ABSTRACT
The Peace Corps must break with its past. It was a Cold War creation. The accent was on ideals, on the mere act of one people trying to help another, regardless of how much was accomplished in terms of real development. The Peace Corps' hosts have long known and indulged its shortcomings. The Peace Corps' hosts have been too tolerant, too accepting, for their own good. The Peace Corps should be restored to its original status as an independent agency. It must have a separate identity. Its director needs to have the authority, prestige, and visibility with which to revive the Peace Corps and realize its potential. Peace Corps training has oscillated in the range of poor to fair. The Peace Corps has experimented with a great many training methods and locales. The center would have an important subliminal effect: it would give Peace Corps volunteers a renewed aura of national visibility and respect.
