{"id":15909,"date":"2015-08-24T12:35:03","date_gmt":"2015-08-24T19:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=15909"},"modified":"2015-08-24T13:03:14","modified_gmt":"2015-08-24T20:03:14","slug":"clinton-and-americorps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2015\/08\/24\/clinton-and-americorps\/","title":{"rendered":"Clinton and AmeriCorps"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the midst of our Bernie fever, let is not forget that there is at least one other serious contender for the Democratic Presidential nomination.  Hillary just introduced part of her plan to make college more affordable.  It has some commonalities with ideas that I have suggested in the past.<\/font><\/p>\n

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As part of Hillary Clinton\u2019s college affordability plan, or New College Compact, she announced she will expand the number of AmeriCorps members to 250,000 on Thursday. There are currently a little over 75,000 AmeriCorps members, and the number hasn\u2019t increased for years. <\/p>\n

For members who finish two years of full-time AmeriCorps service and complete a year of public service, they will be able to receive more than $23,000 through the Segal AmeriCorps Education Award compared to the current maximum award of $11,550. The awards would also be made tax-free.<\/p>\n

Shirley Sagawa, a senior visiting fellow at the Center for American Progress who played a crucial role in drafting the legislation that created the CNCS in 1994, said Clinton\u2019s plan will make it much easier for college students to participate in AmeriCorps.<\/p>\n

\u201cAmeriCorps has always been intended as a way to offset the cost of college and its certainly not operating at scale and the fact that the education award is taxable has made it not as valuable as it might be so I think the Clinton plan addressing these challenges in a really important way,\u201d Sagawa said.<\/p>\n

Sagawa said that it has made a difference for a lot of students who either want to make connections in their chosen career early or high school students who don\u2019t know what they want to do yet and hope to find the answer at AmeriCorps\u2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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I do liked the idea, but it does not go far enough.  I would have government completely fund college and graduate degrees in return for serving the needy while earing a living wage for a period do years determined by the length of free education.  For example, a medical doctor might receive a completely free education in their specialty, but  would agree to work on a Reservation or in an inner city clinic for ten years.<\/font><\/p>\n

I guess HillaryCation is a lot like ObamaCare.  It\u2019s not what we want, but, if it becomes an alternative to nothing, lets take it and build on it later.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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