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Colleges need to do a better job of providing the right support services to ensure their working students have the means to reach graduation and gainful employment.”*  \nAnthony P. Carnevale, Director, Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce  \nAcknowledgments  \nThe Center for Community College Student Engagement (the Center) gratefully acknowledges the Trellis Foundation for funding this project on The Working Learner. The Center also thanks Jeff Webster from Trellis Research for his contributions to the development of the survey items upon which this report is based.  \nFinally, the Center commends the community college students across the country who work and attend college simultaneously in order to make better lives for themselves and their families.  \nThe Center for Community College Student Engagement, a service and research initiative in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy in the College of Education at The University of Texas at Austin, provides insights that matter for community colleges. The Center assists institutions and policymakers in using information to promote improvements in student learning, persistence, and attainment.  \n© 2020 Permission granted for unlimited copying with appropriate citation.  \nPlease cite this report as follows: Center for Community College Student Engagement. (2020). The intersection of work and learning: Findings from entering students in community colleges. Austin, TX: The University of Texas at Austin, College of Education, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy.  \n*Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce. (2018, August 28). Working low-income college students are less likely to attain a bachelor’s degree than their higher-income peers, finds new Georgetown University research [Press release]. Retrieved from [https://1gyhoq479ufd3yna29x7ubjn-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/Low-Income](https://1gyhoq479ufd3yna29x7ubjn-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/Low-Income)Working-Learners-Press-Release_final.pdf  \nCan Work and Learning Successfully Coexist?  \nThe majority of community college students work while attending college, and many work because their financial situations dictate that they do so. In fact, 29%(N=341,825) of 2019 Community College Survey of Student Engagement ( CCSSE) cohort respondents report working for pay more than 30 hours per week. Yet, working and attending college concurrently can be a struggle for students: Sixty percent (N=338,015) of 2019 CCSSE cohort respondents report that working fulltime is an issue that could cause them to withdraw from college and 67%(N=336,193) of 2019 CCSSE cohort respondents say a lack of finances could cause them to withdraw from college.  \nThe Center explored the intersection of entering students’ working lives and academic lives with a special-focus module that was added to the 2019 administration of the Survey of Entering Student Engagement (SENSE), which asks students about their experiences from the time they decide to enroll in college through the end of the third week of the fall term. While entering or first-term students are less likely to work than students beyond their first term, it’s worth noting that a majority of students are employed when they begin attending college. In fact, the results of the special-focus module show that 69%(N=21,476) of entering students work for pay.  \nAmong the most important takeaways from the analysis of the responses to the module is that when faculty and staff talk with entering students about their work and help them find balance between their working lives and their academic lives, they are helping those students onto a path of being more successful.  \nRespondents  \n» The Working Learner special-focus module was administered in fall 2019 to 24,643 entering studen","cbCaifEtWpzPhOs9","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaifEtWpzPhOs9","pdf",2214223,12,"English","# Can Work and Learning Successfully Coexist?\n## Respondents\n# What We Know About Entering Students Who Work\n## How much do entering students work?\n## Which entering students work the most?\n## Do age and enrollment status affect work hours?\n# Questions for Consideration","[{\"question\":\"What challenge does the report identify for students who work while attending college?\",\"answer\":\"The report shows that working and attending college concurrently can make it difficult to stay enrolled, with many students citing full-time work and financial constraints as withdrawal risks.\"},{\"question\":\"How many entering students in the special-focus module were working for pay?\",\"answer\":\"The results indicate that 69% of entering students in the special-focus module work for pay.\"},{\"question\":\"What does the report suggest about the role of faculty and staff?\",\"answer\":\"When faculty and staff discuss students’ work and help them find balance between working and academic lives, they support greater student success.\"}]","The Intersection of Work and Learning - Findings From Entering Students in Community Colleges | PDF",1792043794]