. University enrollment and careers. High school. With reference to upper secondary education, the educational attendance and attainment have reached very good results in the last 60 years, as 90% of the young students get nowadays a high school diploma with some differences in favor of the northern-central regions of the country. Moreover, there have been profound changes in the choices relating to the type of high school: a decrease of the students attending the…