Student employment and higher education Empiricism and contradiction

College student employment has been increasing steadily for at least four decades. At present, approximately 80% of all college students are employed while completing their undergraduate education. Even among students under the age of 24 at 4-year colleges, more than 50% are employed during the scho...

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Published inReview of educational research Vol. 76; no. 1; pp. 63 - 92
Main Authors Riggert, Steven C, Boyle, Mike, Petrosko, Joseph M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Thousand Oaks, CA American Educational Research Association 01.03.2006
Sage Publications
Subjects
Academic Achievement
Arbeit
Cognitive Development
College Outcomes Assessment
College students
Colleges
Concept formation
Criticism
Education Work Relationship
Educational Indicators
Educational Objectives
Educational organization
Educational research
Educational sciences
Empfehlung
Employment
Erwerbstätigkeit
Forschungsplanung
Full time students
General points
High School Graduates
Higher Education
Leistung
Leistungsfähigkeit
Literaturdokumentation
Literature Reviews
Meta Analysis
Metaanalyse
Modell
On campus students
Outcomes of Education
Research Methodology
Research Problems
School campuses
Statistical process control
Student
Student Employment
Student retention
Studienbedingungen
Studiendauer
Studienerfolg
Undergraduate education
Undergraduate Students
Undergraduate Study
United States, Canada
USA
USA
Louisville Kentucky
Indiana
United States > US
higher education
student employment
retention
Wage Earning Student
Higher Education
Achievement
Empirical Research
Success
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Summary:College student employment has been increasing steadily for at least four decades. At present, approximately 80% of all college students are employed while completing their undergraduate education. Even among students under the age of 24 at 4-year colleges, more than 50% are employed during the school year. Although some general trends are suggested by empirical research completed to date, studies that evaluate student employment and higher education are at times inconsistent and even contradictory. Despite the high prevalence of student employment, no theoretical models have been developed to explain the relationship between employment and student outcomes. This article briefly reviews the student employment-higher education empirical literature. Possible reasons for inconsistencies are suggested, including challenges posed by methodological issues and the absence of theoretical conceptualization. Some concluding suggestions are offered for addressing these empirical challenges. (DIPF/Orig.).
ISSN:0034-6543
1935-1046
DOI:10.3102/00346543076001063