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access to higher education  

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  • Access to higher education can be understood as the extent to which students from a variety of demographic backgrounds are able to seriously consider and ultimately attend college. It is similar to college choice; however, college choice refers to individual students' decision-making processes around attending college. [Source: Encyclopedia of Diversity in Education; Higher Education, Access to]

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