Document Type
Article
Abstract
Growing awareness of the seriousness of youth problems in this country (e.g., substance abuse, delinquency, early pregnancy, early school leaving) and of the magnitude of these problems compared to those experienced by youth in other countries has led policymakers, practitioners, and the general public to agree with the above statement. We, as a society, are not offering something to our young people that we should be. The questions that need to be answered are obvious: What are we doing wrong? How did it happen? How do we change the situation? In the spirit of this concern, we explore in this report the potential role of the voluntary sector in promoting positive youth development.
This paper is one of a series of working papers commissioned by the Task Force on Youth Development and Community Programs, a newly formed working group of the Carnegie Corporation's Council on Adolescent Development.
Publication Date
1992
Journal Title
National Youth Leadership Symposium Monographs
Volume
3
Issue
1
ISBN
1-881516-02-4
First Page
95
Last Page
143
Publisher
Institute for Youth Leaders
City
Cedar Falls, IA
Copyright
©1992 Institute for Youth Leaders, College of Education, School of Health, Physical Education and Leisure Services, University of Northern Iowa
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Pittman, Karen; Wright, Marlene; and Tate, Geeta
(1992)
"A Rationale for Enhancing the Role of the Non-school Voluntary Sector in Youth Development (Paper in Progress),"
National Youth Leadership Symposium Monographs: Vol. 3, Article 11.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/nyls_monographs/vol3/iss1/11
Comments
Monograph no.3 of this series covers the 1992 National Youth Leadership Symposium