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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · National and Community Service Act of 1990 · Sec. 165

Sec. 165. DEFINITIONS

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## SEC. 165 DEFINITIONS **[**[42 U.S.C. 12626](/us/usc/t42/s12626)**]** In this subtitle: ####
(1)Board The term “**Board**” means the Board of Directors of the Corporation. ####
(2)Campus director The term “**campus director**”, with respect to a Corps campus, means the head of the campus under section 155(d). ####
(3)Corps The term “**Corps**” means the National Civilian Community Corps required under section 155 as part of the National Civilian Community Corps Program. ####
(4)Corps campus The term “**Corps campus**” means the facility or central location established as the operational headquarters and boarding place for particular Corps units. ####
(5)Corps members The term “**Corps members**” means persons receiving training and participating in projects under the National Civilian Community Corps Program. ####
(6)Director The term “**Director**” means the Director of the National Civilian Community Corps. ####
(7)Institution of higher education The term “**institution of higher education**” has the meaning given that term in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965. ####
(8)Program The term “**Program**” means the National Civilian Community Corps Program5 established pursuant to section 152. 5Section 1516(2)(F) of Public Law 111–13 provides for an amendment to paragraph
(8)as follows:
(F)in paragraph
(8)(as so redesignated), by striking “**The terms**” and all that follows through “**Demonstration Program**” and inserting “**The term ‘**Program**’ means the National Civilian Community Corps Program**”; and The amendment probably should have included the phrase ``the second place such term appears'' after ``and all that follows through `Demonstration Program'''. Such amendment was executed through the second occurrence of ``Demonstration Program'' in order to reflect the probable intent of Congress. ####
(9)Service-learning 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)Unit The term “**unit**” means a unit of the Corps referred to in section 155(c). ## Subtitle F Administrative Provisions
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