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Federal Work-Study Program

 

The purposes of the Corporation’s programs are complemented by those of the Federal Work-Study (FWS) program of the U.S. Department of Education. The Higher Education Act (HEA) states that one of the purposes of the FWS program is “…to encourage students receiving Federal student financial assistance to participate in community service activities that will benefit the Nation and engender in the students a sense of social responsibility and commitment to the community.” The HEA requires that all higher education institutions participating in the FWS programallocate at least seven percent of their annual FWS funding to student jobs that provide community service. Schools that can demonstrate that meeting this requirement would create hardship to its students may obtain a waiver from the Secretary of Education.

As a service to those interested in learning about the extent of higher educational institutions’ participation in the community service component of the FWS program, the Corporation is providing the following data on the FWS community service participation.This information comes from annual reports to the U.S. Department of Education for academic year 2006-2007.

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