Educational Continuation by College Graduates

Abstract

This article resonsiders the apparently paradoxical absence of back ground SES effects on school continuation by college graduates. The approach is distinguished by its focus on specific graduate programs, in particular MBA programs, and by a concentration on different types of attitudes that appear relevant to graduate school matriculation. The article examines the impacts of job values and direct attention to conative attitudes toward graduate school, which are inferred from prior behavior. Results are consistent with earlier findings of SES effects on total years of schooling, yet also explain the absence of parental SES effects on schooling beyond college.