Do you study and work? Profiles of university students and strategies for compatibility

Abstract

The article examines the conditions under which university students balance studies and work, based on research conducted using an online survey and a sample of 5,341 interviews. Through multiple correspondence analysis and hierarchical cluster analysis, a typology is presented that categorizes working students, distinguishing between those working fulltime, part-time, or occasionally. This classification is complemented by an analysis of measures that other students, faculty, or the institution itself may undertake to support this balancing act, along with the strategies that students themselves adopt to study and work during the academic year. As a conclusion, there is a proposal to incorporate the analysis of students' work situations into academic policies.