US Public Service Academy

On Friday, April 25, I attended a NCCC symposium in Annapolis, Maryland. One of the speakers was Chris Myers Asch, a Teach for America alum who is trying to start the U.S. Public Service Academy.

As Asch explained it, the U.S. Public Service Academy would be a civilian counterpart to the existing five national military academies. It would provide free undergraduate instruction to 5,100 students and, in return, these students would be required to serve five years in public institutions like health care, law enforcement, education, emergency management, and other fields.

A host of Senators, Representatives, and other political figures are already on board.

I would write more about it, but the couple sitting across from me in the Sebring Library are having a bitter argument about marriage infidelity. Check out the website at http://www.uspublicserviceacademy.org

Let me know what you think.