Noting a paucity of research on volunteerism, this report examines research on volunteer recruitment, training, and retention, particularly in youth-serving organizations that rely on volunteers to accomplish their missions. The report also proposes questions for further research. The report notes that while the number of individuals volunteering…

Fostering an ethic of active citizenship is typically a key goal for national service. However, national service advocates often assume that national service will act as civic education, paying insufficient attention to what this means and how different policy designs further or undermine different conceptions or aspects of citizenship. This paper…

Author presents a critical analysis of the Russell Report and believes that to be effective educational objectives must attend to what people want rather than to what it seems they need. (RK)

The present relationship between the universities and the WEA is often based more on traditional myths than on present facts; this involves wasteful inefficiencies in the organization of university adult education. (Editor/RB)

Examines the concept of community development and its implications for various sectors of the education service. (DM)

From 1978 to 1980 a committee worked to determine the status of philanthropy and voluntary organizations in America and to recommend efforts to strengthen the nonprofit sector. The committee's findings led to the establishment of INDEPENDENT SECTOR, a national forum to encourage giving, volunteering, and not-for-profit initiative. (Author/MLW)

Explores the Mechanics' Institutes of nineteenth-century Britain as a voluntary movement beset by problems of social class, conflicts over the perception of educational needs, and failure to meet those needs. Draws implications for professionalism and volunteerism as part of adult education today. (SK)

Provides sources of information for older persons desiring to find employment. Describes Federal Volunteer Agency programs, the U.S. Small Business Administration program, and U.S. Department of Labor Programs. Lists several recreation programs developed for older adults. (RC)

This study determined that adolescent participation in voluntary associations was related to the form and extent of political activity in adulthood. Adolescent participation had positive effects on discussion of issues, campaign participation, and voting rates. (Author/APM)

Examines voluntary associations of the aged. A substantial majority of respondents were affiliated and more than one-half had multiple affiliations. Women were more active in voluntary groups than men. Those belonging to multiple associations were more active in each association than individuals with only one affiliation. (Author)

The RSVP (Retired Senior Volunteer Program) in E. St. Louis is described. How the program got started, guidelines, funding information, and testimony from the volunteers themselves are included. (CT)

This article delineates the background, the events, and the social processes through which a segment of the Vietnamese population has become an American refugee problem. (Author/EB)

Examines the relationship between older people's participation in voluntary associations and their sense of well-being. Findings reveal type of activity and reasons for participation had little relationship to life satisfaction, since they reflected health and socioeconomic status differences. (Author/BEF)

Includes "Reflections of a Delegate to the Presidents' Summit for America's Future [PSAF]" (Seita); "Personal Reactions to the PSAF" (Ellis); "The Presidents' Summit: Telling Our Stories" (Silver); "Thoughts on the Presidents' Summit" (Todd); and "An Internet Dialogue: Thoughts on Literacy, Volunteers,…