Corporate Work Study Program
Corporate Work Study Program
The Corporate Work Study Program (a separately incorporated entity) operates like a temporary employment agency within Cristo Rey schools and employs every student five full days a month in an entry-level, professional job all four years of high school. Students earn a majority of their education cost while gaining real-world work experience that strengthens their cognitive and non-cognitive skill development, catalyzes confidence and aspiration, and prepares them for success in college and careers.
More than two decades ago, John P. Foley, S.J. and his team created the Corporate Work Study Program out of financial necessity to ensure Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Chicago opened as both an academically rigorous and financially sustainable school. The innovative and unconventional model has since developed in a network of 39 Cristo Rey schools that collectively partner with 3,400 Corporate Partners.
Business leaders nation-wide recognize and are responding to the imperative to have an actionable social purpose for their organizations. Cristo Rey Network's Corporate Work Study Program (CSWP) offers complementary efforts towards our mutually desired outcomes.
Early investment in the future workforce
College graduates able to demonstrate strong interpersonal skills
Local community engagement as a strategic imperative
Purpose-driven companies outperform their peers
Become a Corporate Partner today, and invest in the development of a diverse workforce
Remove Institutional Barriers
Provide students early access to professional networks and environments typically underrepresented in their communities, equipping them with the social and technical acumen to enter and excel at careers they may bot have otherwise considered.
Decrease Economic Inequality
Help close the wealth divide by strengthening students' pathway to a bachelors degree. Individuals with a four year degree earn over $1 million more over a lifetime than individuals without a four year degree.
Advance Racial Equality
Be at the forefront of industry efforts to invest in education, uniquely complimented by career and technical training to move society toward racial equity