Abstract
INTRODUCTION On April 14, 2011, I received an email from the director of an organization on my campus that receives funding though a federal program known as Learn and Serve America (LSA). The text of the email contained information regarding the budget proposal for 2012 just released by the Obama administration. On page seven of this document (a link was included), LSA appears slotted for $39.5 million in cuts; that’s more than the $39 million designated for the program in 2011— essentially the new budget defunds all LSA programs. In addition, other service-learning and civic engagement initiatives were slotted for substantial cuts — for example, the $350 million, nation-wide program AmeriCorps, was set for a $23 million cut. All told, the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), which oversees both LSA and AmeriCorps, faced a reduction of $74.6 million.
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