Effects of Employment on Academic Success on Commuter Students Currently Enrolled at Keystone College in their Junior Year with a Declared Major in Business What, Why, and How By: Nicole Fiamingo

Effects of Employment on Academic Success on Commuter Students Currently Enrolled at Keystone College in their Junior Year with a Declared Major in Business WHAT: The purpose of this study is to determine the impact of external hours of employment on Keystone College business students’ academic success. Research Questions: 1. What are the effects of employment on students currently enrolled as a Keystone College business major? 2. Is it manageable to work in addition to school and still fulfill full time academic commitments? 3. Do professors make accommodations for students that work in addition to school?

Effects of Employment on Academic Success on Commuter Students Currently Enrolled at Keystone College in their Junior Year with a Declared Major in Business WHY: Increasing absenteeism Increasing student workforce Increasing rate of stress related health problems To determine the impact of external hours of employment on Keystone College’s business students’ academic success. According to a study conducted by the BYU Employment Services, students who are employed while in school tend to shower higher G.P.A unless the students are employed for 20+ hours per week. In the case of 20+ hours per week, students will more than likely see a negative side effect on their G.P.A (Hammond, 2006). This literature indicates that Keystone College may be facing similar crises as college tuition and the cost of living goes up, students are forced to work more hours while struggling to keep up with the academic demands.

Effects of Employment on Academic Success on Commuter Students Currently Enrolled at Keystone College in their Junior Year with a Declared Major in Business HOW: Population: All commuter students currently enrolled at Keystone College in their junior year with a declared major in business age 18 and up. - Number of subjects: the 95% confidence interval Questions: 14 questions. The first 6 questions are regarding the participants age, sex, academic year, and if they are currently employed. Survey Process: face-to-face administration during classroom collection. Data: Nominal Variables: Independent – declared major, gender, age, academic year, if the participant is currently employed, and how many hours are currently worked weekly. Dependent – questions such as “do you think working while in school causes stress, more absenteeism, and a later graduation date.”

Effects of Employment on Academic Success on Commuter Students Currently Enrolled at Keystone College in their Junior Year with a Declared Major in Business HOW: Data Analysis: descriptive statistics, inferential statistics including regression analysis Outcomes: -Population and Sample -Population – All commuter students currently enrolled at Keystone College in their junior year with a declared major in business= 44 -Sample = 36 GOALS: 1. Identify a link between external hours of employment on Keystone College business students’ and their academic success. 2. Date will help professors understand some of the absentees and help professors consider ways in which to handle students that external hours of employment. 3. To provide students with information, so that they can make better choices on the amount of external hours worked during the academic year.

The Results What is your gender? Male____Female_48%___ What is your age range? 18-20_50%___21-23___ What are the effects of employment on students currently enrolled at Keystone College? How many hours a week do you work? Under 9 hours________ 10-15___16-20____ 21-25___26+__43%____ Do you think that working while in school causes stress? Yes _90%___No_______ Do you feel that working will cause you to graduate from Keystone College at a later date? Yes____No__70%____ Is it manageable to work full time outside of school and still fulfill a full time students academic commitments? Do you feel that your academic workload is manageable? Yes _70%___No______ Do you think that working while in school impacts your academic success? Yes__67%__No______ Do you think that working while in school has left you little to no time to accomplish your school work? Yes _62%__No_____ Do you feel that working cause more absenteeism Yes _62%__No_____ Do professors make accommodations for students that work full time outside of school? Do you feel that your professors make accommodations for students that work full time outside of school? Yes___No__86%___ Do you believe professors should cut back on out of class work to accommodate working students? Yes_57%__No_____

Conclusion/Recommendations The majority of my participants where females between the ages of 18-20, that are currently employed for 26+ weekly hours. They strongly feel that their employment during the academic semesters does cause stress and absenteeism. The results indicate that the students’ workload is manageable, but work does have an effect their academic success. Students also feel as thou their professors make no accommodations for the working student and would like to see some more accommodations. I recommended that this survey not be narrowed down to just students in their junior semesters. If the number of subjects where expanded it would provide the researcher with more realistic results.