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Title: Demand for College: The Effect of Local Colleges on Attendance
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1. Sandell, Steven H.
Demand for College: The Effect of Local Colleges on Attendance
Report, Center for Human Resource Research, The Ohio State University, June 1976
Cohort(s): Young Men, Young Women
Publisher: Center for Human Resource Research
Keyword(s): Colleges; Parental Influences; Schooling

This study finds that only limited additional college enrollment is associated with the existence of local public colleges. While this result conflicts with widely held assumptions, it is consistent with previous research and probably due to the limited effect of attending a local college on the total cost (including foregone earnings) of investment in higher education. The proximity of a college induces persons who would have enrolled in out-of-town institutions to attend college locally. Local two-year public colleges increase the likelihood that white women and black men will seek higher education. Furthermore, the college attendance decision is often made at the time the student enters high school, i.e., academic curriculum explains a large portion of the variance in college enrollment demand among individuals. Hence, the decision to go to college is at the very least heavily influenced by parents.
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Sandell, Steven H. "Demand for College: The Effect of Local Colleges on Attendance." Report, Center for Human Resource Research, The Ohio State University, June 1976.