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Social Class and College Costs: Examining the Financial Nexus Between College Choice and Persistence
- The Journal of Higher Education
- The Ohio State University Press
- Volume 73, Number 2, March/April 2002
- pp. 189-236
- 10.1353/jhe.2002.0023
- Article
- Additional Information
This study examined how students' enrollment responses to college costs--in both college choice and persistence decisions--vary by social class. Findings revealed substantial class-based patterns of enrollment behavior in response to prematriculation perceptions of college costs and actual postmatriculation costs, consistently restricting postsecondary opportunities for lower-income relative to higher-income students.