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Make community service a part of higher education

TX (11/11/2009)

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/outlook/6715980.html

…President Obama spoke directly to the students in the audience (at Texas A&M University) and on other campuses around the nation, reminding them that community service is among the oldest American traditions, an activity that “binds us to each other — and to our communities and our country.”

… Organizations such as Texas Campus Compact and the National Youth Leadership Council provide expertise in designing and sustaining service programs.

Read the entire article in the Houston Chronicle


Before I started working in community service-learning, I was one of those people who didn't have much of a social conscience. Now all of that has changed, and I say, 'Put me in the trenches to do the real work to make a difference.'"

-Student Service-Learning Leader, University of San Diego

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