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ERIC Number: EJ573168
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0888-210X
The Generation X College Student and Their Motivation for Community Service.
Marotta, Sylvia; Nashman, Honey
College Student Affairs Journal, v17 n2 p18-31 Spr 1998
Explores the motivations of college student volunteers in an urban location, where social needs have grown exponentially in the last decade. Discusses how student affairs professionals might apply findings. Proposes that volunteer activity serve as a conduit between academic learning and life experience to produce good citizenship skills. (MKA)
Descriptors: Citizenship, College Students, Higher Education, Social Responsibility, Student Motivation, Student Personnel Workers, Student Volunteers, Urban Areas
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Generation X; Youth Community Service