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An Overwhelming Climb: The Complexities of Combining College, Full-Time Work, and Company Tuition Assistance
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Gagnon, Janelle L.; Packard, Becky Wai-Ling – Journal of Career Development, 2012
This paper examines the complex experiences of full-time employed adults trying to climb the career ladder in their company by making use of company tuition assistance to earn their first college degree. Guided by Savickas' (2005) career construction theory, emphasizing the personal agency and meaning-making within career development, we conducted…
Descriptors: Career Development, Tuition, Employee Assistance Programs, Interviews