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Community Service May Be Required For College Students

by Jennifer

Getting accepted to college is a stressful process and huge accomplishment for most students. It requires lots of studying, commitment and community service. Once students receive their acceptance letter to their school of choice, they assume those extra perks that made them stand out on a piece of paper, such as community service and extra curricular activities, are no longer required.

But students may be required to continue community service hours to receive their degree.

Tony Rand, Senate Majority Leader, proposed a tutoring rule that would require students continuing in upper-level education to spend 20 hours a semester tutoring or mentoring students in public elementary, middle and high schools. If the legislation passes, all public and private colleges and universities would participate. Click here for more information.

Rand says the purpose of the legislation would be to instill responsibility in college students and provide help to struggling students in public schools.

Do students in college need to be instilled with responsibility? Considering high school students on the college career path were required to complete several hours of community service each week, it seems a little demanding to require them to put their time into more community service. College is supposed to be a time in a person’s life when they can explore and make their own adult decisions to be involved in a lot or a little. Whether students want to commit hours to community service or put their extra time into studying, working or another activity is their decision.

Although some students would despise this change in legislation, it could ultimately be a good move for colleges and universities. It would show that upper-level education is interested in encouraging students to be involved in their community even after high school. If students continue to stay involved in community service throughout their college years, there is a good possibility they will continue their philanthropic efforts.

The program would be named after the two tragic deaths of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Student Body President
Eve Carson and Duke University graduate student Abhijit Mahato.

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