Keeping It Real: Working During College and Contributing to the Real World

• In Event: Embracing Nontraditional Experiences: What Institutions Can Do Differently

Abstract

Increasingly large shares of American college students spend time working in paid positions. Prior scholarship has explicated the relationship between work and academic outcomes, but little is known about the impact of work on other educational outcomes. This analysis contributes new evidence that working on-campus facilitates students’ civic development.

Authors

• Cassie L. Barnhardt, The University of Iowa

• Teniell L. Trolian, University of Iowa