This pilot study was an attempt to meet some everyday needs of handicapped students in college by assigning a student aide to each. Aides were given financial assistance or "workshops" from project funds in return for their services. Such finds, therefore, served the dual purpose of helping the aide financially, and helping handicapped students…

This paper attempts to define the process of recruitment, the understanding of the potential leaders, and factors which affect recruitment, various recruitment methods that Cooperative Extension could utilize, and a brief relationship of the recruitment process to disadvantaged leaders. It is concluded that recruitment is an important element in…

Discusses ways of involving parents in school programs. (SB)

Australian adult literacy programs feature the use of volunteer tutors, emphasis on personal growth, and fostering of self-esteem. (SK)

Describes results of a study focused on the role and relationship of 4-H agents working with program management volunteers in clubs, communities, and counties. Factors found to be instrumental in the expanded involvement of key volunteers include agent self-confidence, belief in volunteerism, strong support system, and careful volunteer selection.…

Formative evaluation in an all-volunteer program is described as a process of gathering data to create a model of key organizational problems, challenging and elaborating the model, and translating the model into action. (SK)

This article explores various ways to recruit and keep volunteers for park and recreation departments. (RC)

This article describes the volunteer programs of several large companies. (RC)

In the Library Service to Shut-Ins program at the Los Angeles Public Library, volunteers deliver books and other media to residents throughout the city. (PF)

The findings of this study indicate the need for caution in the use of volunteers in counseling research. (Author)

The differences between volunteers and nonvolunteers, when statistically significant, were not sizable, as revealed by the generally small correlation coefficients and omega squares obtained in this study. (Author)

Volunteer groups improve the life of residents of New York's Harlem district. (CK)