Self-help aid includes financial aid in the form of student employment and student loans.

n. autoayuda económica, ayuda por cuenta propia

Sometimes used as the counterpoint to “gift aid,” this financial aid is either loans that must be repaid or work-study funds that must be earned.

Any form of financial aid that needs to be repaid or earned, such as student loans and graduate assistantships.

Financial aid in the form of loans or student employment.

Financial aid self-help awards are available via programs that require the student to either repay the assistance or work for the assistance. Loans and Work-Study are examples of self-help awards.

This is a form of financial aid that is comprised of loans and student employment. Every financial aid package is required to include a minimum amount of self-help aid before any gift aid is granted. That level is known as the self-help level.

Financial aid loan programs or employment opportunity programs awarded to a student by a postsecondary institution as a form of educational financial assistance.