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Robert K. Toutkoushian; Stephen Mayfield; Samantha M. R. Jelks – Research in Higher Education, 2024
One issue that has received little attention is how students factor distance from home into their decisions about college. In this study, we used data from the Education Longitudinal Survey of 2002 (ELS:02) to examine the distances between a student's home and the colleges to which they applied, and how far from home they enrolled. We focused on…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Student Mobility, School Choice, Postsecondary Education
Ahearn, Caitlin E. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
There are numerous widely recognized advantages to pursuing post-secondary education. Yet colleges offer students different resources and educational experiences, which may introduce inequality in the returns to college enrollment. This dissertation uses nationally representative data from the Educational Longitudinal Study (ELS:2002) and the 1997…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, National Surveys, Postsecondary Education, College Enrollment