College Choice in America

by Charles F. Manski and David A. Wise

Book Overview

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, or does scholarship...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674141253
• ISBN13: 9780674141254
• Release Date: March 1983
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.6"