The paper establishes a framework for discussion of actions to be taken by the Treasury Board and the Public Service Commission, in cooperation with other organizations, to increase the number of this indigenous population employed at all levels in the Public Service of Canada and to provide for their more effective use. (Author/NQ)

It is time to institutionalize the Peace Corps in much the same way that the ROTC programs have become a permanent educational fixture in American life. High school graduates would compete for scholarships and would be sworn in for 4 years in the Peace Corps after college graduation. (MLW)

Discusses the public service needs of manuscript, archive, and large monograph microform collections based on the format of the original materials. The need for additional technical service, particularly cataloging, is addressed. References are listed. (CHC)

Explores options for delivering on some of the promises of the Great Society, with the intent of inquiring into the possibility of retaining the best of the public sector's goals and combining them with the private sector's system of operating incentives. Also reviews criteria for the existence and operation of a public sector in the face of…

Spirituality has long been associated with public service, but is it a key ingredient? The author argues that it is and that higher education is missing a critical opportunity by not helping students understand the spiritual aspects of serving others. (Contains 12 references.) (GCP)

Discusses findings from a study by Campus Compact of community service work-study efforts. Findings are described in the areas of: current program structures, employing students effectively, collaboration with community organizations, community service benefits and challenges, opinions regarding President Bush's mandated percentage of work-study…

Investigated the relationship between citizenship orientations and service production. Comparison of respondents at three community centers, each tied to a distinct model of service production, found that co-production related more strongly with political and social citizenship than did contract and direct provision models. Civil citizenship…

Examines the challenges of senior public service in the executive office of the president of the United States. The memoirs used demonstrate the high cumulative cost that public service exacts on the health and private lives of senior officials. Reveals themes regarding how officials navigate dilemmas and challenges of public service. (Contains 24…

Draws from self-descriptions of national and community service organizations, and from service-learning history and literature, to reveal and examine underlying metaphors of service. Then describes and develops purposeful metaphors for service, which can be used to clarify service-learning's multiple meanings and facilitate reflective learning.…

Argues that, up until recently, the whole of British television (public and private) was a public service system, that the 1990 Broadcasting Act and satellite channels have introduced greater competitive pressures, and that British television is moving to a commercial system in which there remains a subordinate public service element. (SR)

Presents 25 tips for connecting students with their community, including involving them with local business people, helping them interact with local senior citizens, familiarizing them with the newspaper and encouraging them to read it or write for it, making them aware of cultural events, and teaching them about civic responsibility by helping…

Thompson and Lamble describe the evolution, role, and characteristics of university extension, identifying uncertainty and confusion about the field. They compare community and instructional orientations and synthesize concepts of extension and public service. Lauzon's response suggests the need to account for the changing context of university…

Discusses how the Corporation for National Service and its programs have come under fire for being more political than catalytic, being simultaneously too centralized and too decentralized, and pursuing too many unclear goals. Identifies discontinuities between the rhetoric and the reality of reinvention and draws lessons for public-sector reform.…

Announces the Sports Scholars Awards for 1998. One male and one female college athlete are profiled, and others are named for baseball, softball, basketball, fencing, riflery, bowling, football, wrestling, soccer, lacrosse, field hockey, swimming/diving, gymnastics, crew, tennis, golf, volleyball, track/field, cross country, downhill skiing, and…

A study that examined factors associated with organizational commitment among 64 blue-collar workers found that the following were positively and significantly related: promotion satisfaction, job characteristics, communication, leadership satisfaction, job satisfaction, intrinsic and extrinsic exchange, and intrinsic and extrinsic rewards.…