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Students do have to work for aid. It's called work-study. This just means that instead of useful jobs at the college where the student may gain experience, they
by thras 18y ago
Students do have to work for aid. It's called work-study. This just means that instead of useful jobs at the college where the student may gain experience, they'll be doing stupid Community Service type stuff (like the courts force criminals to do instead of jail time).
- tesseract 18y agoThere is aid separate from work-study. Specifically (and this is just the federal stuff; states have education aid programs too): Pell grants, Stafford loans (some are subsidized, and even the unsubsidized ones charge below-market interest), PLUS loans, Hope credit, Lifelong Learning credit, tuition and fees deduction, Education Savings Bond program, the ability for parents to claim full time students age 19-24 as dependents...