Over the period 1995-1998 Italy experienced an expansion of its higher education supply with the aim of reducing regional differences in educational attainment. This paper evaluates the effects of this policy by combining differences across provinces in the number of campuses constructed with...

This report is based on the views and experiences of education and business leaders who have been part of the 10-year effort to improve education. It also includes a summary of "A nation at risk," the document which initiated much of the reform effort