College Choice in America

by Charles F. Manski and David A. Wise

The most crucial choice a high school graduate makes is whether to attend college or to go to work. Here is the most sophisticated study of the complexities behind that decision.

Based on a unique data set of nearly 23,000 seniors from more than 1,300 high schools who were tracked over several years, the book treats the following questions in detail: Who goes to college? Does low family income prevent some young people from enrolling,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674422279
• ISBN13: 9780674422278
• Release Date: February 1983
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 221 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"