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(6/11/2009)
Western Michigan University did something last fall that no other state school had — hand a free education to 51 former foster youths….
Surveys of former foster youths suggest just one, maybe two, in 20 get a college degree. But WMU’s 51 were determined.
Read the full article in the Detroit Free Press.
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
