According to a survey by the Eurispes Research Institute on Schools and Universities, 79% of university teachers think that the Italian university contributes "a lot" (25.3%) and "enough" (53.7%) to the general culture of students. For 72.5% it also transfers not only notions but also analytical and critical skills, while for 71.3% it provides specific knowledge and skills useful in the world of work, and for 65.1% it facilitates, through the degree, entry into the labor market and encourages the comparison of ideas and points of view (64.3%). The majority of professors (58.1%) do not share the idea that in Italy too often the university represents a "parking lot" waiting for job opportunities. For 58.5%, the university is losing centrality as a channel for qualified education, and for 62.1% it would be appropriate to modulate university offerings so as to strengthen STEM disciplines. Conversely, 73.8% do not think that the share of university graduates in Italy is higher than market demands, nor do they think that the university supply in Italy is adequate to the demands of the labor market (68.9%).
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