The Volunteer Potential of First-Time Entering Students: Interest Areas and Incentives. Research Report #4-90.

Autor/inn/en	Balenger, Victoria J.; Sedlacek, William E.
Institution	Maryland Univ., College Park. Counseling Center.
Titel	The Volunteer Potential of First-Time Entering Students: Interest Areas and Incentives. Research Report #4-90.
Quelle	(1990), (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	College Freshmen; Compensation (Remuneration); Higher Education; Incentives; Influences; Orientation; State Universities; Student Interests; Student Organizations; Student Volunteers; Transfer Students + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Studienanfänger; Abfindung; Kompensation; Lohnausgleich; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Anreiz; Influence; Einfluss; Einflussfaktor; Orientierung; Staatliche Universität; Studieninteresse; Student organisations; Schülerorganisation; Studentenorganisation; Studentenvereinigung; Studentenvertretung; Hochschulwechsel; Schulwechsel; Studienortwechsel
Abstract	A sample of 917 incoming students attending summer orientation at the University of Maryland, College Park, was given a survey assessing their interest in various campus volunteer opportunities. To assess the degree to which level of interest is influenced by the incentives of a monetary award or course credit, students were randomly given one of three forms of the survey. Findings suggested that generally, students did not differentiate among "serving as a volunteer,""earning course credit as a volunteer," and "earning a monetary award as a volunteer." Students were most interested in volunteering for the Homecoming Committee and Maryland Images (a campus recruitment organization), and least interested in volunteering for the Counseling Center and the Health Center. It is concluded that first-time entering students may be most interested in high visibility volunteer positions concerned with promoting the University. Includes 23 references. (JDD)
Anmerkungen	Counseling Center, University of Maryland, Shoemaker Bldg., College Park, MD 20742.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC