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UW study finds work during college years could help student success (WPR)

Working while in college doesnâ??t necessarily hurt your grades. A study finds it can help.Two economists have found what UW officials have known for a while: some work is better than none and too much, worse than some work. UW-Madison financial aid director Susan Fisher says undergraduates who work between 10 and 15 hours a week, tend to have better grades, but working more than 20 hours a week, can hurt grades.