United States Public Service Academy

So. This is our — mine, Nicole’s, Ben’s, and Melissa’s — last week as interns at the U.S. Public Service Academy. The way the time flew has been incredible! It’s been an exhilarating summer in D.C. ...

While the rest of the view is lacking, from my cubicle at the U.S. Department of Justice, I can see a photo of President Barack Obama. Spending my summer as an intern in Washington, D.C. has made me realize ...

The U.S. Public Service Academy Act is currently in the House of Representatives.The goal of the act is to create a public-service academy where students would receive a tuition-free college

By Robert B. Stein, Missouri Commissioner of Higher Education When Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans in 2005, Chris Myers Asch was a teacher with the Teach for America program in Mississippi. The government’s ...

Obviously, healthcare has been dominating Congress’ attention and media coverage for the past few days (as it should, $1T over 10 years is quiiiiite a bit of money and requires a lot of analysis), ...

The University of California System may create an entirely online campus in an attempt to confront a massive budget crisis. The online school “would have selective admissions; tuition somewhere between ...

In this great article forward to me by YACer Mark Pan, the Christian Science Monitor explores the rise of gap years and tuition grants to help students fund service projects in college. Many schools are ...

Opinion, editorial columns, and commentary from todays edition of the Philadelphia Inquirer.

While the end of June often means just a countdown to the Fourth’s long weekend (two more days!) it’s a good time for other things as well. After all, we’re now halfway through 2009 — time to take stock of what’s happened so far.It’s been a pretty good six months at the Academy. ...

The Prince George's County school board endorsed a bill last week in Congress that would create a government service academy — based on a military academy model — and one board member mentioned the possibility of having it located in Prince George's County.

Amherst College President [bn:PRSN=1] Anthony Marx [] spent six years at the school extolling public service and teaching. His efforts were rewarded this year when eight new graduates took jobs with [bn:URL=http://www.teachforamerica.org/] ...