International Student Employment Assistance
What is it? How can it help me?
Michigan State UniversityOffice for International Students and Scholars
Background InformationThe International Student Employment Assistance (ISEA)
program is a financial aid program designed to help international students who demonstrate financial need to compete for better on-campus jobs.
The Office for International Students and Scholars will administer this new program.
What is it?Students who are American citizens or legal permanent
residents are eligible for “work-study” financial aid that is supported by the U.S. Government. Eligibility is based on a student demonstrating financial need.
Work-Study pays money, not to the students, but to the on-campus employers of the students. It makes it cost 50% less to hire a student, allowing more students to be hired for more jobs on-campus.
Here’s how it worked before ISEA.
Work-Study American Students
International Students
$0
$2
$4
$6
$8
$10
Employer PaysFinancial Aid Pays
Until now, U.S. students with Work-Study were more attractive to on-
campus employers because the employers only needed to pay about half the wage paid to the student worker.
Who pays the hourly wages for on-campus employment?
As a result, U.S. students with work-study awards had more opportunities for interesting, relevant on-campus jobs.
Here’s how it works with ISEA.
Work-
Study A
merican
Students
Internati
onal Stu
dents with
ISEA
$0$3$6$9
Employer PaysFinancial Aid Pays
International Students with ISEA will now be able to compete for
better on-campus jobs because the cost to the employers will be the
same as hiring U.S. students.
Who pays the hourly wages for on-campus employment?
If I want ISEA, what do I do?
Apply for ISEA online
If you are awarded ISEA,
find a great on-campus job
Earn more money and gain valuable work
experience
Want a better on-campus job?
Apply for the International Student Employment Assistance Program today!!
Application Deadline:April 24th, 2015
Online application:http://oiss.isp.msu.edu/students/ISEA.htm
Questions? Please contact the Office for International Students and Scholars at [email protected].