Understanding the Working College Student
by Perna, Laura W.; DuBois, GlennEdition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2010-02-28
Publisher(s): Stylus Pub Llc
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Summary
The high, and increasing, prevalence and intensity of working among both dependent and independent students raises a number of important questions for public policymakers, college administrators, faculty, academic advisors, student services and financial aid staff, and institutional and educational researchers. This book offers the most complete and comprehensive conceptualization of the "working college studentr" available. Book jacket.
Author Biography
The Editor: Laura W. Perna is associate professor of higher education the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | p. ix |
| Foreword | p. xi |
| Introduction | p. xiii |
| Work As a Form of Financial Aid | |
| Student Work and the Financial Aid System | p. 3 |
| Work As a Component of Student Identity | |
| Adult Workers as Undergraduate Students: Significant Challenges for Higher Education Policy and Practice | p. 23 |
| Overcoming Adversity: Community College Students and Work | p. 43 |
| Mobile Working Students: A Delicate Balance of College, Family, and Work | p. 67 |
| Academic Success for Working Adult Students | p. 93 |
| Work As a Vehicle for Promoting Cognitive Development and Learning | |
| Using Economics to Illuminate the Dynamic Higher Education Landscape | p. 115 |
| Of A Mind to Labor: Reconceptualizing Student Work and Higher Education | p. 134 |
| Job Fare: Workplace Experiences That Help Students Learn | p. 155 |
| Work As a Vehicle for Improving Student Engagement | |
| Working During College: Its Relationship to Student Engagement and Education Outcomes | p. 179 |
| Effects of Work On African American College Students' Engagement | p. 213 |
| Impact of Working On Undergraduate Students' Interactions With Faculty | p. 234 |
| Work As a Vehicle for Improving Educational and Economic Attainment | |
| Understanding The Relationship Between Working While In College and Future Salaries | p. 261 |
| Conclusions and Recommendations for Policy, Practice, and Future Research | p. 283 |
| About The Authors and Editor | p. 309 |
| Index | p. 317 |
| Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved. |
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