TEENS WHO HELP OTHERS | VOLUNTEERISM GAINS POPULARITY AS TEENS SEE...

Herald-News (Joliet, IL);  November 22, 1998 ;     535 words ...Some teen-agers see mandatory community service as a hassle, something they're forced...times are changing so are the views on community service and the clubs that do community service. Volunteerism is becoming a big national...

COLUMN: Mandating community service

University Wire;  April 25, 2007 ;     700+ words ......U-WIRE) CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- COMMUNITY service has gotten a lot of attention these...Madison House, there is no denying that community service has a powerful presence Community service requirements have sparked the question...

Community service in Texas: results of a probation survey.

Corrections Compendium;  March 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Community service is compulsory labor performed by an offender as punishment for a crime and is often referred to as a community service order. An offender imposed a community service order is required to perform labor for a certain...

Don't Call It Community Service

The Washington Post;  November 17, 1992 ;     653 words ......across this land have been giving community service a bad name. In exchange for venality...often sentenced to punitive doses of "community service" in lieu of spending time in jail...broken law was there to protect. "Community" service, on the other hand, is every citizen...

'Why is Community Service Important?'.(Neighbor)

Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  April 10, 2002 ;     368 words ...One may ask, Why is community service important? Community service is important because it gives people the opportunity...provides us with new ideas for a better education. Community service is giving back to those that have given so much...

Clinton plan may fall short; community service to pay tuition gets...

Crain's Cleveland Business;  November 15, 1993 ;     625 words ......administrators say President Clinton's community service plan is a step in the right direction...September signed the National and Community Service Trust Act. The act created AmeriCorps...exchange for two years of full-time community service. Mark Falbo, director of ...

Community service not compulsory, but encouraged.(News)

Pretoria News (South Africa);  August 15, 2008 ;     415 words ......newspaper reports suggesting that community service would become compulsory for university...across the country have launched community service programmes, these will not become...encouraged institutions to integrate community service into their academic activities. This...

Cal State-Chico students may need to do community service to graduate

University Wire;  November 3, 1999 ;     656 words ......have something in common: required community service. Such a requirement would have numerous...Reed requesting support in making community service a graduation requirement in order...and their desire to take part in community service, but Esteban is hesitant to believe...

COLLEGES COMING UP SHORT ON WORK-STUDY RULE MIT IS 1 OF 200 VIOLATING...

The Boston Globe;  February 3, 2002 ;     700+ words ......employment office. "It would be nice to do community service, but the time to leave campus and...or 2 percent, to students doing community service, far below the 7 percent Congress...percent of their work-study money to community service by 2010. If the bill becomes law...

Understanding patterns of commitment; student motivation for community...

Journal of Higher Education;  September 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Increased interest in and attention to community service in both high schools and colleges...understanding why students participate in community service activities. The literature clearly...students' interest and participation in community service. Data on high-school seniors from...

Judge endorses community service

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  December 17, 2000 ;     399 words ...Judge endorses community service By LUKE KLINK Special to the...municipal judge lets people do community service if they cannot afford to pay...Judge Robert Niemiec said the community service program, launched last month...

The constitutionality of public school community service programs.(Special...

The Clearing House;  November 1, 1994 ;     700+ words ......facilitated student participation in school-sponsored community service programs, some schools now include community service activity among their graduation requirements. The idea of community service is inextricably woven into the fabric of our...

Community Service Or Community Theater?; Celebrity Lawbreakers Pay by...

The Washington Post;  November 27, 1998 ;     700+ words ......Often he's sentenced to perform "community service," which could include staging fund-raisi...his heels in a jail cell. Or, if community service hours are assigned, he'll be pulling...Angeles County Probation Department's community service program. "When you can afford a...

Community service: Panacea, paradox, or potentiation

Journal of College Student Development;  July 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ...The use of student community service activities to attain diverse...activities. The educative power of community service is discussed and critiqued...voluntarism. Involvement in community service is one educational activity...

UC Berkeley group lobbies to keep community service non-mandatory

University Wire;  May 5, 2000 ;     700+ words ......Gov. Gray Davis' desire to mandate community service as a graduation requirement, a campus...opportunities for students to engage in community service, but we agree philosophically that...Academic Council do not support a community service graduation requirement because of...