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Download full textKahn, Malcolm; And Others – 1977
This report discusses in detail the development and operation of the Open Door, a peer counseling center at the University of Miami, in operation since 1970. It includes the historical development, a description of the volunteer workers, the training program, and research programs concerning the Open Door. Broadly speaking, the workers provide…
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Guidance Centers, Higher Education, Peer Counseling
Shipley, Robert H. – Journal of Counsulting and Clinical Psychology, 1976
The present study assessed the effects of a companion program on college student volunteers and mental patients. Overall, the effects of companionship were negative for students and patients, while questionnaire responses indicated positive feelings toward the overall program. Because of this discrepancy, caution should be exercised in introducing…
Descriptors: Attendants, Attitudes, College Students, Higher Education
Hedges, Henry G. – 1973
Documented here is a project involving three extensions or adaptations for using volunteers in schools. The first adaptation involves a plan for meeting certain major needs of a secondary school with volunteer help. This plan includes components designed to reorganize the secondary school curriculum to allow some of the students to study aspects…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Differentiated Staffs, Elementary School Students, Individualized Reading
Stavros, Denny – 1971
The School Volunteers Program functions to facilitate the recruitment and placement of volunteers in several Title I designated schools, and is funded under Title I, E.S.E.A. While the services provided by the volunteers may on occasion include non-instruction related duties, the principal role performed by the volunteer is that of a tutor. Thus,…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Attendance Patterns, Compensatory Education, Program Evaluation
Stubblefield, Harold W., Ed.; And Others – 1977
The proceedings include sections on: keynote addresses (Paul A. Miller, Jon Van Til); who volunteers and why, the impact of volunteerism; evaluation, research design, and methodology; preparing volunteers and those who manage volunteers (evaluation of recruiting and training procedures, the effect of the student volunteer experience, effectiveness…
Descriptors: Administrators, Conference Reports, Curriculum, Higher Education
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
