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)

The quality of untrained adult leadership is a critical determinant of whether organized athletic competition for children outside of school is beneficial or detrimental. Physical educators have an obligation to become involved directly or indirectly as providers of coaching education for volunteers or by facilitating the development of youth…

Describes the efforts of St. Paul's School in Concord (New Hampshire) to join with local agencies and public schools to provide students with practical experiences and advanced programs. For its 125th anniversary, St. Paul's sponsored a series of seminar discussions on school effectiveness that included a national group of scholars. (WD)

Student volunteerism can include direct service, research and community education, and advocacy service. Alert observation and informed questioning are at the heart of learning from nonclassroom experience. (Author/MLF)

A secondary analysis of a national sample of American adults (N=2,164) was used to examine the correlation between membership in voluntary associations and life satisfaction. Findings suggested that the hypothesized pattern of relationships is not ubiquitously present for all four of the older age categories studied. (Author)

Results of a mail survey of (N=292) female volunteers, ages 23-44, indicated the role of volunteer work may be: one of consciously chosen primary work, a supplement to primary work, or a vehicle for entry or return to employment. Discussed differences in each role's relationship to voluntary organizations. (Author/RC)

By using paid telephone callers instead of direct mail appeals, the University of Maryland increased its rate of acquiring new alumni donors 17 times over. An incentive plan was implemented in order to increase the motivation of the student callers. The paid callers use scripts. (MLW)

Describes purpose and activities of a California Task force, Coping with Interdependence Program (CWIP). The program is directed toward getting schools to adopt global education curricula. A 26-item list outlines recommendations of the task force. Plans for community outreach and nationalizing and internationalizing CWIP are presented. (KC)

Discusses the planning and success of a five-day program designed to capture the interests of third, fourth, and fifth graders through reading and activities on magic. Nine fiction and 13 nonfiction sources on magic are given. (RBF)