Re: Federal Work Study and Service Learning

>Not quite.
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>My understanding is that Title IV requires that a 7% of FWS money go to
>community service (though there is no requirement that any of it be
>funnelled specifically through service learning programs).
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>There are problems with using this for service learning. In a class fo 20
>biology students assigned to do some kind of clean up project as service
>learning and analyze for class the trash they find, perhaps half the
>students will be eligible for FWS. Art you going to pay some for the time
>they spend on a class assignment because, after all, they're Title IV
>eligible, but then not pay other students who do they same work?
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>There was an article in the Chroncile of Higher Education on April 10 that
>says that Bush is trying to raise the percentage of FWS spent on communiety
>service from 7% to 50%. That's right, 50% of all FWS $$ would go to
>community service if Bush get's his Americorp proposal through as is...
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>Grge Cruey, Grants
>Virginia Intermont College
>Bristol, Va.

The obvious use of these funds for s-l is to pay students who
organize/facilitate and otherwise assist with the management of
service-learning projects like the one you describe here.  This is what is
often so tough for faculty and discourages use of service-learning in
courses.

JE
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