Fed's to withhold funds to schools if they don't play ball...

[Jake]

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Or is it that students who do better in school and thus go to college are more likely to want to volunteer to bolster their college application and/or because they tend to be more focused?

And this is a terrible idea. Spending time volunteering is an admirable thing to do, but I prefer cutting a check to support such programs and spending time at work to pay for it rather than engaging in volunteer time. What's the problem there?

[Jake]

1 hour a week for high school and 2 hours a week for college.

That time can be transformed into time studying to improve my grades, improve my job chances, and earn me more money to donate or into time working to earn me more money to donate. Why can't I do that rather than "volunteering"? I escape an unpleasant social situation and they get the same benefit.