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- <title>
- Mar. 15, 1993: The College Corps
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1993
- Mar. 15, 1993 In the Name of God
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- THE WEEK, Page 16
- NATION
- The College Corps
- </hdr>
- <body>
- <p>Clinton goes on MTV to show he is still hip to national service
- </p>
- <p> Like a brand-new pair of blue jeans, Clinton's promises have
- been fading and shrinking in the postelection wash. But the
- President has made new pledges to follow through on one of his
- more ambitious projects: a program that would offer tuition
- help to students who do community service. He promoted the plan
- in a speech at Rutgers University that was timed to coincide
- with the 32nd anniversary of John F. Kennedy's founding of the
- Peace Corps, and just to make sure that America's youth got the
- message, Clinton gave some details in an interview on MTV.
- Participants in the service-for-tuition program will work as
- teachers, police assistants, or in similar positions. Young
- people could serve before, after and perhaps even while
- attending college.
- </p>
- <p> At the start, the project will be a long way from
- fulfilling Clinton's campaign promise "to give every American
- the right to borrow money for college." The President wants to
- begin the program this summer with a $15 million demonstration
- project covering 1,000 underprivileged students. By 1997
- spending could grow to $3.4 billion for 100,000 young people.
- Clinton left the door open for expanding beyond 100,000: "If
- the demand exceeds the supply, I'll go back to Congress and get
- some more money."
- </p>
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- </body>
- </article>
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