Some studies of sexual knowledge, attitudes, and behavior involve college students who volunteered to participate in the research. The present study assesses the impact of volunteer bias when considering random samples of an entire student body. (Author)

Results showed that volunteers were less likely to feel that patients should be restricted in their social functioning than were the nonvolunteers. Volunteers' attitudes toward mental illness became more benevolent toward patients over time, and volunteers may have begun to adopt the ideology of the mental health professional. (Author)

An innovative scholarship Program, in which faculty members contribute from their own finances money to help black students pay for their education, is presented. (CK)

Describes the development of the Springfield School Volunteers program, the make-up of the paraprofessionals, their duties, and the rewards of the program. (AN)

College student volunteers assist in a Saturday morning recreation program for handicapped children. (MB)

Two experiments to determine the effect of competence upon aiding behavior are described. (DB)

The majority of children who met with volunteers showed improvement in grades, attitude toward school, behavior, and general appearance. (Author)

Student volunteers each visited a mental hospital patient one hour a week, for an average of 18 weeks. Students' ratings of certain aspects of patients' appearance and behavior correlated with psychiatric aides' ratings of patients' contact." Students' discouragement in relating to chronic patients might be lessened if experienced students were…

By analyzing its own development (financial canvassing) efforts, a young church in the Midwest found guidelines for using group meetings to improve program planning. (LY)

Discusses the importance of volunteerism and describes the school volunteer program managed through the Florida Department of Education. (JOW)