Whether you're planning to head to college right after high school or want to go back to school after some time away, paying for college can hold you back from attaining your degree. There are options ...

Attending college requires a significant investment of both time and funds, so to offset the cost of higher education and increase its accessibility, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) provides the ...

Unlike other types of student financial aid, the federal work-study program typically accounts for only a small portion of funding sources that families use to cover college expenses. In 2022, for ...

Financial aid packages at Northwestern contain a lot of components, from grants to scholarships to loans. One of those components is work-study. Those words (and their lack of explanation) may be ...

Two in five of the nation’s full-time undergraduates work jobs in addition to their responsibilities as college students. Many of them land those jobs through the federal work-study program. The ...

About the author: Stanley Litow is Accenture professor of the practice at Duke University and a trustee at the State University of New York. He previously served as president of the IBM Foundation and ...

Some North Chicago Community High School seniors take a class preparing them to successfully enter the workforce. They both earn credit toward graduation and money from a paying job at places like ...

Sacramento State Geography major Gail Dulay knew she needed to polish her people skills to be successful in urban planning. So, she jumped at the chance to work on a public outreach project with the ...

Federal work-study provides part-time jobs that help students with financial need cover college costs and gain career-relevant experience Written By Written by Contributor, Buy Side Christy Bieber is ...

The Federal Work-Study Program provides jobs for students with financial need. Many students take advantage of this program to become a part of the Baylor College of Medicine community while earning ...

The Federal Work-Study (FWS) program, part of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, was created to increase access to higher education for low-income students. But while the program removed certain ...