Volunteer Journal Coursework

 Select a topic, issue, trend, or strategy of effective practice regarding volunteering. Possible themes could be volunteer recruitment, retention, management, leadership, etc. Review several volunteer journals to identify topical issues and themes. Examples of journals that may be reviewed are: International Journal of Volunteer AdministrationFA (http://www.ijova.org/), Journal of Contemporary Ethnography* (http://jce.sagepub.com/), e-Volunteerism (https://www.e-volunteerism.com/), Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly* (http://nvs.sagepub.com/), Nonprofit Management and Leadership* (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/%28ISSN%291542-7854/), Community Development JournalFA (http://cdj.oxfordjournals.org/), PAACE Journal of Lifelong LearningFA (http://www.iup.edu/ace/publications/), and The Volunteer Management ReportFA (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/%28ISSN%292325-8578). Free access of journal articles is noted with FA. If you click on the link for the journal (listed above) and there is a cost to view articles, you can view the sample copy of an article for free. All journals with * can be viewed via BSU Library databases. Submit your journal paper to the Main Discussion Board Forum. Length of paper: 6-8 pages, with a minimum of six scholarly references.