The Costs of Higher Ed Part II: Is Working for Free Worth it?

For the second installment of our series, "The Costs of Higher Ed," Rebecca Kolins Givan, an associate professor at the School of Management and Labor Relations at Rutgers University, and Danielle Douglas-Gabriel, an education reporter for The Washington Post, discuss the jobs that put undergrad and grad students through school. They explain the state of the Federal Work-Study program, as well as the labor arrangements for TA's, many of whom are PhD and graduate students who receive stipends for their work.

Listeners, give us a call if you have participated in federal work-study or another job for your university as an undergrad or grad student!

This segment is guest hosted by Arun Venugopal.