Part-Time Postgraduate Study in the Social Sciences: Students' Costs and Sources of Finance.

Tight, Malcolm

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ERIC Number: EJ453141

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Publication Date: 1992

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Part-Time Postgraduate Study in the Social Sciences: Students' Costs and Sources of Finance.

Tight, Malcolm

Studies in Higher Education, v17 n3 p317-35 1992

A British survey of 708 part-time graduate students in the social sciences found that a typical student studies about 15 hours a week, works full-time in education, health, or local government, receives some employer tuition assistance, and is given one-half to 1 day release time a week for studies. (Author/MSE)

Descriptors: Employment Patterns, Financial Support, Foreign Countries, Graduate Study, Higher Education, Part Time Students, Paying for College, Social Sciences, Student Costs, Surveys

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Audience: Administrators; Practitioners

Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom

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