National Youth Service :
A Global Perspective
Contents
Introduction
1: National Service Programs and Proposals
Profiles of National Service
2: Aspects of National Youth Service
Appendix A: Global Conference Participants, June 18-21, 1992
Appendix B: Annotated Bibliography
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2. Aspects of national youth service
Outcomes of National Service.
Several conferees reported on the fairly solid evidence about the outcomes that may be expected from full-time national service. These outcomes may be grouped into three categories: benefits to those who are served, benefits to those who serve, and benefits to the society at large.
Mr. Eberly said that according to research in the United States, well-run programs yield services with a value higher than the cost of the program, and that participants who complete the full period of service emerge with more awareness of the needs of others, greater employability, and a much clearer sense of their career options and interests.
Senator Jacques Hebert reported on the list of benefits to participants that he had compiled from experience with Canada's Katimavik and with programs in other countries. His list matched Mr. Eberly's and had several additions. Senator Hebert said that participants "learn skills, work habits, safety practices, cooperation, and pride in a job well done. They acquire decision-making abilities; self-esteem; self- confidence; self-discipline; social maturity; new attitudes to authority, family, community; and new understanding between ages, races, ethnic and linguistic groups."
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National Youth Service : A Global Perspective
Donald J. Eberly, Editor
National Service Secretariat , Washington, D.C.Based on the advanced papers and discussions held at the conference, National Youth Service : A Global Perspective, held at the Wingspread Conference Center, Wisconsin, 18-21 June 1992.
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