| A number of studies have been conducted analyzing determinants of demand for college education. Arguably, previous research suggests that future income expectations, current unemployment rates, availability of financial aid, neighborhood effects, gender, education level attained by parents, and income of parents could all be considered significant. However, much discussion about the changing nature of student (consumer) behavior suggests the need for further investigating a broader landscape in addressing college enrollments.; This study focuses on analyzing the effects of gender and class standing on demand for higher education at a Middle Western United States public four-year university, specifically the University of Nebraska at Omaha as well as the impact of a 1984 legislative change allowing the transfer of credits from a local two-year college, and the availability of on-campus residential housing. |
