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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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College Bound Students1
College Choice1
Decision Making1
Fathers1
Gender Issues1
Higher Education1
Mothers1
Parent Participation1
Social Capital1
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British Educational Research…1
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Brooks, Rachel1
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Journal Articles1
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Higher Education1
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Parents1
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'My Mum Would Be as Pleased as Punch if I Actually Went, but My Dad Seems a Bit More Particular about It': Paternal Involvement in Young People's Higher Education Choices
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Brooks, Rachel – British Educational Research Journal, 2004
Research on parental involvement in educational 'choice', as well as in educational processes more generally, has highlighted clear disparities between the close and active involvement of mothers and the more distant role of fathers. While this article does not question the broad patterns identified by such studies, it does suggest that, in some…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Fathers, College Choice, Parent Participation