Extending the guidance circle to include career counseling by parent volunteers can improve the counseling department's public image; make the most efficient use of counselors' time, enabling them to concentrate on more difficult problems and fulfill traditional guidance functions; and help counselors better meet students' needs. (Author)

By using multivariate statistical techniques, various demographic and descriptive variables were related to a behavioral measure and an attitudinal measure of volunteer behavior among college students. The findings reveal some significant differences in the antecedents and motivations of Chicano and Anglo college student volunteer workers. (Author)

A $26 million Sesquicentennial Campaign at Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts, is described. The campaign was divided into three 18-month phases designed to push the campaign forward while inspiring confidence among trustees, alumnae, and other important leaders: setting the goal, redeploying forces, and soliciting the "Final…

This paper discusses social and organizational differences between client-focused, volunteer-staffed programs and comparable paid-personnel programs. Particular attention is given to the effects of these differences on three aspects of the evaluation process: initiation of the evaluation, need for process evaluation, and utilization of evaluation…

Traditional recruitment techniques aren't attracting many minority students. Institutions trying to attract minorities are concentrating primarily on blacks. Recruitment strategies should vary according to minority group. (MLW)

An overview of the management basics every alumni director needs is presented, including: staffing, planning, managing money, budgets, and facilities management. (MLW)

The author provides background on the junto and defines its role as a voluntary discussion group attempting to solve problems. She describes recent uses of the junto at conferences and provides guidelines for planning a typical group. (CH)

A comprehensive study of Stanford University giving capacity of alumni and friends is described. The mission was to identify new donor prospects and to review perceptions of the people already identified. Some 1,200 new volunteers were involved. (MLW)

Describes an innovative intergenerational pilot project, Team Work, in Northern Virginia in which older adult volunteers help disabled young people progress toward secure competitive employment. (BB)

Discusses development and implementation of service programs for adolescents. Offers five suggestions to facilitate programs: (1) have clearly stated educational objectives, (2) introduce and promote the program, (3) direct activity toward school and community, (4) make activity more than career preparation, and (5) allow students to react to…

The authors discuss the concept of a good community service program and argue that such a program challenges students to think about the meaning of their volunteer experiences. Several examples are presented from students' reactions to their volunteer experiences to illustrate this point. (CH)

Good computer files can help colleges find, manage, and solicit alumni volunteers. In 1978 Rhodes College began creating detailed records on alumni and friends, entering gift and biographical data, mostly in coded form, into computerized personal files. (MLW)

This article pinpoints eight specific areas where tutors of adult beginning readers need support. It describes the background related to each need or concern, clarifies these needs and concerns, and identifies related potential solutions. The eight areas include tutor isolation, leadership, matching tutor and learner, social network, and lack of…

The Mardi Gras Coalition, a project of Tulane University's community-service organization, trains student volunteers to provide emergency medical and other services at New Orleans' Mardi Gras celebration. The students get desired practical medical experience and also help the community. (MSE)

Describes the System to Assure Elderly Services, an innovative program operated by Consolidated Neighborhood Services, Incorporated in St. Louis, Missouri, which trains elderly volunteers to provide instrumental support (telephone reassurance, socializing, shopping, transportation) for their elderly neighbors and to maintain regular contact with…