Working Students and Academic Resilience: In Systematic Review of Challenges, Institutional Support and Pathways to Success in Free High Standard Education

A systematic review of a working student investigates how time management, goal setting, perseverance, and self-regulation play a remarkable role in academic success. The key factors for working students to be successful while working include a flexible schedule, financial assistance, on-the-job training, and supporting their mental health. Minimizing the workload and enhancing resilience can achieve the productivity of working students. Too much work can lead an imbalance; a time to study this leads to poor academic output. Systematically, the study uses thematic analysis of current literature to organize the challenges, coping mechanisms, and institutional interventions that support working students. This review will recognize working students’ achievements, hard work, dedication, and perseverance. Thematic analysis will be used to analyze the current and relevant literature to sort out the challenges, the strategies to cope with mechanisms, and the interventions of institutions that foster working students in their journey. The findings are self-regulation, adaptation, goal-setting, grit and efficacy. These parameters cover resilience; working resilience includes academic resilience. Institutional policies and working students implement their flexible learning models, career support, and financial stability programs. The study gives practical insight for education, policymakers, and academic institutions by giving evidence-based strategies to elevate student support systems. By doing the dual role of working students, this study highlights the importance of acknowledging academic resilience, enhancing retention rates, and supporting long-term learning and career readiness.