Access, Choice and Participation in Higher Education
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Geographical distance between parental home and college poses a potential barrier to higher education (HE) entry, and could be a deciding factor when choosing between institutions. In particular, those on low incomes or with strong family commitments may be constrained in their education choices because they cannot afford to leave home, or have personal or cultural reasons to remain close to their family. Previous work has proposed that these factors contribute to patterns of HE participation amongst ethnic minorities and those from low income families. This paper provides quantitative evidence on these issues using administrative data on a cohort of university entrants in England merged with individual and school level information. Our findings are that geographical accessibility of HE institutions has little or no impact on the decision to participate in HE. However, geographical accessibility has a strong influence on institutional choice. The elasticity of the probability of attendance with respect to home-institution distance is around -1, and there are small, but behaviourally important differences between ethnic, occupation and income groups.
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تاریخ انتشار 2008