Monday, September 20, 2010

University students struggling with part-time job burden: Profs

University students struggle to keep up in school because of part-time jobs, according to almost two-thirds of Ontario professors who took part in an online poll.

“Students are coming to class unprepared, they have work obligations, so they’re not able to do the readings or get assignments in properly,” said Mark Langer, a professor at Carleton University who is also president of the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations, which conducted the informal survey. READ MORE!


PayPal for Business - Accept credit cards in just minutes!
Posted by at
Labels:

1 comment:

  1. TSC.GlobalCo.LtdSeptember 20, 2010 at 12:26 PM

    Paid work is hindering students’ academic success. More than one-third of professors and university librarians also believe that students are working more part-time hours than they were a year ago.

    ReplyDelete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)