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Kohn, Art; Brill, Max – Teaching of Psychology, 1981
In a student initiated experimental program, undergraduate students assumed full responsibility for planning, staffing, and running introductory psychology laboratories. They supervised six sessions demonstrating psychological principles. The results of post-session quizzes and questionnaires showed that students absorbed course material, enjoyed…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Higher Education, Laboratories, Program Descriptions

Dawson, J. Dudley – Journal of Cooperative Education, 1977
Attempts to validate the Parallel Plan of Cooperative Education, discusses utilization of student's current jobs in cooperative education, the practice of volunteer jobs in cooperative education, and the use of Federal College Work Study funds in selective Cooperative Education placements. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Cooperative Education, Educational Practices, Evaluation Criteria, Higher Education
Swearer, Howard – AGB Reports, 1986
Campus Compact: The Project for Public and Community Service is described. It is a national, action-oriented effort to increase student community service by centralizing and increasing access to public service information, heightening awareness of public service, and reducing the disincentives now discouraging students from volunteer work. (MLW)
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Program Descriptions, School Community Relationship
Bell, David; And Others – School Guidance Worker, 1983
Describes the Learning Assistance program, which uses student volunteers to staff a study area for college students with physical handicaps. A training program for volunteers was conducted. Both handicapped students and volunteers thought the program was helpful. (JAC)
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Facilities, Foreign Countries, Higher Education

Malone, Michael E. – Journal of College Admissions, 1989
Project SRS (Students Recruiting Students), a recruitment program developed by Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, is described. Student involvement in planning, directing, and implementing the program is discussed. (TE)
Descriptors: College Admission, College Applicants, College Choice, Higher Education
Biasco, Frank – 1976
The University of West Florida has developed a program in which students are able to serve as volunteers to agencies and schools of the community. The psychology department offers credit to any student donating so many clock hours of service per week for 10 weeks or a total or 30 hours per quarter. This paper presents a very brief course outline,…
Descriptors: College Students, Community Involvement, Higher Education, Innovation

Redfering, David L.; Biasco, Frank – College Student Journal, 1982
Reviews the literature in volunteering as it relates to a university credit course for students volunteering in human services agencies. Discusses the development of the program, along with the advantages to students, agencies, and the university. (Author/RC)
Descriptors: College Credits, College Students, Experiential Learning, Field Experience Programs
Craig, Deborah – Campus Activities Programming, 1990
The coordination and purpose of a student service learning program fits appropriately within the mission of a student activities center. Some national associations that focus on community volunteerism are identified and the volunteer program at East Tennessee State University is described. Volunteer experiences included campus blood drive,…
Descriptors: Extracurricular Activities, Higher Education, Legal Responsibility, Models
Westbrook, Franklin D.; Smith, Joel B. – Journal of College Student Personnel, 1976
Black undergraduate volunteers were trained to give assistance to black dormitory residents, with the primary focus on referring them to professional helping resources. Black faculty and staff were identified as referral resources. The merits of training peer counselors broadly as opposed to in depth are discussed. (Author)
Descriptors: Black Students, College Housing, College Students, Communication Skills
Cantrell, Will; Modderno, Francine – 1992
This book provides program descriptions and application procedures for 153 international internships and volunteer programs. Section 1 lists opportunities with 13 national and international government organizations and institutions, such as the Peace Corps and the World Bank. Section 2 lists 28 internships tied directly to a college…
Descriptors: College Graduates, College Students, Educational Opportunities, Higher Education
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
Dodge, Susan – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1990
A number of colleges are making a formal commitment to community service by encouraging their students to sign up for local volunteer projects, some programs are even compulsory. Critics of the new programs say that requiring community service violates the spirit of the community service ethic. (MLW)
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Students, Community Services, Educational Policy

Mulford, Carolyn – Change, 1983
Brazil's Project Rondon, an educational program aimed at broadening a student's education and to assist in the development of the nation's most poverty-stricken areas, is described. Teaching the poor to meet their own needs is the guiding philosophy. (MLW)
Descriptors: College Students, Developing Nations, Field Experience Programs, Foreign Countries

Fleischauer, Janet Patterson; Fleischauer, John F. – Journal of Experiential Education, 1994
An experiential education project at Edinboro University (Pennsylvania) trains undergraduate students to be literacy tutors and requires students to complete 60 volunteer hours tutoring at a community service agency in exchange for academic credit. Examines mutual benefits of volunteer service including breakdown of social stereotypes and…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Educational Benefits, Higher Education, Interpersonal Competence
Bailey, Bruce E.; Ray, Patricia E. – 1983
This guide describes the organization, administration, and maintenance of a student volunteer program designed to provide experiential learning to students and paraprofessional staff in rural human service agencies. The need for volunteer paraprofessionals in rural human service agencies, the benefits of a student volunteer program to both…
Descriptors: College Students, Experiential Learning, Field Experience Programs, Higher Education
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