Factors Associated With College Student Intent to Engage in Community Service

Many universities in the United States highlight service as an integral com­ponent to their mission. Additionally, a growing pedagogical focus highlights the impor­tance of community service as an integral component of student development. The cur-rent study was an investigation of the factors associated with college student intentions to engage in volunteer community service. University students (N = 403) at a comprehen­sive university located in the southern plains completed an anonymous Web-based ques­tionnaire to assess community service attitudes and intentions. Subsequent to testing for statistical assumptions. results from multiple regression analysis suggest that a sense of community connectedness, cost and benefit considerations, and the seriousness of com­munity needs are significant variables in explaining variance in the intent to engage in community service.