A week after moving to Chiang Mai in northern Thailand to take up a teaching post, I visited the Sunday night Walking Street Market. The market bisects the ancient city with vendors peddling ...
Congress is currently considering cutting funding for the campus-based Federal Work-Study Program that helps the most economically disadvantaged students pay for postsecondary education. Such action ...
The country’s only Black governor, Wes Moore, has launched a lucrative program for high school graduates, age 18-21, to boost community service. The SERVE Act is the first program of its kind that ...
More than a decade ago, with the nation’s unemployment rate nearing 10 percent, President Barack Obama convened dozens of business, labor, and community leaders at a White House summit to help him ...
Recently, I was invited to speak to a group of middle schoolers in Harlem about their careers and what specific steps they should take to land their dream jobs. The opportunity, hosted as part of a ...
The Commitment to Service Awards (CTSA) encourage students to engage in community service further impacting their Brandeis experience while addressing community needs. Service will be used as a means ...
Q: What is the pay rate for an on-campus position verses an off-campus community service position? A: Students employed on-campus and students employed at an off-campus non-profit agency are paid the ...
Public service is, at its core, an act of selflessness. It’s a commitment to improving the community we call home, often without reward or recognition. President George H.W. Bush once referred to ...