In this paper, we analyse the role of social origins in the shaping of university participation in the province of Trento (North-East of Italy) from 2000 to 2012. This long-term view gives us the chance to test the role played by the Bologna process and by the economic crisis. More precisely, this setting allows us to analyse its effects on inequality of educational opportunity in the face of two opposite situations. The first, subsequent to the Bologna process, is characterised by a huge increase in the enrolment rate at the university. In the second situation, subsequent to the economic crisis, a huge decline in higher education participation can be observed. Using data on upper secondary school graduates in the province of Trento and applying logistic models, we find that inequality of educational opportunity tends to diminish during educational expansion, while it increases with the persistence of the economic crisis.
Social Inequalities in Higher Education Participation in Trentino from the Bologna Process to the Great Recession (2000-2012)
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Vergolini L. (2018) "Social Inequalities in Higher Education Participation in Trentino from the Bologna Process to the Great Recession (2000-2012)
" Italian Journal of Sociology of Education, 10(3), 269-296. DOI: 10.14658/PUPJ-IJSE-2018-3-13
Year of Publication
2018
Journal
Italian Journal of Sociology of Education
Volume
10
Issue Number
3
Start Page
269
Last Page
296
Date Published
11/2018
ISSN Number
2035-4983
Serial Article Number
13
DOI
10.14658/PUPJ-IJSE-2018-3-13
Section
Articles