A university journalism professor explains the concept of "public journalism," a movement in support of socially constructive journalism, and by extension, the idea that scholarship and public service can be integrated in scholarly activities that benefit the larger community. (MSE)

Colleges' and universities' commitment to community service is largely lip service. Conditions that would encourage more than just the very committed do not exist on most campuses. Communities are not voids to be organized and filled by the more knowledgeable; they are well-developed, complex, and sophisticated organisms that demand to be…

An interview with Robert Coles, an author and professor actively long involved with community service, focuses on the importance of public service, the emphasis currently placed on it, college student and faculty participation, participation of non-college youth, incentives for service, related reading for students, and organization of community…

An interview with Charles Moskos and David Evans, active in the drafting of legislation for establishment of a youth public service corps tied to federal student financial aid provision, addresses the rationale, objectives, costs, and implications of such a program. (MSE)

The Clinton administration's proposed national service program for college students receiving federal financial aid is examined from a labor-market perspective. It is proposed that national service and higher education be linked more formally than in the current proposal, avoiding considerable bureaucracy and potentially improving program quality.…

The governor of Arkansas sees a rise of a progressive liberal agenda that is married to the emphasis on market solutions to problems and the importance of individual responsibility. He notes a rising concern with social problems with an increasing awareness that problems require community responses. (MLW)

Trends in college student activism and volunteer community service are examined. It is concluded that this generation of students is redefining social consciousness by focusing on practical and rational responses to immediate social issues. Colleges and universities are urged to help students reflect and build on volunteer experiences. (MSE)

This article argues that the trend in college student public service cannot be sustained unless it is linked to the faculty's teaching mission, both disciplinary and interdisciplinary. This includes institutionalization of service learning in the field of pedagogy and within specific disciplines, and the linking of service learning to other higher…

Ernest Boyer traced the cause of many of higher education's problems to the fragmented nature of the college experience. Boyer's concept of the New American College had three priorities, all rooted in American higher education traditions: clarifying the curriculum; connecting to the world beyond the classroom; and creating a campus community.…

College presidents nominated students to receive the Robinson Student Humanitarian Achievement Award honoring their commitment to community service. The four winners, George Arnold Cuevas Antillon, Eileen Doyle, Diane Koucky, and Joseph O'Brien, are interviewed. (MLW)

Interviews with the five 1992 winners of the national Student Humanitarian Service Awards focus on motivation for public service, relationship with the community, compulsory student service requirements, student recruitment, faculty recruitment, and personal development. (DB)