work-study program
noun
: a program that offers high school or college students part-time jobs in order to provide financial assistance or work experience
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Ensure that work-study programs are academically integrated.
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Brandon Busteed, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
The cuts include $500 million for a loan program to fund affordable student housing at colleges and a reduction of $485 million for work-study programs.
—Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2024
Partnerships with local businesses and nonprofits to provide internships, apprenticeships and work-study programs give students valuable experience while offsetting educational expenses.
—Elise Awwad, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
Email address: Miguel Richards, who was 31, grew up in Jamaica and had moved to New York about a year earlier after coming to the United States through a work-study program.
—Eric Umansky, ProPublica, 14 Dec. 2023
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Brandon Busteed, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
The cuts include $500 million for a loan program to fund affordable student housing at colleges and a reduction of $485 million for work-study programs.
—Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2024
Partnerships with local businesses and nonprofits to provide internships, apprenticeships and work-study programs give students valuable experience while offsetting educational expenses.
—Elise Awwad, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
Email address: Miguel Richards, who was 31, grew up in Jamaica and had moved to New York about a year earlier after coming to the United States through a work-study program.
—Eric Umansky, ProPublica, 14 Dec. 2023
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“Work-study program.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/work-study%20program. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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