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Students' Consumption Of Healthy Food Items Using A Social Marketing Intervention, Kayla Autumn Dalton
Students' Consumption Of Healthy Food Items Using A Social Marketing Intervention, Kayla Autumn Dalton
Masters Theses
This study was an analysis of student eating habits in an "all-you-care-to-eat" dining center at a mid-size, four year, Midwest residential institution. The present, quantitative study was replicated based off a study conducted in 2008 at a similar Midwest university by Diana Poovey Duncan. The present study examined college students' (n = 218) eating habits and consumption patterns over a nine-week study period. Participants were solicited to take the pre-intervention survey in person with incentives during the second week of the study while a post-intervention survey was sent electronically during the seventh week only to those whom provided an …
An Investigation Of Principled Negotiations As It Applies To Contract Negotiations In The Public Schools, Jerry L. Parker
An Investigation Of Principled Negotiations As It Applies To Contract Negotiations In The Public Schools, Jerry L. Parker
Masters Theses
The purpose of this study was to investigate the use of principled negotiations in contract negotiations between teachers and Illinois public school district boards of education. The study examined three questions from both the union president's perspective and the superintendent's viewpoint. The first question was "If superintendents and teacher union leaders had the opportunity to become familiar with the principled negotiations model, to what extent did they perceive themselves interested in using this model for negotiations?" The second question was "Why has principled negotiations not been used as a model more often in Illinois public education contract negotiations?" The third …
A Financial Study Of The Mt. Auburn School District, Robert H. Sample
A Financial Study Of The Mt. Auburn School District, Robert H. Sample
Masters Theses
The purpose of this field experience was to determine the financial condition of the Mt. Auburn Community Unit School District Number 5, Christian County, State of Illinois, from the 1986-87 school year through the 1990-91 school year. The financial condition of the district during 1991-92 school year was reviewed from July, 1991 through April, 1992. The education fund, operations, building, and maintenance fund, bond and interest fund, transportation fund, and retirement fund were all reviewed for stated time period. Tables were prepared for these major accounting funds to clarify the developing financial trend. Revenues received during 1986 through 1991 from …
Application Of Zero-Base Budgeting In The Learning Resource Center, Javad Raiesdana
Application Of Zero-Base Budgeting In The Learning Resource Center, Javad Raiesdana
Masters Theses
Budgeting is a statement of the organizational goals and objectives in monetary terms. Traditionally, budgets have been developed by adding to the previous year's budget as a base (at least in theory), but rather to start from a zero base and requires a justification of all expenditures. This method of budgeting assumes that each years's budget requests are built up from zero in response to the priorities and needs of that year.
The range of opinion about zero-base budgeting is broad. Some critics regard it to be of great value while others feel that it is inadequate. The purpose of …
Collective Bargaining In Illinois Special Education Cooperatives, Wayne E. Savageau
Collective Bargaining In Illinois Special Education Cooperatives, Wayne E. Savageau
Masters Theses
The Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act (IELRA) took effect on January 1, 1984. By the 1988-89 school year, the number of Illinois public school districts with negotiated contracts had increased by nearly 68%, from 507 to 850. The effect of the Act on multi-district special education cooperatives is not as easily determined.
Directors of Illinois' 54 multi-district special education cooperatives outside Cook County were surveyed to obtain demographic data and information on the collective bargaining experiences of these cooperatives. Responses were received from 41 directors (76%).
These directors reported geographic sizes ranging from 144 to 4,000 square miles, with enrollments …
Illinois Vocational Student Service Network Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Policy Development, Martin L. Barrett
Illinois Vocational Student Service Network Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Policy Development, Martin L. Barrett
Masters Theses
The dual purposes of this field study were to ascertain the legislative, court, and administrative rule requirements for equal employment opportunity and affirmative action for the newly created Illinois Vocational Student Services Network and to develop equal employment opportunity and affirmative action policies for the network. The findings of this field study are applicable to Educational Service Regions in the State of Illinois and projects, entities, or programs that utilize Educational Service Regions as fiscal agents. With minor modifications, the affirmative action policy could be utilized by school districts and other public agencies.
The study is divided into five major …
A Study Of Perceptions Of Superintendents Of Illinois Public School Districts That Had Teacher Strikes During The 1984-85 School Year, James E. Mcnellis
A Study Of Perceptions Of Superintendents Of Illinois Public School Districts That Had Teacher Strikes During The 1984-85 School Year, James E. Mcnellis
Masters Theses
The purpose of this study was to investigate the perceptions of public school superintendents before, during, and after the teacher strikes in the state of Illinois during the 1984-85 school year regarding: teacher organizations, negotiations personnel and influences, progression of events related to the strike (before, during, and after the strike), issues that contributed to the strike, time spent working on strike-related activities, terms and conditions of contract settlement, and cost of the strike. The 1984-85 school year was selected for this study because this was the first year teachers could legally conduct strikes in the state of Illinois after …
Contract Negotiations With Classified Personnel In Selected Illinois Public Schools, Frederick Dee Wiley
Contract Negotiations With Classified Personnel In Selected Illinois Public Schools, Frederick Dee Wiley
Masters Theses
This study examined the current status of collective bargaining between boards of education and classified educational employees in eighteen selected Illinois public schools. The collective bargaining agreements from the respondent school districts were examined and data were researched and collected concerning items currently impacting the negotiations process. The results of the study indentified information with regard to the following areas of the collective bargaining agreements: 1. Union affiliation of the employee bargaining units. 2. Classification of the employees covered by the collective bargaining agreements. 3. The duration of the contracts currently in force. 4. Fair share as an issue currently …
The Alternate Incentive To Early Teacher Retirement, Vernon Dean Guinn
The Alternate Incentive To Early Teacher Retirement, Vernon Dean Guinn
Masters Theses
The major emphasis of the study was to formulate an answer to the question being asked by the study group under the Illinois Project for School Reform, "How to improve the quality of teachers within the school system?" Specifically, this study analyzed the results of a study done by the Planning and Research Department of the State Board of Education, prepared in April 1977. Under this study's proposal, four areas of substantial disincentives were identified as reasons for teachers not taking early retirement. The age discrimination effect has since been overcome with early retirement incentives now being offered in many …
Anatomy Of A Strike, Elizabeth Ann Johnson
Anatomy Of A Strike, Elizabeth Ann Johnson
Masters Theses
This field experience is a historical examination of events and conditions leading up to and including the strike of 1982 between the teachers and the Paris, Illinois School District 195. A review of the literature parallels many of the conditions that led up to and were present in the Paris strike and its settlement. It also emphasized the relationship of unionism with the rise of teacher militancey.
This field study consists of six chapters. Chapter one is concerned with the overview of the problem. Chapter two reviews the historical background of labor unions, and the rise of teacher unions from …
Employment Trends And The Population Identified As Visually Impaired, Donna Mumford-Hinrichsen
Employment Trends And The Population Identified As Visually Impaired, Donna Mumford-Hinrichsen
Masters Theses
In an effort to obtain careers that are competitive, with advancement opportunities, persons identified as visually impaired have been blocked by attitudinal barriers of society. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of employer attitudes on employment opportunities for persons who are visually impaired in competition with individuals who are sighted. The population surveyed was a group of 200 employers of accountants field in the state of Illinois. The study was conducted using a questionnaire and a set of eight resumes of fictional individuals. Employers received packets containing the materials and were asked to review the resumes …
Middle School Interscholastic Athletic Handbook, Jim Deremiah
Middle School Interscholastic Athletic Handbook, Jim Deremiah
Masters Theses
The major purpose of the Field Experience paper was to provide basic and specific information necessary to deal with matters concerning the middle school interscholastic athletic program. The paper includes a Log of Activities stating where the information was obtained. The Field Experience paper includes a handbook to be used by athletic supervisors as they plan programs of interscholastic athletics for their schools.
The handbook presents administrative information needed by the athletic supervisor as the handbook outlines the role and responsibilities of the athletic supervisor in dealing with matters of finance, budget, hiring of game personnel and officials, and other …
An Investigation Of The Gerontological Educational Background And The Need For Training Of Practitioners In East Central Illinois, Kathryn L. Carey
An Investigation Of The Gerontological Educational Background And The Need For Training Of Practitioners In East Central Illinois, Kathryn L. Carey
Masters Theses
The purpose of this study was two-fold. The first was to investigate the gerontological educational background of persons presently working in the field of aging. The second purpose was to determine if there was a need for and interest in further training, and if so what particular topics the respondents would find most critical to their interests or beneficial to their work. The subjects were fifty-four persons involved in serving the over sixty-five population in a ten county area within the East Central Illinois Area Agency on Aging, Area Five.
A three page questionnaire was used as the investigative instrument …
Conversion Of The Community Unit School District Number One 1978-79 Chart Of Accounts To The Chart Of Accounts In The Illinois Program Accounting Manual, Terry W. Weir
Masters Theses
Section 2-3.27 of the School Code of Illinois requires the State Superintendent of Education to formulate and approve forms, procedures, and regulations for school districts in proper accounting of all receipts and disbursements; and to publish and keep current manuals, in loose-leaf form, relative to budgetary and accounting procedures.
At the present time the state has issued two accounting guidelines, the Illinois Financial Accounting Manual and the Illinois Program Accounting Manual. Community Unit School District Number One is currently using the chart of accounts from the Illinois Financial Accounting Manual for Local School Systems, Circular Series A, Number 246, revised …
Reduction In Force: An Analysis Of Procedures Used In The Roxana Community Unit School District #1 And Other School Districts In Illinois, Charles D. Conner
Reduction In Force: An Analysis Of Procedures Used In The Roxana Community Unit School District #1 And Other School Districts In Illinois, Charles D. Conner
Masters Theses
The purpose of this study was to analyze the factors which led to a reduction in force and the procedures which were used in reducing certified personnel by 14% in the Roxana Community Unit School District #1 in 1976. The school board had used a RIF policy with which it was pleased, but which had made teachers unhappy. Was this just a natural reaction from any teacher organization or were the board and administration inadequately prepared for the major decisions made, when compared to the provisions and preparations made by other school boards across the state of Illinois? This question …
Conversion Of Community Unit No. 20'S 1975-76 Budget To The New Chart Of Accounts In The Illinois Program Accounting Manual, James Joseph Courtney
Conversion Of Community Unit No. 20'S 1975-76 Budget To The New Chart Of Accounts In The Illinois Program Accounting Manual, James Joseph Courtney
Masters Theses
No abstract provided.
A Proposed School Budget And Faculty Handbook For Salem Elementary Schools, District # 111, Galen Brant
A Proposed School Budget And Faculty Handbook For Salem Elementary Schools, District # 111, Galen Brant
Masters Theses
No abstract provided.
An Analysis Of The Expenditures During The Period 1968-69 Through 1972-73 For Dieterich Community Unit #30 And The Degree Of Their Use In Preparing Future Budgets, Gary F. Siebert
Masters Theses
No abstract provided.
The Establishment Of The Position Assistant Dean Of Residence Hall Management And The Development Of An Accounting System For Bond Revenue Projects At Eastern Illinois University, Richard Glenn Enochs
The Establishment Of The Position Assistant Dean Of Residence Hall Management And The Development Of An Accounting System For Bond Revenue Projects At Eastern Illinois University, Richard Glenn Enochs
Masters Theses
No abstract provided.
Management Morale And Performance In Education: A Case Study In Organizational Behavior, Triangulating Theory, Methodology And Social Reality, John W. Means
Masters Theses
No abstract provided.
Field Experience In Professional Negotiations In Charleston Community Unit #1, Robert A. Carrell
Field Experience In Professional Negotiations In Charleston Community Unit #1, Robert A. Carrell
Masters Theses
No abstract provided.
A Study Of Fringe Benefits Available To Non-Professional Employees Of Community Unit School Districts In Illinois, James E. Harder
A Study Of Fringe Benefits Available To Non-Professional Employees Of Community Unit School Districts In Illinois, James E. Harder
Masters Theses
No abstract provided by author.
An Analysis Of The Financial Structure Of The Eastern Illinois University Union, Howard L. Unterbrink
An Analysis Of The Financial Structure Of The Eastern Illinois University Union, Howard L. Unterbrink
Masters Theses
No abstract provided.
The Student With Hand Difficulties In Typewriting, Kenneth Arlen Tucker
The Student With Hand Difficulties In Typewriting, Kenneth Arlen Tucker
Masters Theses
No abstract provided.
A Comparative Study Of Four Office Machines Commonly Used In The Office Practice Course At Eastern Illinois State College, William Henry Reineke
A Comparative Study Of Four Office Machines Commonly Used In The Office Practice Course At Eastern Illinois State College, William Henry Reineke
Masters Theses
No abstract provided.