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First-Year Students' Employment, Engagement, and Academic Achievement: Untangling the Relationship between Work and Grades
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Pike, Gary R.; Kuh, George D.; Massa-McKinley, Ryan C. – NASPA Journal, 2008
This study examined the relationships among first-year students' employment, engagement, and academic achievement using data from the 2004 National Survey of Student Engagement. A statistically significant negative relationship was found between working more than 20 hours per week and grades, even after controlling for students' characteristics…
Descriptors: Student Employment, Part Time Employment, Grades (Scholastic), Academic Achievement