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Diego Boerchi; Stefano Cacciamani; Maria Beatrice Ligorio – Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 2024
This study aimed to investigate whether students' Distance Education (DE) acceptance is influenced by the same factors affecting the acceptance of new digital technology. Furthermore, we also study competencies and motivations as factors affecting DE's acceptance. The study was cross-sectional, and linear regressions tested the hypotheses. 165…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Psychology, College Students, Bachelors Degrees
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Matteo Bozzi; Roberto Mazzola; Italo Testa; Juliana Elisa Raffaghelli; Susanna Sancassani; Maurizio Zani – Cogent Education, 2024
Research on concerns about Emergency Remote Teaching has focused on teaching and management strategies, with some studies considering learners' satisfaction, reactions, learning and overall acceptance. The present case study, based on a survey on 3,183 undergraduate and postgraduate learners, aimed at investigating engineering students'…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Higher Education, Engineering Education, Distance Education
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Vettori, Giulia; Vezzani, Claudio; Bigozzi, Lucia; Pinto, Giuliana – Educational Psychology, 2021
By focussing on previous academic performance (AP) and conceptions of learning (COL), the present study aimed to predict different university outcomes (on-time, delayed, and dropout status). A cohort of 194 participants was followed longitudinally. Only 24 participants had obtained both bachelor's and master's degrees on time; 147 obtained their…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Dropouts, Time to Degree, College Freshmen
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Pirra, Miriam; Carboni, Angela; Diana, Marco – Education Sciences, 2020
Serious gaps are found when evaluating the recognition and inclusion of gender aspects in transport strategies, research and innovation. Similar issues can be spotted in the transport labor market, where only 22% of workers are women at the European level. The roots of these limitations are in the low participation of women in Science, Technology,…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Gender Bias, Disproportionate Representation, Equal Education
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Caricati, Luca; Chiesa, Rita; Guglielmi, Dina; Mariani, Marco Giovanni – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2016
The research undertaken for this article aims to analyse the correspondence between perceived employability and the actual national employment rate among Italian students and graduates undertaking different courses in a large Italian university. Data were collected through a cross-sectional survey of 2087 students in 19 faculties, and compared…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Employment Potential, Graduate Surveys, Comparative Analysis
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Agasisti, Tommaso; Dal Bianco, Antonio – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2009
In this article, we analyse the effects of teaching reforms in Italy. These were introduced in 1999, and changed the entire organization of university courses, where the Bachelor-Master (BA-MA) structure was adopted. The first step is to define the production process of higher education (HE). This process consists of several inputs (professors,…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Efficiency