Campus-Based Community Service: New Populism Or “Smoke and Mirrors”?

Theus, Kathryn T.

doi:10.1080/00091383.1988.10570205

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“…(The history of the legislation is discussed, inter alia, by Moskos, 1988;Swift, 1990;Verveer et aI., 1992;Kolderie et al, 1993). Clinton evidently saw in national service a way to tap the rising tide of volunteerism among youth (see Astin et al, 1992;O'Brien, 1993;Theus, 1988) and to present service as an innovation which contrasted with the bankruptcy of Republican domestic policy, as well as basking in something However, as well as these arguments from political opportunism and strategy, there are some more robust justifications for national service. Firstly, there are widespread perceptions that participation in formal political activity and in informal channels of community service is declining, that the growth of 'incivility' in public places marks a decline in awareness of the responsibilities of citizenship (Kaus, 1992) and that, as a consequence, there is a problem of rebuilding a sense of community as people withdraw into the private realm.…”

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What can you do for your Country? Arguments for and against Clinton’s National Service Legislation

Mohan¹

1994

Policy &Amp; Politics

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This paper outlines the National Service legislation in the USA introduced by President Clinton in 1993. It summarises some of the reasons why national service has attracted widespread popular and political support and considers the claims made for national service. These include: the potential of service for helping to over-come growing socio-spatial segregation in the USA; its contribution to solving urgent social problems; and its value in reconstructing the welfare agenda, replacing entitlements with programmes which emphasise the reciprocal responsibilities of those receiving aid. Some pilot programmes are examined and the claims of proponents of national service are then examined, putting service legislation in the wider context of the challenges facing the American welfare state and drawing lessons which may be of wider applicability.

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What can you do for your Country? Arguments for and against Clinton’s National Service Legislation

Mohan¹

1994

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“…Theus (1988), drawing on data supplied by Campus Outreach Opportunity League (COOL, see below) suggested that campus-based voluntary service had increased by some 400 per cent between 1984 and 1988. The annual reports on the attitudes and background of college freshman by Astin et al (1992) do suggest greater awareness of social issues among students.…”

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Making a difference? Student volunteerism, service learning and higher education in the USA

Mohan

1994

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This paper reviews evidence concerning the recent growth of volunteerism among college students in the USA. It describes the various pressures to expand such activities and outlines steps being taken to promote them. Reforms of student financial aid can be used to facilitate service among students who would otherwise have to engage in substantial paid work to afford education, while educational institutions are taking numerous steps, most notably through integrating community service and academic study, to promote such involvement. The more general issues raised by all this are: the likely impacts on servers and served of this activity; whether education-based community service has demonstrable educational benefits; its impact on higher education institutions; and the wider impacts in terms of political attitudes and behaviour.

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“…Volunteerism and Community Service. Theus (1988) questions in her article "Campus-Based Community Service: New Populism or 'Smoke and Mirrors' " whether the apparent trend in the late 1980s toward volunteerism is real or not. She identifies a national trend led by college presidents and student leaders side by side that raises concern for the welfare of others to a new high.…”

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“…With only modest predictions of student service on 350 campuses-an average of 500 students each providing 4 hours of service per week-a phenomenal 21 million service hours per year are estimated. The monetary contribution of this service to others is estimated to exceed $105 millon (Theus, 1988).…”

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Value education through activities involvement

Roberts

1989

New Drctns for Student Srvcs

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In the last decade value education has become extremely popular in higher education. Numerous national and global crises have demonstrated that educators must deal more aggressively with intellectual issues and must do so from the perspective of both scientific facts and subjective values.This chapter will explore how value education can be related to the concern for community and mattering. Clearly value statements are made whether the activities planner intends to make them or not. In fact, what is not addressed in programming is sometimes more telling than what is deliberately said.The key issues of this discussion will include (1) the origin of valuing and the methods used to convey a sense of valuing in our interactions with others, (2) examples of activities programs that overtly address values, and (3) a discussion of how previous chapters have led us to a point where the challenging pursuit of value education may be accomplished. Origin of ValuingThe authors have attempted through this volume to establish the most important issues-and therefore the values-for their work in cam-D. C. Roberts (ed.). Designing Campus Acliuifies Lo Foster n Sense oj Cammunify. New Directions for Student Services, no. 48. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, Winter 1989

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Campus-Based Community Service: New Populism Or “Smoke and Mirrors”?

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What can you do for your Country? Arguments for and against Clinton’s National Service Legislation

What can you do for your Country? Arguments for and against Clinton’s National Service Legislation

Making a difference? Student volunteerism, service learning and higher education in the USA

Value education through activities involvement

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