A third factor promoting student involvement in community service is the
growing number of high schools requiring community service for graduation
(Eberly, 1993; Fiske, 2002; Keith 1994).
Indeed, many skeptics assume that the rise in student volunteerism is due primarily to such requirements.
However, the fact is that only one in four students who volunteered during
their last year in high school attended schools that required community
service for graduation (Sax, Lindholm, Astin, Korn, and Mahoney, 2002).
appears, therefore, that the majority of students who engage in volunteer work
do so of their own volition.
It