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To Get More Men to Volunteer, Colleges Must Make an Extra Effort

IL (4/6/2010)

http://chronicle.com/article/To-Get-More-Men-to-Voluntee/64579/

College men participate in campus activities at disproportionately low rates, but deliberate efforts to recruit them can help, according to the findings of a two-year study of 14 institutions that was presented here on Tuesday at the annual conference of Naspa—Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education…

…student-affairs officers packed a room to hear initial findings from the study, which was financed by a $600,000 grant from the Lilly Endowment. A full report, “Engaging College Men: Discovering What Works and Why,” including case studies from each of the 14 campuses, will be published this summer by Men’s Studies Press…

>>Read the entire article at The Chronicle of Higher Education

I have always had a drive to serve others and work for the common good. But I never fully realized that I could go beyond volunteerism--that my opinion and hard work could influence policy decisions. My views changed when I sat in the office of one of my legislators in Washington, DC."

-Amanda Coffin, University of Maine at Farmington, Campus Compact student leader

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