peace corps

AP - Roll back the clock to 1961: John F.

Kennedy was inaugurated president. The Peace Corps was founded.

Because of mounting student debt, the majority of freshly graduated college students are choosing to go into the private sector to earn enough to begin chipping away at loan repayment.

Thus, our country's top programs for doing public good - AmeriCorps, the Peace Corps, Teach for America - aren't always the most appealing or reasonable choices for post-college life.