Using data gathered on a nationally representative sample of adolescents ages 7-12, Brad Wilcox of the University of Virginia divided teens into four groups based on their fathers' level of involvement in their lives: not involved, less involved, involved, and very involved. He found that, regardless of socioeconomic status and compared to teens of not involved dads, teens with involved dads were 98 percent more likely to graduate from college while teens with very involved fathers were 105 percent more likely to graduate from college. Clearly, more involved fathers contribute to more coll...