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1.
All That We Can Be: Black Leadership and Racial Integration the Army Way
Contributors:
Publisher:
Basic Books 1996
Subjects:
Sociology, Military--United States
United States--Race Relations
African American Soldiers
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...to national service." He lambasted AmeriCorps as"coerced volunteerism."17The...Forstarters, let us clarify the terminology. AmeriCorps membersare not "volunteers" inasmuch...modeststipend and education benefit. AmeriCorps participantsshould be called corps members...
2.
The Real Price of War: How You Pay for the War on Terror
Contributors:
Publisher:
New York University Press 2004
Subjects:
War On Terrorism, 2001---Economic Aspects
Terrorism--Prevention--Economic Aspects--United States
War--Economic Aspects--United States
Government Spending Policy--United States
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Box 5 Impact of budget cuts on AmeriCorps.Change in number of AmeriCorps volunteers promised byPresident Bush, 2002:+25,000Change in number of AmeriCorps volunteers funded byCongress, 2003:–20,000Note: Congress funded the president...
3.
Electronic Tribes: The Virtual Worlds of Geeks, Gamers, Shamans, and Scammers
Contributors:
Publisher:
University of Texas Press 2008
Subjects:
Communication And Technology
Online Social Networks
Tribes
Internet--Social Aspects
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...identity-driven) public dialogue.While AmeriCorps*VISTA members may be working to U...American public arena, / argue that AmeriCorps*VISTAmembers who subscribed to the...the public sphere, the tribe talk of AmeriCorps*VISTAmembers on VISTAnet works to...
4.
Mentoring Children and Adolescents: A Guide to the Issues
Contributors:
Publisher:
Praeger 2003
Subjects:
Children--Counseling Of
Teenagers--Counseling Of
Mentoring
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...opportuni­ties related to mentoring.AmeriCorps is a domestic Peace Corps that seeks...to people inneed across the country. AmeriCorps members train volunteers, tutorand...related financial assistance.Many AmeriCorps members serve within existing projects...
5.
Historical Encyclopedia of U.S. Independent Counsel Investigations
Contributors:
Publisher:
Greenwood Press 2000
Subjects:
Special Prosecutors--United States
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...effortsduring the time when he was head of the AmeriCorps service program. VonKann's report...avenues of support forthe endangered AmeriCorps program.Segal was a successful Boston...team, and assumedleadership of the AmeriCorps National Service Program in February...
6.
One Day, All Children . . . : The Unlikely Triumph of Teach for America and What I Learned along the Way
Contributors:
Publisher:
Public Affairs 2001
Subjects:
Teach For America (Project)
Elementary School Teachers--In-Service Training--United States
Elementary School Teaching--United States
Education, Elementary--United States
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AmeriCorps programs, was that the Corporation...corps, which didn't exist prior to Americorps, as AmeriCorpsprograms. This was an...concern; a clear identity wouldhelp AmeriCorps build support in the public and in Congress...
7.
Time to Care: Redesigning Child Care to Promote Education, Support Families, and Build Communities
Contributors:
Publisher:
Temple University Press 2003
Subjects:
Child Care--United States
Child Care Services--United States
Early Childhood Education--United States
Family Services--United States
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...Service was established toadminister AmeriCorps, Learn and Serve, and other national...National Service and wasdetermined that AmeriCorps participants would have opportunities...was launched in 1994.ACT is an AmeriCorps project run by the National Association...
8.
Higher Education in Transition: The Challenges of the New Millennium
Contributors:
Publisher:
Bergin & Garvey 2000
Subjects:
Education, Higher--Aims And Objectives--United States
Higher Education And State--United States
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not include funding for AmeriCorps, but the budget bill that was sent...elimination ofClinton's beloved AmeriCorps.As promised, Clinton vetoed the...revolution for education in 1996.The AmeriCorps program was continued under the...
9.
On That Point! An Introduction to Parliamentary Debate
Contributors:
Publisher:
International Debate Education Association 2003
Subjects:
Debates And Debating
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...administration, has alreadymobilized 20,000 AmeriCorps workersand volunteers in the country...andCommunity Service. The agencyadministers AmeriCorps and its 50,000young workers, who...Mike Meneer, a formerreading tutor for AmeriCorps inColumbus, Ohio, who is now executivedirector...
10.
Rich Democracies: Political Economy, Public Policy, and Performance
Contributors:
Publisher:
University of California Press 2002
Subjects:
Comparative Government
Welfare State--Case Studies
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...Clinton's most ardently pursued reform,AmeriCorps, launched September 1994 as a three...center-right combined to authorize AmeriCorps. However, by October 1999 only150...The central exchange in an expanded AmeriCorps is this: young men and womenagree to...
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