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Given the touted benefits of higher education, however, it is quite disconcerting that some Democratic candidates are conflating the need to encourage young Americans to pursue higher education with the desire for more youth participation in public service. Specifically, plans by candidates Kerry, Sen. John D. Edwards—and to some extent former Vermont Governor Howard Dean—all provide financial incentives for post-secondary education to those students who will devote considerable time to community service—either during college or after graduation, via service work or low-income public interest jobs. While encouraging public service...
While Graff and Ages are concerned with political engagement on campus, they said they have not forgotten the IOP’s announcement last January of plans to expand Harvard programs on a national scale in an attempt to increase youth involvement in politics...
...remember the museums of my youth. They were always filled with rapt people and a contemplative silence. A silence so intense, in fact, that once I avoided sitting down on a couch in the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) to avoid the noise the cushion would make...
...opportunity to let Harvard students do more than just learn about politics on an abstract level. Encouraging collective action is one of many valuable ways to combat the apathy that is common not only among students here and at other colleges, but among a whole generation of American youth...
...think he has the potential to mobilize the youth in our country in a way that none of the other candidates have been able to do,” said Kate C. Gluckman ’07. “His appeal lies not only in his policies but in his presentation...