UW–Madison’s Center for Research on College-Workforce Transitions (CCWT) recently started a research project to understand the career development needs of working learners at UW-Parkside.
In a recent survey of 2017-18 UW-Parkside graduates, more than 40 percent of respondents reported working off campus for pay for more than 30 hours per week.
This figure is reflective of growing numbers of students across the country who are simultaneously managing schoolwork and significant work commitments. This exploratory research study will examine the contexts and experiences of working learners in an effort to help institutions strategically support and promote positive postgraduate career outcomes for this critical student population.
The research project team members include Matthew Hora (PI), the founding director of CCWT, and Jacklyn John Fischer, a doctoral student with the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis.
The project is funded by the University of Wisconsin-Parkside.
CCWT is housed within the School of Education’s Wisconsin Center for Education Research.