Posted by alexandra_k on April 22, 2009, at 15:32:39
In reply to Why do people in the U.S opt to NOT go to college?, posted by Garnet71 on April 7, 2009, at 12:39:25
I haven't read the whole thread so apologies if these thoughts have already been stated.
I think the biggest predictor of whether one will go to college or not is whether one or both of ones parents went to college or not.
I think there is more 'upwards mobility' now than there used to be in the sense that it is now more accepted for people to go to college as an 'adult learner' and there are more scholarships and loans etc that make the decision to go to college less dependent on ones parents income.
But perhaps you are interested in why some people decide not to go to college when their parents went to college?
Are you thinking that less people are going to college now than used to go to college in previous generations?
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