ERIC Number: ED323882
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1990
Pages: 19
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The Volunteer Potential of First-Time Entering Students: Interest Areas and Incentives. Research Report #4-90.
Balenger, Victoria J.; Sedlacek, William E.
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)
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Compensation (Remuneration), Higher Education, Incentives, Influences, Orientation, State Universities, Student Interests, Student Organizations, Student Volunteers, Transfer Students
Counseling Center, University of Maryland, Shoemaker Bldg., College Park, MD 20742.
Publication Type: Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Maryland Univ., College Park. Counseling Center.
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