In 1997 the Education Commission of the States (ECS) created the Compact for Learning and Citizenship (CLC), an organization of state and district superintendents working to improve student learning through civic involvement and the use of volunteers. This issue paper provides an overview of service-learning, discussing impact, alignment with…

Volunteer involvement in North Carolina public schools is steadily increasing, yet few local school boards have official policies governing the use of volunteers in their schools. An official volunteer policy reduces the risk of injury to participants in school volunteer programs, reduces a school board's liability exposure, and reduces…

This international collection of essays describes the state of community participation among the world's youth. An array of empirical research is used to present portraits of contemporary youth constructing their civic identities through such means as community service and political activism. The collection contains the following essays:…

Describes a community-based adult school designed to allow residents of the community an opportunity to develop their own interests. (DN)

Article considered how teacher aides are used, the controversy surrounding their use, and a look at formulating arrangements to govern their use. (Editor/RK)

Six institutions' successful annual fund drives are described. St. Stephen's School keeps its constituents informed of giving participation and fosters a competitive spirit by using agents for each alumni class and parent representatives for each school grade. Ohio University cultivates annual gifts through a gift club for local donors. (MLW)

Yale University's Quarter Century Fund, a way to involve students in fund raising and to get new graduates into the giving habit, is described. Yale seniors make pledges to the Fund and contribute an annual amount to be invested as the nucleus for the class's 25th reunion. (MLW)

Describes Hostos Community College, a bilingual urban institution. Relates the problems encountered when counseling cutbacks forced increased reliance upon faculty advisors. Explains the development of a Volunteer Faculty Advisement Corps to counsel liberal arts students, discussing in-service training, linking students with advisors, and…

Improving productivity in alumni programs involves finding the right combination of budget, staff, and program that will energize the alumni. Whitman College has found that spending money, time, and energy to motivate and train volunteers, educate staff, and involve students yields rich dividends. (MLW)

Presents findings from a three-year study of a volunteer service program at a college-preparatory Catholic high school. Reveals that students with service experience showed significantly higher rates of moral growth than those without this experience. Adds that faculty involvement and student reflection and discussion were also essential for…

Of the three possible models for inservice provision, decentralised staff development is the model most likely to bring about changes in schools in a decentralized system like the Scottish one. The inservice system should therefore be reorganised to make it possible for that model to work. (BRR)

Rutgers' direct mail fund-raising campaign operated by volunteers and using computer and word-processing technology is outlined. Alumni were divided into subgroups and different techniques were used in the mail appeal, including personalized letters and reply cards. Suggestions for others undertaking such a campaign are noted. (MSE)

Emphasizes preservice education and training of older persons for work with their peers. Describes three training programs with older participants: the Senior Companion Program, the Health and Fitness Program, and the Closing the Generation Gap Project. (RC)