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handle is hein.amenin/aeiaahc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Key Points * At a time when the value of a liberal arts education is being questioned more than ever, America's work colleges-liberal arts schools that explicitly prepare students for employment after graduation--offer a compelling response. * Work colleges also offer pathways for traditionally underserved populations through higher education, which has positive implications for educational equity. * Paul Quinn College is one of the newest federally designated work colleges and the first to adopt the urban work college model, and it is now seeking ways to expand this model to other urban environments. * While traditional liberal arts institutions may not wish or be able to adopt the full work college model, several lessons from these schools can help instruct other colleges looking for ways to better align education with work. On the campuses of many public flagship and elite private colleges and universities across America, lazy rivers, climbing walls, and make-your-own-smoothie stations lure students of the selfie generation. Faculty members and administrators creatively pursue ways to keep students satisfied, while employers increas- ingly complain that recent graduates lack the soft- and often hard-skills necessary to succeed in the world of work. But on the campuses of the nation's nine work colleges-small liberal arts institutions from Texas to Missouri, North Carolina, and Vermont-students are attracted by a much different environment. They pay greatly reduced or no tuition to attend these schools in exchange for helping sustain their campuses through a comprehensive work program. Traditional liberal arts colleges employ a variety of initiatives to connect students to work opportunities- internship programs, co-ops, and work study, to name a few. These initiatives often provide students with some additional income or expose them to a potential career, but they do not necessarily go so far as to fully integrate employment into the academic undergraduate experience. This is where work colleges differ: They combine a foundational liberal arts education with real work experience (not to mention the typically low cost to students). Work colleges are part of the federal work study (FWS) program overseen by the US Department of Education. At each college, employ- ment is part of each student's course of study. Stu- dents work an average of 8-2o hours a week in a variety of jobs and perform community service as part of an aligned curriculum. They earn tuition cre- dits through their work, graduating with significantly less debt than students at traditional institutions or with no debt at all. From 2008 to 2013, 20 percent AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE

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