"difficulty to attend" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
For example, "John had difficulty attending his classes due to caring for his sick parents."
This will be lower if ethnic minority students face particular difficulties to attend the higher education.
PAS in Newcastle and the PACE outpatient clinic in Melbourne [ 2] were deliberately established with generic names, to reduce potential stigma and to encourage young people experiencing a range of difficulties to attend.
Like many children from poor families they have difficulties to attend school; like many children from internal migrant and excluded families they face discrimination and feel inferior with the peers; they have to work to help their families and often become the only breadwinner; they do not know their rights and often agree with hopeless conditions of their lives.
When the 2014 Setanta Sports Cup was confirmed in December 2013, the club decided not to enter the competition, citing inconvenient fixture scheduling, reduced prize money, and the difficulty for supporters to attend away games as the reasons behind their withdrawal.
Another competition, this time aimed at fans rather than writers, offered a prize of $25 to the fan who had to overcame the most difficulties in order to attend the 1941 World Science Fiction Convention in Denver.
Practical barriers reflecting difficulties with travelling to attend screening, comorbid illnesses and treatments, and carer responsibilities were the most common self-reported reasons for non-participation.
With difficulty, the brothers managed to attend a good lyceum and then, as their father would have wished, law school.
Finally, should your senior have difficulty deciding which college to attend, have a look at my blog, "Deciding on One College from All of Your Choices".
For example, they had difficulty reaching health centres to attend health talks.
The main problems identified by the providers in the initial phase of the study included: patients poor compliance with follow up appointments; providers often had difficulty making out time to attend to the patients during busy clinic hours; and the doctors were sometimes unable to attend to telephone calls when they were needed due to other clinical commitments.
