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Shackson, Catherine O'Kane – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Mothers are a significant but overlooked subpopulation of college students. One-fourth of all undergraduate students are parents raising children, and the vast majority of these parents are women, yet very few research studies have been conducted on parents or mothers in higher education. This narrative inquiry study looks at how mother-students…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Mothers, White Students, Commuter Colleges
Evans, Carl; Richardson, Mark – Industry and Higher Education, 2017
Business leaders are becoming increasingly explicit regarding the skills, attributes and behaviours expected of graduate entrants. These skills are often developed through a combination of academic studies and work experience. While universities are increasingly providing opportunities for experiential learning, typically a placement year or…
Descriptors: Part Time Employment, Student Employment, Work Experience, College Role
Richardson, Mark; Evans, Carl; Gbadamosi, Gbolahan – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2014
This study examined how full-time university students cope with part-time working during term time. A qualitative approach was used to examine how students simultaneously manage the two activities, and how part-time working affects their academic study. Semi-structured interviews were used to obtain data from a sample of 30 undergraduate business…
Descriptors: Full Time Students, Part Time Employment, Coping, Qualitative Research
Berg, Tessa; Bowen, Tracey; Smith, Colin; Smith, Sally – Higher Education Research and Development, 2017
The gradual commodification of higher education in the context of an increased focus on graduate employability attributes together with evolving labour markets is creating challenges for universities and students alike. For universities, there has been significant investment in careers services and, through institution-wide initiatives,…
Descriptors: Employment Potential, Student Attitudes, Education Work Relationship, Pilot Projects
Beaven, Tita – Research-publishing.net, 2016
Open University (OU) students are typically mature students who combine studying part-time with work or caring responsibilities; the average age of OU language students has been dropping, and about 30% of our new students are now under 25. The traditional view of adult learners who study languages is that they often study for pleasure or personal…
Descriptors: Job Skills, Skill Development, Employment Potential, Relevance (Education)
Smith, Caroline Louise; Coleman, Sarah Kate; Ferrier, Chrystalla – Work Based Learning e-Journal International, 2019
Training in laboratory competency is an important part of biomedical student skill acquisition in preparation for both the workplace and accreditation. Virtual laboratory simulations are currently used in core modules at University of Westminster to prepare biomedical science students for laboratory sessions. These simulations are used for…
Descriptors: Employer Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Computer Simulation, Science Laboratories
Patton, Wendy; Smith, Erica – Australian Journal of Career Development, 2010
With the large number of high school students engaging in part-time work, very little is known about the impact of this activity on employability, employment outcomes and career development. This paper outlines the context of this phenomenon in Australia, and reviews the body of empirical work that has been published in recent years, noting the…
Descriptors: Employment Potential, Part Time Employment, Foreign Countries, High School Students
Barczyk, Casimir C.; Hixon, Emily; Buckenmeyer, Janet; Ralston-Berg, Penny – American Journal of Distance Education, 2017
Three thousand, one hundred sixty students involved in online instruction at 31 colleges and universities across the United States completed a survey designed to probe into whether statements derived from 8 standards in the Quality Matters™ (QM) rubric contributed to their success. The 43-item survey instrument measured students' perceptions of…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Surveys, Online Courses, Educational Technology
Hall, Ralph – Journal of Education and Work, 2010
Work and study commitments of full-time undergraduate students at the University of New South Wales were investigated in four surveys conducted in 1994, 1999, 2006 and 2009. Respondents to the surveys reported the amount of time they spent during term time in paid employment, studying outside of formal class hours and in leisure activities (1999…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Full Time Students, Student Employment, Part Time Employment
Turner, Heather – Studies in Graduate and Postdoctoral Education, 2023
Purpose: This study aims to explore the motivation and satisfaction of part-time PhD students in the USA through the lens of self-determination theory (SDT). Design/methodology/approach: Following an explanatory sequential mixed methods design, data sources consisted of a survey (N = 100) and focus groups (N = 20) of part-time PhD students.…
Descriptors: Part Time Students, Doctoral Students, Student Motivation, Student Satisfaction
Evans, Carl; Yusof, Zatun Najahah – Industry and Higher Education, 2021
The purpose of this paper is to examine the skills requirements of UK graduate jobs and to compare them to those for part-time jobs typically undertaken by UK university students in order to identify similarities and/or differences between them. A content analysis of 100 graduate jobs and 100 part-time jobs was used as the basis of comparison. The…
Descriptors: Part Time Employment, Student Employment, Undergraduate Students, Soft Skills
Patton, Wendy; Smith, Erica – Australian Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 2009
While increasing numbers of young high school students engage in part-time work, there is no consensus about its impact on educational outcomes. Indeed, this field has had a dearth of research. This paper presents a review of recent research, primarily from Australia and the United States, although it is acknowledged that there are considerable…
Descriptors: High School Students, Student Employment, Employment Level, Context Effect
Dillon, Jonathan Edan – Journal of General Music Education, 2023
Part-work is a skill through which an individual performs and maintains one musical part while another part is performed at the same time. Rich and varied part-work experiences feature prominently in the musical lives of children. Despite this, elementary general music teachers often frame part-work as a skill needed in the short term to perform…
Descriptors: Music Education, Elementary School Students, Singing, Performance
Alison Taylor; Catalina Bobadilla Sandoval – Vocations and Learning, 2024
Balancing part-time work and studies has become commonplace for university students in Canada and other countries where the costs of education have risen over time. While there is a substantial literature on the impacts of term-time work on studies, little has been written about campus employment programs, which are becoming more commonplace in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Employment, College Students, Part Time Employment
Kane, Eva Marie – Journal on Educational Psychology, 2016
The college student population in USA is predicted to increase from 13 million to 21 million between 2003-2015 (Strom & Storm, 2004). This increase along with the exponentially increasing cost of post-secondary education has caused an increase in the financial burden placed on students. Between 2000 and 2012, the two major post-secondary…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Educational Experience, Financial Support, Student Motivation