Simple answer: Yes. Under new AmeriCorps VISTA Education policy, you can pursue graduate school/outside education while serving as a VISTA. The key here is that a VISTA member still needs to serve in a full time capacity for the organization. The lack of clear parameters i.e. an upper limit of number of credits taken is not carte blanche for folks to be enrolled in VISTA and school simultaneously. The supervisor should carefully take into consideration the amount of time away from the project...
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