MEDILL NEWS SERVICE SPECIAL REPORT
Community Service: Are Colleges Making the Grade?

• Federal Work-Study: Colleges Spend 12 percent on Community Service Jobs
• Some Top Schools Fail Community Service Test
• McCain, Bayh Propose Hiking Federal Work-Study's Community Service Commitment
• Even If Colleges Don't Push Community Service, Students Volunteer At High Rates
• Innovative Approaches: Students Help Communities by Taking Photos or Showing A Doctor's Life
• Definitions of Community Service Vary Widely
• Florida Colleges: Federal Work-Study Spending on Community Service Above Average
• Montana: Fifth Nationwide in Community Service for Work-Study Students
• Montana: Community Service "A Habit of the Heart"
• University of Northern Iowa Boosts Work-Study Spending
• Indiana Schools Just Under National Work-Study Spending Average
• Quincy Student Turns Work-Study Job Into Career of Community Service
• Mississippi Schools Below Average in Community Service Jobs
• Missouri-Western Tops Missouri Colleges in Community Service Work-Study Spending
• N.C. Schools Below National Average in Community Service Work-Study Spending
• York Area Colleges Below Statewide Average in Community Service Spending
• Wide Range of Spending on Community Service Among Wisconsin Schools

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Graphic of Best/Worst Schools

Graphic of Top 20 U.S. Schools and Their work-study percentage spent on community service

Graphic of Best States

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