September 25, 1998

AmeriCorps at 5 Years: a Success, but Not in the Way Clinton Hoped

By JEFFREY SELINGO

Programs win praise, but role in student aid is inconsequential

As President Clinton unveiled legislation to create a national-service program, in an April 1993 speech at the University of New Orleans gymnasium, he stood before a banner that stretched the length of the building: "National Service Means Educational Opportunity."

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