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Students and Voluntarism: Looking into the Motives of Community Service Participants.

Author:

Robert C. Serow

Publication Date:

1991

Journal:

American Educational Research Journal

Journal Issue:

v28 n3 p543-556 Fall 1991

Pages:

Abstract:

A survey of 759 college students (260 of whom were community service participants) and interviews with 42 community volunteers suggest that students engaged in community volunteer activities were motivated more by personal concerns, such as acquiring experience, than by broader social/political commitments. Many students derive satisfaction from helping others (ERIC).

Call Number:

300/E/SER/1991

Library Item Type:

Print resource - serial article