work-study

College job program

Work-study is a financial aid program allowing students to earn money through part-time jobs, typically on campus: She got a work-study position in the library.

The jobs are meant to accommodate academic schedules and often relate to the student's field of study.

As an adjective, it describes these arrangements: work-study funds, work-study hours.

funding

tuition

Payment for instruction

  • grantBestow or award money
  • scholarshipEducational funding or erudition
  • loanBorrowed money repaid later

aid · assistance · bursary · stipend · earnings · budget · expenses · cost · affordability · supplemental

program

federal

Divided governmental authority

eligibility · subsidized · unsubsidized · package · allocation · qualifying · application · disbursement · verification · SAR

student

undergraduate

Degree-seeking college student

semester · balance · schedule · transcript · bursar · registrar · eligibility · full-time · half-time · continuing

employment

on-campus

Located at school

paycheck · supervisor · timesheet · scheduling · flexible · wages · duties · position · hiring · placement

Categories
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financial aid type

work-studygrant

Bestow or award money

scholarship · free money · fellowship · merit scholarship · Pell Grant

earning mechanism

work-studyunpaid internship

Work experience without compensation

unemployment · trust fund · parental support · freelancing

funding source/mechanism

work-studystudent loan

Borrowed funds for tuition

private loan · unsubsidized loan · parental support · trust fund · inheritance

Family

work, study, worker, student, working, studied, worked, workout, workshop

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