By Emily Younker - Courtney Powell signed on for a 10-month term with AmeriCorps in January 2013 for personal reasons, drawn to the promise of a financial award that could help pay off her student loans...
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Defense One: Beyond the Military: Why the US Needs More National Service Options
By Stephen Hadley - Building a next generation of American foreign policy and national security leaders requires new options for national service.
Read More »Kansas City Star: A Year of National Service for Young Americans Could Restore Trust in Government
By Dan Glickman - Imagine a country where all young Americans completed a year of some type of service. Imagine how this could dramatically alter the pipeline of individuals interested in service and how it could alter perceptions about those...
Read More »The New York Times: More Community Service, Not Less
By The Editorial Board - It would be hard-hearted and counterproductive to squeeze any more money from the already meager federal funding for public service programs that help struggling schoolchildren, veterans, the elderly and communities stricken by natural disasters.
Read More »National Journal: GOP Imperils Obama Legacy Via National-Service Cuts
By Ron Fournier - A national service program seeded by President George H.W. Bush, launched by President Clinton and expanded by President George W. Bush faces drastic cuts under President Obama, posing a new threat to his legacy.
Read More »Panetta Institute Poll Finds College Students Supportive of National Service
The Panetta Institute for Public Policy’s 2015 spring survey finds 63 percent of U.S. college students say they would be interested in a program of two years of national service in exchange for grants or financial assistance to help pay...
Read More »New Hampshire Union Leader: To Renew America: Consider A Year of National Service
By Ret. Gen. Stanley McChrystal - This is my call to action: Let’s make full-time national service — a service year — a cultural expectation, common opportunity, and civic rite of passage for every young American.
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