"Covid-19 has forced students off campus and left them without the college jobs they rely on for much-needed income," CNBC reports. 

"Kaytria Land, a junior at Agnes Scott College in Georgia, learned in late July that she would not be returning to campus after the state continued to see 1,000 new coronavirus cases per day. One week later, she received an email stating she had lost her on-campus work-study benefits.

'It’s going to be hard to find work and I’m not really sure what I’ll do,' said Land, who relies on her work-study income to pay for books, food, and transportation.

Land is one of over 560,000 students who depend on a Federal Work-Study (FWS) stipend, according to the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators 2020 report. The average FWS award was nearly $1,900 for the 2017-18 academic school year."

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Publication Date: 8/24/2020