Work-study jobs may be remote, in-person or rescinded entirely this fall depending on colleges’ policies.
Author: Ray Schroeder
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By Emma Kerr, U.S. News & World Report
Students who rely on part-time jobs funded by the federal work-study program to pay for college may see their financial aid options limited or rescinded this fall because of the coronavirus pandemic. Whether students can access work-study funding, which is a form of aid that requires them to work for wages paid in part by the U.S. Department of Education, will depend on the policy in place at the college they attend. Work-study typically only accounts for a small piece of the pie when it comes to paying for college: In 2019-2020, 18% of families relied on work-study to pay for college, and the average aid amount among those families was $1,847, according to Sallie Mae’s How America Pays for College 2020 study.