Pay as You Learn: Student Employment and Academic Progress.

Pickering, Angela; Watts, Catherine

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ERIC Number: EJ609328

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Publication Date: 2000

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Pay as You Learn: Student Employment and Academic Progress.

Pickering, Angela; Watts, Catherine

Education + Training, v42 n3 p129-34 2000

Interviews with nine undergraduate students who work part time identified positive effects of employment (transferable skills, enhanced employability) and negative ones, especially conflicts between work and school. The role of academic staff in helping students balance competing demands was highlighted. (SK)

Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Higher Education, Part Time Employment, Student Employment, Time Management, Time to Degree, Undergraduate Study

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Language: English

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