Everyone should have a work study because it allows you to gain knowledge from working. Knowledge that students learn in class is not the same as real world experience. Are work study helpful if they prevent you from doing things you want too? Who benefits from work study jobs in the end? Should everyone have a work study of no one have one?  Will increasing the amount of given for grants and scholarships help? The problem with work study jobs is that they are helpful for some people and harmful for others. Many people benefit from work study jobs including the Universities that provide them. The cost of having a work study outweigh the negatives of having one. You can earn up to $2,000 per semester depending on the work study. With the increasing tuition of colleges this still is not enough money for students to make it through college. The way to combat this issue is to increase the funding for grants and scholarships. Some scholarships already increase after your freshman year of college. Which relives stress of working to pay for college. With students that are less fortunate should have the top priority overall. It allows them to make the connections needed and gain the income for school.  

The importance of a work study is measured by someone’s need for money or for experience in the job field. A work study is a part-time job that is funded through the Federal government and offered by a University. It can be based off your class schedule which allows you to work the hours you want too. It may interfere with your study schedule and extracurricular activities. Federal work study jobs were not available until The Economic Opportunity act of 1964 was created. The purpose of creating it was to “stimulate and promote the part-time employment of students in institutions of higher education who are from low-income families and are in need of the earnings from such employment to pursue courses of study at such institutions.” It allowed students to earn money during college and work experience.  The work-study jobs offered are related to majors offered by the University. They were now able to use the money that they earned from their work study to pay for school. The law made it easier for students to support themselves through college. It allows students to work instead of using student loans to pay for college. 

It seems that people expect that students that have a work study their GPA will suffer but this statement is not true. It only takes a hit to the student GPA if they try to take over 20 hours. Students who are full time college students that do not have a work study fall behind “when it comes to grades” stated by Adams. The idea of having a work study makes it seem that it is hard to make it through college with one. The statement does not make sense on a work study job students can study while they are working depending on the type of job. It doesn’t not hinder them from gaining knowledge and focusing on school. It allows you to focus more on your grades since you know that you only have so much time to get things done. When you are constantly studying when you are at work and when you are out of class your GPA will rise. It makes you more competitive than your peers since you can do it a work study and being full time student. The GPA boost will pay off for the student with the work study. When a student applies for a graduate college they do not just focus your GPA they also focus on your experiences overall. I believe that every student wants to be able to get into graduate school when they apply. They do not want to be rejected from graduate school because they don’t have enough experience. A work study job will provide you with the experience they may think you need. The GPA change is overall on of the best benefits since it can allow you to go back to college for a different degree. When you have a low GPA, you will not be able to go back and earn that degree. The ability to use this is important and every study should take advantage of the many things that their college offers and work study jobs is one of the most helpful. I believe that every student wants to have a higher GPA if it is possible for them. The reason why they should college student should get a work study. The ability to graduate with honors and the many other opportunities that come with having a higher GPA in college. It is important overall for the student since they want to continue to keep their scholarships and grants. The ability to further their education will have a greater chance of continuing. 

The need for money to pay for college and to have money to survive through college. The importance of becoming independent from your parents some. Once a student has a work study what will they do with the money is determined on them. Many students will use it for need for school. They amount of money they receive from working can be enough just to cover 2 book when there is need for more books. It is important for students to have the things that they need. The way they can get this to happen is by having a work study. It also allows students to realize the value of money. The amount of time and effort it took to get that amount of money. It makes them realize that they must be able to earn the money and spend it on the important things. Work study jobs benefit students in the long term in many ways. They learn that having money and spending it quick is not helpful. With the financial stability from working the work study allows them to focus on studying. They know that if they want to get something they need to work for it to earn it. Which plays apart in the idea of working to earn a college degree. If they are willing to put in effort to earn the grade that want to get. It improves your work ethic being determined tow complete something. Will feel accomplished of being able to work during college and earn the degree that you wanted. It will allow you to be successful in future endeavors, knowing that when you are preparing for a test you know what to do. To put forth the efforts of trying to earn money and gain a education will be a difficult task. Students are able to complete this task by focusing on how hard they have to work at their job to earn money. They will use that money for other things that they want. Shows the students how to use the same effort to achieve their goals. When a student is required to work they understand that the free time they have can be used for studying. A work study overall helps student gain time management skills. Skills are not easily learned through just having normal class schedule without a work study. Student overall should be required to at least have one semsetster of a work study. You will have the opportunity to Improving on their time management since the work study takes time out of their free time. It allows students to learn the value of their free time and to use it wisely.

The number of scholarships, grants given to college students should increase. They are not able to continue to go to college without money. This statement can be proven to be true in many ways; One way is that the cost of attending a technical school, a college, and a university is constantly rising not only very year but every semester. This means that current college students constantly need a boost in financial help to continue and to graduate from school. One way they can get help since universities don’t want to do this is by work study jobs. Since the cost of attending college is going up then that means that future student are going to need financial help, and since the American population itself is growing there will need to be a surplus of financial assistance to help all of these future college students. Even though the population is constantly increasing the basic cost of lives is not decreasing it's increasing, so the need for the financial assistance will also increase because people money will be needed elsewhere just to survive. 

Some people know that work study jobs hurt in some area but it is helpful overall. Clayton states that there is a “a reduction of .011 to .017 in GPA per hour of work”. Even though the decrease in GPA they are still able to earn the experiences from the work study job. Student are able to use the experience for future jobs. With the small decrease in their GPA the work experience is able to help with that. They also argue that the amount given on grants should not increase since students with them do not graduate. They want to decrease the amount stated by Butrymowics, “Pell grants cost taxpayers $31.4 billion in fiscal year 2015, more than double what was spent on them in 2007.”  The reason why this is happening is because students can not continue to go to school. They must increase it if they want the money to be used for students that graduate. It shows that students overall should take place in work study jobs and the amount for grants should increase. When someone gets the grant it may not be enough to cover the entire year of school even with the increase in the amount. The way they will be able to cover it is from the work study job that they have. The money will save students in the long run. The reason why every student should have a work study job. 

Where would this financial assistance come from? This needed financial assistance could come from the students’ state, from the government, and private organizations. If the assistance comes from the state then the requirements may need to be adjusted to cover a broader umbrella of student, not only would the requirements need to be adjusted but the amount as said before we also need to be increased to fit the constant need of money to attend school. If the financial assistance comes from the government then the government needs to not only increase the amount of the assistance that can be obtained but there also need to be information required from the student to shown that there really is a need for it. People will argue that they need to make sure they prevent it from happening. If someone is taking advantage of it it will not hender it from being a successful idea. It will prevent people from taking advantage of it.  If the financial assistance is coming from and organization then government also needs to regulate who it is being decided who gets them and how much. Overall there just needs to be an increase in help the current and future college students.

What is the average cost of attending college in American? How much does it cost to stay on campus? How much does books cost? How will I wash clothes? How will I eat? What will be my way of transportation?  These questions that all parents and future college students are faced with asking before even sending out college applications to many schools. The average 2016 college graduate student is $37,172 worth of debt from private and federal student loans. Being in a mass amount of debt is every college student and college student parent’s worst nightmare, but in American it has been building for years. As of 2017 Americans students owe $1.3trillion worth of student debt. Can you believe that that amount of debt is owed only by 44million people? This is a lot of money owed by only a small number of people. The debt will take a long time to pay off for students, and for upcoming students it is only expected to rise. “According to the College Board, the average cost of tuition and fees for the 2016–2017 school year was $33,480 at private colleges, $9,650 for state residents at public colleges, and $24,930 for out-of-state residents attending public universities.”  That is a lot of money for a need in today's society. Image just how quickly you would become in debt from just deciding to pursue one decision.

It costs an average college student $9,650 just to attend an in state public college, $33,480 at a private college, and $24,930 at an out of state public college. The mentioned costs are a lot, and those costs are just for one school year. The average college student only gets $7,820 worth of federal financial aid, this amount does not include house, food, school supplies, and the books needed to succeed in college. The average cost for books and supplies for the average college student is $1,200, and one college text book costs on average $200. The average cost for food, for one month, for one single adult is $273. When you add the costs up for a student, and you take into account the housing, the transportation, the laundry, and things such and clothes, shoes, ect, it’s just not nearly enough to cover all of the costs for an average student in college there needs to me more grants and scholarships, and the amount of the existing ones need to increase. It will allow students to use the money that they from working the work study to be used on themselves instead of for school. The only drawback would be that the students may have to pay back even more student loans but with the work study job they may be able to pay off some of the debt early. With the increase of grants they will not have to worry about trying to earn money to pay off school. They will be in area of just working to have money in their pocket to have things that they want. This will be something else that will help with their work ethic since they want to be able to keep their grants and scholarships. They don’t wont to fall behind in their classes and they like the idea of having money. It shows that overall a work study is the best thing to have when it comes building you into a young adult. It is one reason that I believe that every student should at least have it for one semester. Knowing that when you work you are placing yourself in financial stability 

A work study is also helpful for a University that offers it since they receive a student work. With a work study they are able to “…fill campus jobs at lower cost to college institutions “(Weivurst). Being able cut cost for workers since they don’t have to promote the job for someone that is not on campus. It also shows that student will be treated with respect since they understand the same point of view of students. It allows a student to gain respect for their peers and other things. They are able to get an understanding of people. They will be able to learn how to work with other people and different personalities on the daily basis. Some people that they may not like they must be able to work with them and treat them how they are supposed to. 

Overall work-study jobs are beneficial there is no wrong way to go about having one. It allows someone to gain experiences to use in the future. In long run if someone wants to be successful after graduating it is best from them to get experiences early in their life. Able to use life situations for in school and able to break down the situation easier. Interact with other people will become easier since they been doing it at their work-study. Student would be able to work easier when they don’t have to worry of not being able to continue going to college. The reason why the amount of cash number of grants should increase. Students won’t have to stress to pay off the debt by trying to use the money they earn by working. Work study jobs help student improve on maturity and their determination to achieve their goals. Universities should promote work study jobs and increase of grants. They want student to attend their University they can not do this without any financial support. It will be impossible for anyone to pay for college at this rate the continued increasing cost of college. The benefits all rely on the student if they want to be able to increase their GPA and gain experiences that school cannot provide. 
