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Balancing books and bills: an exploration of the hidden world of student workers

SRHE

Moreover, meaningful work experience or employment can be seen as critical for a number of professions – a mechanism to distinguish between graduates with the same 2:1 degree but with differing employability capital. To what extent is student employment detrimental? Prof Fabio R. Dr Laura A.

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High school graduates are going to work instead of college. Can we prove they don’t have to choose?

EAB

More and more high school graduates are opting out of higher education in part because of a hot labor market. I have spent most of my higher education career serving post-traditional learners—first military students, then new immigrants to the US, and now as an adjunct faculty member at a community college.

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