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The College Cost Reduction and Access Act, which includes provisions to allow students better access to college and an improved ability to pay off post-education debt, is now fully in place. Although George W. Bush signed the act into law in 2007, many pieces of the act became active only in [...]

Responding to what he called “a moment for national service,” Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., introduced four bills Tuesday that would increase federal spending for community volunteer initiatives. The ambitious legislation would “create the architecture and the structure that will serve as the invitation for everyone to serve,” Dodd said. The bills would target everyone from schoolchildren to the elderly and aim to create new bases of volunteers beyond the usual young-adult pool of service-program participants.

Amy Branstetter’s journey to Nicaragua ended months ago, but the lessons in language and multiculturalism continue.

When Branstetter, a Norwich University sophomore majoring in political science and history, signs onto Facebook these days, she finds status reports in Spanish from a special group of Nicaraguan friends sprinkled among updates from college and high-school buddies.

The travelers participated in several community service projects. They taught English to school children, cataloged library books, painted a rural school and worked on a reforestation project.