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The Federal Work Study 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 Higher Education Act (HEA) states that one of the purposes of the Federal Work Study 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." And colleges and universities are required to spend 7% of FWS funds on community service positions. Check out these resources from the NSLC collection to see how you can meet and exceed the community service FWS mandate at your college or university or get a FWS student at your community-based organization.
To learn about how you can use this program to help support your service-learning work, view the recording of the NSLC/Campus Compact webinar "Students as Colleagues" which included a discussion of this program.
NSLC Library Items (How to Borrow)
- Earn, Learn, and Serve: Getting the Most from Community Service Federal Work-Study (2007), Erin Bowley (HTML)
- NH Serve Study Initiative: Insights for Community Service Federal Work Study (2007), Erin Bowley (PDF)
- Building a Community Work-Study Partnership With Financial Aid (2005), Erin Bowley
- To Serve the College or the Community? Results from a Study on Community Service Federal Work-Study (2003), Erin Bowley (PDF)
- Principles of Best Practice in Community Service Work-Study (2002), Erin Bowley and Marsha Adler (PDF)
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