{"id":67167,"date":"2023-02-15T00:08:52","date_gmt":"2023-02-15T05:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/world.edu\/?p=67167"},"modified":"2023-02-15T00:08:52","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T05:08:52","slug":"associations-volunteering-why-do-students-get-involved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/world.edu\/associations-volunteering-why-do-students-get-involved\/","title":{"rendered":"Associations, volunteering: why do students get involved ?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nOver the past few decades, the terms for referring to active members of causes or organizations have changed.\u00a0The \u201cvolunteer\u201d \u2013 which rather referred to charitable action, or solidarity, customary in part of the associative sector, has increasingly replaced in current discourse the \u201cactivist\u201d of rather union or political connotation.\u00a0And, even more recently, no doubt by borrowing from English vocabulary, \u201cactivist\u201d has tended to be identified with \u201cmilitant\u201d.<\/p>\n

In all cases, these common nouns refer to active members of groups, whether they are organized over time (associations, unions, parties) or more occasionally.<\/p>\n

It should be noted that at the practical and administrative level, the volunteer \u2013 unlike the professional (also called \u201cpermanent\u201d) \u2013 does not receive any remuneration in exchange for his activity, at least no salary or monetary remuneration.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, one cannot underestimate\u00a0the \u201csymbolic reward\u201d<\/a>\u00a0provided by the commitment of the actors, as sociologist Daniel Gaxie reminds us.\u00a0Recognition by one’s peers, by institutional interlocutors can even be considered as an investment \u2013 \u200b\u200bwe find here an economic vocabulary \u2013 which will bear fruit later.<\/p>\n

It can be valued in a CV in the event of a job search, but obviously not for all commitments.\u00a0Having been a member of a student office, an association promoting one’s sector, a mutual insurance company, constitutes valuable experience and skills with an employer, whereas it is sometimes better to hide a commitment of the type union.<\/p>\n

Different types of associations<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Based on the extremely low figures, of the order of 10% to 15%, of participation in the\u00a0elections of the CROUS<\/a>\u00a0which manage housing estates, restaurants and scholarships, observers conclude from this that the “depoliticization” of students, their lack of interest in public affairs, apart from short-term mobilizations, such as those concerning the climate.<\/p>\n