42 U.S.C. § 12626
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In this division:
- (1)The term “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
- (2)The term “campus director”, with respect to a Corps campus, means the head of the campus under section 12615(d) of this title.
- (3)The term “Corps” means the National Civilian Community Corps required under section 12615 of this title as part of the National Civilian Community Corps Program.
- (4)The term “Corps campus” means the facility or central location established as the operational headquarters and boarding place for particular Corps units.
- (5)The term “Corps members” means persons receiving training and participating in projects under the National Civilian Community Corps Program.
- (6)The term “Director” means the Director of the National Civilian Community Corps.
- (7)The term “institution of higher education” has the meaning given that term in section 1001 of title 20.
- (8)The term “Program” means the National Civilian Community Corps Program established pursuant to section 12612 of this title.
- (9)The term “service-learning”, with respect to Corps members, means a method—
- (A)under which Corps members learn and develop through active participation in thoughtfully organized service experiences that meet actual community needs;
- (B)that provides structured time for a Corps member to think, talk, or write about what the Corps member did and saw during an actual service activity;
- (C)that provides Corps members with opportunities to use newly acquired skills and knowledge in real life situations in their own communities; and
- (D)that helps to foster the development of a sense of caring for others, good citizenship, and civic responsibility.
- (10)The term “unit” means a unit of the Corps referred to in section 12615(c) of this title.