Work-Study, Student Experiences, and Academic Performance

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Abstract

It remains unclear whether student employment helps or hurts grades. Furthermore, recent quantitative theories and social movements have shed light on how ethnic groups are treated in research and reality. To that end, this paper employs the High School Longitudinal Study (N = 5,840) to explore if work-study hours affect postsecondary grades (after controlling for secondary success and socioeconomic status). Explicitly, this project illuminates how 16 different groups fare based on three hypotheses found in prior research. The analysis suggests that working has no overall association with grades, yet interaction effects render mixed results. Moreover, the most recently observed grade point average holds the strongest predictive power for future performance.

Author

• Avery M. D. Davis, Johns Hopkins University
  Presenting Author