By
Tom Knighton
February 21, 2017
AmeriCorps sounded like a good
idea. Create a program where American youth could basically earn free
college by working and helping their communities. On the surface -- and
if you don't understand the inherent issue with any government program
-- it sounds like a great way to help people get their educations.
The
program -- which never reached the level its creator Bill Clinton
envisioned -- now finds itself on the chopping block along with other
left-wing darlings such as the National Endowment for the Arts and the
National Endowment for the Humanities.
The Trump administration is circulating a list of programs to eliminate -- and it includes the Corporation for National and Community Service, the agency that finances AmeriCorps, which places young people in service positions in which they earn money for student aid or to repay student loans.
The list, revealed by The New York Times, also includes the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities, previously reported to be targets for elimination in the first Trump budget. Both the NEH and the NEA support campus programs, and their advocates in higher education are already seeking support to save the agencies.[...]
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