November 9, 2003 - Dayton Daily News: Peace Corps Sacred Cows By Peace Corps Expansion Moratorium
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November 9, 2003 - Dayton Daily News: Peace Corps Sacred Cows By Peace Corps Expansion Moratorium
Peace Corps Sacred Cows By Peace Corps Expansion Moratorium
Peace Corps Sacred Cows By Peace Corps Expansion Moratorium
Peace Corps Sacred Cows By Peace Corps Expansion Moratorium
The Johnson Administration attempted an expansion to 10,000 Volunteers with cost cutting as part of the process. Some of the sacred cows, however, were retained such as the five-year rule for staff in the name of not establishing an entrenched bureaucracy. A ten-year rule should work better, especially in improving Volunteer safety.
A more recent practice has been to use management firms to recruit country directors. (How many MBAs know much about functioning in a Third World management culture or something in between -- talk about cultural shock!) This was a sign of another shortcoming that might be better addressed by compromising the five-year rule to a ten-year rule.
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Story Source: Dayton Daily News
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