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ERIC Number: EJ127952
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1975
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The Distributive Effects of Public Junior College Availability
Tinto, Vincent
Research in Higher Education, 3, 3, 261-74, 75
A study of over 8,000 1966 Illinois high school seniors of different sex, ability and social-status in 25 different communities, suggests that the local availability of a public junior college serves largely to alter patterns of college-going by substituting attendance locally for attendance elsewhere in a manner inversely related to social status. (Editor/JT)
Descriptors: College Choice, Community Colleges, Educational Opportunities, Educational Research, Geographic Location, High School Graduates, Higher Education, Social Influences, Social Status, Two Year Colleges
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