This article features several community college alumni who share how community colleges contributed to their success later in their lives and how they are inspired to give back. These outstanding alumni stress the importance of community and public service. They include: (1) Dr. Richard Carmona, U.S. Surgeon General from 2002 to 2006; (2) Colonel…

A brief review of some of the current literature about this subject which has been processed in recent months by the ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult Education. (EB)

Professors create their careers through three forms of work: research, teaching, and service. Teaching and research are well defined in most professors' careers and in higher education at large. However, faculty service is nebulous. In this article, the authors define service as faculty members' contributions to (a) the governance, management, and…

With the continuing increase in the number of public employees (federal, state, local), the Institute for Local Self Government believes junior colleges could be the primary agent in educating and training recruits. More employees are needed and many of those already so employed need retraining or upgrading. The Institute also feels that such jobs…

Volunteering is a vital and widespread activity in the United States; in fact, volunteers perform many essential community functions. Those who believe that most volunteers are women with time on their hands, that volunteers just do "charity work," and that volunteers are a source of cheap labor who can replace paid professionals and…

Societal needs and demands, together with the increasing interdependence between the university and its environment have forced the university to reassess its relationship to the wider community and reexamine its service responsibilities. The service function has become an integral and essential part of the academic scene, inseparable from…

Explains the Cherokee concept of "gadugi," a tradition of interdependency and service which is reflected in the service component of the Native Indian Youth Leadership Project (NYLP). Provides examples of three levels of service in NYLP: (1) traditional community-generated service; (2) program-generated service; and (3) student-generated…

Encourages university teachers to use their academic specialization and teaching skills in agencies that work with older persons. Rewards for the teachers include public service, personal satisfaction, the opportunity to learn, the acquisition of lecture material for on campus courses, the establishment of a network accessible to teachers and…

Assuming that writing and reading must serve the goals of a liberal education (preparing young Americans for responsible citizenship), the Institute on Writing, Reading, and Civic Education promotes student writing to personalize civic relationships, to obtain or provide information or services, to evaluate public services, or to evaluate a…

This paper reports on an exploratory investigation into some of the possible benefits of service participation. Using the national service program AmeriCorps as a case in point, the paper examines how the service experience might affect participants' citizenship development, workplace skills and career plans. Results are drawn from four focus…

This directory is intended to help teaching volunteers find jobs in New York State. The types of programs provided by the agencies listed include adult basic education, bilingual education, migrant education, and ghetto teaching. Information is given about certification and licensing requirements in New York State and New York City, as well as…

Suggests that the problems resulting from competition between credit and noncredit programs can be resolved by creatively integrating and articulating credit and noncredit courses. Offers examples of integrated programming. (DMM)

The case for university extension activity in the engineering field is made. The need for such services is described. Benefits to the university and to the practicing engineer are also described. (TS)

Phase II of the report on the problem outlined in Phase I deals with specific recommendations for expanding and improving the extension and public service functions of the University of Illinois. To be effective, the university needs a master plan in which the four essential ingredients must be (1) broad, strong and explicit policy commitments by…