THE RISE OF THE EDUCATIONAL LEVEL OF GREEK MOTHERS AND ITS INFLUENCE ON THE ORIENTATION OF TECHNICAL COLLEGE STUDENTS

data covering all educational levels. Many such
data pertain to the social provenance of higher
education students. One of the most interesting
aspects is the parents’ educational level which, in
addition to a university student’s choices, plays a
very important role in the attainment of the
student’s goals. Our interest focuses on the
difference in the educational level between the two
parents of Technical College (T.E.I.) students
during a series of academic years with the intent to
demonstrate that, although the fathers’ educational
level is generally higher than that of the mothers’,
the latter has shown a significant rise during a
fifteen year period (1984/1985-1999/2000). Our
findings reveal that the proportion of mothers of
T.E.I. students with an educational level higher
than high school is increasing, while, at the same
time, the number of mothers of the aforesaid
students with an elementary school educational
level is decreasing.