Going to College: How Social, Economic, and Educational Factors Influence the Decisions Students Make

by Jack Schmit, Nick Vesper, Don Hossler

Book Overview

Going to College tells the powerful story of how high school students make choices about postsecondary education. Drawing on their unprecedented nine-year study of high school students, the authors explore how students and their parents negotiate these important decisions. Family background, finances, education, information--all influence students' plans after high school and the career paths they pursue, as do the more subtle messages...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801860016
• ISBN13: 9780801860010
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"