Working and Learning: The Role of Involvement for Employed Students

Using a national sample of 3,774 undergraduates, thisstudy investigated the effect of involvement in the collegeexperience on learning for students who were employed offcampus. Students employed more than 20 hours per weekoff campus engaged with faculty and peers less frequentlythan other students on all variables except discussingideas with others. Students who worked 20 hours or lessreported similar levels of engagement as did their non-working peers. Despite less involvement with faculty andpeers, there were no differences in learning based on off-campus employment.