Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs) in the St. Louis area and on campus at Wash. U. have worked to promote community development, sustainable agriculture and education abroad.

Eve Samborn, in asking “Is Wash. U. intellectual enough?” raises an important philosophical question. Here’s another: Why are Teach for America and Peace Corps the No. 1 and No. 2 employers on the Wash. U. campus? The bottom fell out of the economy in 2008; America’s best and brightest have served with Peace Corps for 50 years, Teach for America for 20.