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Harding, Gene – 1974
The efforts of the University of Nebraska to build a new educational program based on community service are described. NOVA combined traditional instruction with a year-long field experience for undergraduate students in Nebraska communities. Emphasis was on problems related to poverty. The planning phase of the project is reviewed, along with an…
Descriptors: College Students, Community Cooperation, Community Services, Experimental Programs
Download full textLarson, C. G.; And Others – 1974
School/community service is a student volunteer program that is part of the career development programs of the San Mateo Union High School District. The purpose of the program is to assist students wishing to volunteer their services to schools and approved community agencies under adult guidance and supervision. The document presents the…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Career Development, Career Education, Career Exploration
California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1991
This report reviews the origins of the Human Corps concept, discusses the Human Corps activities of the University of California and the California State University over the past year (1991), and offers two recommendations concerning future reporting requirements related to this program. The recommendations are: (1) the University of California…
Descriptors: College Students, Community Services, Extracurricular Activities, Higher Education
ACTION, Washington, DC. National Student Volunteer Program. – 1977
Designed for coordinators of student volunteer programs (experiential learning through community service), this manual provides information on some of the basic research approaches and tools which can be used to analyze a program's activities and effectiveness. The major areas discussed include the following: the reasons for and resources…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Case Studies, Community Services, Data Analysis
Dutter, Denise A. – 1996
Students for Volunteer Services was a demonstration project implemented by Michigan's Lansing Community College to facilitate student understanding of and participation in community service. Project activities focused on increasing the percentages of students who volunteer (with an emphasis on minority students), improving the abilities of…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community Services, Leadership Training, Minority Groups
ACTION, Washington, DC. – 1986
The specific effects of the Young Volunteers in ACTION (YVA) Program were examined through onsite interviews with project directors, workstation supervisors, and volunteers at 18 YVA projects in their second year of ACTION funding. Principal topics were accomplishment of YVA's poverty goals; effects of YVA on the workstation, volunteerism, and the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, College Students, Community Programs, Community Services
Fertman, Carl I.; And Others – 1995
The Learn and Serve Grant Program was designed to support schools and community-based organizations (CBOs) that engage children and adolescents in service activities linked to the school curriculum that address real community needs. An evaluation covered 93 Pennsylvania schools and CBOs that received funding to design and implement programs.…
Descriptors: Career Education, Community Organizations, Community Services, Cooperative Programs
Enterprises for New Directions, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1990
As the first awardees in the Student Community Service (SCS) program conclude their third and final year of funding and as SCS becomes an established part of ACTION's system of volunteer opportunities, it seems a proper time to evaluate the program. This evaluation examines whether the SCS has made a difference in the host communities served, and…
Descriptors: College Students, Community Development, Community Services, Delivery Systems
Craig, Judy A., Ed. – Advances in Education Research, 1998
This report provides peer-reviewed, scholarly research supported in whole or in part by the Office of Educational Research and Improvement through its educational research and development programs. It includes 13 previously published articles from selected refereed journals identifying the best research on community service learning. Section 1,…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, College Faculty, College Students, Community Services
Seifer, Sarena D., Ed.; Hermanns, Kris, Ed.; Lewis, Judy, Ed. – 2000
This volume is part of a series of 18 monographs on service learning and the academic disciplines. Essays in this volume focus on understanding how service-learning in medical education differs from traditional clinical medical education. After an Introduction by Sarena D. Seifer, Kris Hermanns, and Judy Lewis, essays in Part 1, "The Broader…
Descriptors: Clinical Teaching (Health Professions), College Students, Community Services, Graduate Study
