Why It Works

Our Corporate Work Study Program represents an opportunity to achieve a win-win-win-win scenario: for partners, for students, for the school and, ultimately, for society.

For Partners

• Enhanced diversity as entry-level positions are filled with capable young men and women from inner-city families
• A sense of pride in companies, knowing that they are making a difference in the lives of students with limited economic resources
• Cost-effective since the cost of a team is less than one full-time employee
• Stabilizes high-turnover positions and reduces burnout in full-time staff. The most-talented workers in the next wave of the labor force can be identified, trained and eventually hired

For Students

• Acquire skills and dispositions necessary for success in the workplace
• Develop the self-efficacy and sense of agency needed to dream about a viable, productive future
• Immersion in a world that is unknown to them, increasing their chances of staying in school and connecting with that world after college
• Learn the value of work and the opportunities that employment presents
• Gain a glimpse of how what is learned in the classroom today relates to the real-world

For the School

• Serve a community where resources are most scarce and most needed
• Link real world work experience with academic learning
• Offer students a vision of the potential for their future college and professional path

For Society

• Greater potential for keeping a highly-educated, productive workforce in Milwaukee following post-secondary studies

The Result

The Corporate Work Study Program positions students for a brighter, more hopeful future by enabling them to develop self-confidence, build self-esteem, develop life-long mentoring relationships and recognize opportunity.