Can Adults Be Hooked on College?: Some Determinants of Adult College Attendance

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This study examines institutional and individual determinants of adult participation in higher education. Using linear regression, we predicted the 1970 degree-credit college enrollment of a sample of 57,689 married men and women twenty-five or older living in metropolitan areas. Being a Vietnam veteran tripled the likelihood of a male's attending college. Establishing a new two-year college where none had existed before or lowering the tuition from $400 to zero doubled the college attendance rate of local adults. None of the characteristics of local four-year public colleges was found to have a significant effect on adult college attendance. These results were corroborated by a logit analysis.

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