Stimulus money boosts MU's work study program

COLUMBIA — MU’s work study program received more than $300,000 in stimulus funds for 2009-10, allowing the university to offer more students an opportunity to participate in the program.

The stimulus money has helped offset the nearly $130,000 loss in funding MU’s work study program experienced since last year.

Work study is a federally subsidized program in which universities hire students for campus jobs to help them pay their tuition. Students are chosen to participate in the program on the basis of financial need. The federal government pays 75 percent of the student’s wages, and the university pays for the remaining 25 percent.