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The Work College Program
"Doing the chores" has always been a vital part of the Sterling College tradition. The ethics of work fits well with our mission, especially as we seek to educate the whole person toward a more satisfying and productive life. We believe that connecting people directly to their support system also fosters greater care for the environment at large.
In addition to fulfilling academic responsibilities, students function as integral members of the work force of the college. They are employed an average of six hours a week in one of 50 different jobs in the Work College Program. In exchange for work, students are eligible to earn a minimum $1,450 in tuition and book credit. Many students earn more than that amount by doing additional work. For example, students may be awarded an additional $500 tuition credit matched by income earned on their off-campus internships.
Other advantages of expanded work crew requirements include:
- Work experience teaches problem solving and fosters creativity.
- Students learn a wider variety of work-place skills.
- The value and dignity of all work is emphasized.
- Our sense of community and common endeavor is enhanced.
- More students working means more work gets done.
- Work commitments may be used for service outside the Sterling community.
- By doing the work of college ourselves, we keep the overall cost of tuition down.
The Work College Program is designed to play an integral part in the democratic atmosphere of Sterling College. It allows students to take personal initiative. It also gives them a chance to explore possible career interests. Most importantly, the Work College Program helps students prepare for life in the working world out ahead . . . but it is also a way to learn about life as it is lived right here, right now, on the Sterling College campus.
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