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Bibliography, Aaron W. Hughey

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Bibliography of publications by Aaron W. Hughey.

Bibliography, Lacretia Dye

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Bibliography of publications by Lacretia Dye.

Bibliography, Monica G. Burke

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Bibliography of publications by Monica Galloway Burke.

Alcohol And Substance Abuse In Higher Education: Suggestions For Student Affairs Professionals, Emma Charpentier, Andrew L. Cullen, Bryan Hamann, Samantha Mallory

Parameters of Law in Student Affairs and Higher Education (CNS 670)

No abstract provided.

Legal Implications Of Student-Based Relationships In Higher Education, Lisa Brun, Zachary Inman

Parameters of Law in Student Affairs and Higher Education (CNS 670)

No abstract provided.

A University-Wide Student Support Program: Comparative View On Student Success, Kevin Patrick Thomas

Dissertations

Student support programs occur throughout the country in various forms at colleges and universities. The STEPS program at Western Kentucky University provides support to students who are required by state mandate to enroll in developmental or supplemental education courses. This program tracks the individual interventions utilized by students such as tutoring, intrusive advising, and supplemental education seminars. Through an analysis of retention and graduation data, this study compared the success of STEPS participants to eligible students who are non-participants of the program. The study also compared the STEPS participant population with eligible students within other four-year public Commonwealth of Kentucky …

Reasons We Don't Need A Formal Recognition System For Student Affairs Graduate Preparation Programs That Demonstrate Compliance With The Cas Standards: 12 Myths, Aaron W. Hughey

Counseling & Student Affairs Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Ua1b2/1/2 Oral History, Paula Trafton, Howard Bailey

WKU Archives Records

Interview conducted by Paula Trafton with Howard Bailey regarding his career as student and administrator at Western Kentucky University.

Ua77/1 Alumni, Wku Alumni Relations

WKU Archives Records

WKU's alumni magazine. Contents:

• Ransdell, Gary. Fellow Alumni: Thank You!
• 3 New Regents Join WKU Board
• Forensic Team Makes Unprecedented Sweep
• Darrin Horn Returns to Alma Mater as Coach
• Campus Safety Task Force
• Victory 2003
• Endowed Faculty Positions
• Alumna Left $3.5 Million to WKU for Scholarships – Mary Hutto
• Bucks for Brains
• Hattie L. Preston Intramural Sports Complex
• WKU Dedicates Guthrie Bell Tower, Celebrates Freedom
• Campus Beautification an Important Goal for Campaign
• Campaign Timeline
• More Than $5 Million in Private Gifts Support Western’s Engineering Program
• Gifted Studies
• Other Innovative Programs at WKU
• The Legacy of the Campaign - Honor Roll …

Ua42/3 Newsletter, Wku Glasgow

WKU Archives Records

Newsletter created by the faculty & staff of WKU Glasgow.

A Study Of Current Organizational Structures & The Perceived Impact Of Selected Problems Of Student Personnel Services In Selected Colleges & Universities, Johnny Wolfe

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Administrators of programs of student personnel services are being called upon to be more effective in their planning, to redefine and modify organizational structures, and to find ways to bring more control and flexibility to the budgeting process and staffing patterns. Further, student personnel administrators need to be more effective in assessing student needs, in evaluating programs, in determining problematic areas, and in providing proactive leadership within a more democratic and legalistic framework.

The purpose of this study was two-fold: (1) to report on the current organizational structures of divisions of student personnel services in selected colleges and universities and …

A Study Of Opinions Of Returning & Non-Returning Freshmen At Western Kentucky University Regarding Academic Advisors & Selected Student Personnel Services, Mary Higgins

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Three-hundred ten non-returning and two-hundred nineteen returning Western Kentucky University freshmen were surveyed regarding contact with academic advisors, availability of advisors, and quality of advisement, as well as awareness, use of, and value of selected student personnel services.

One-hundred eighteen (53%) returning and one-hundred fifteen (37%) non-returning students responded.

Returning and non -returning students differed significantly regarding number of contacts with advisor and perceptions of advisor availability. Returners reported more contacts with their advisor than did non-returners ,and returners were more likely to find their adivisor readily available than non-returners.

More non-returners used counseling services and developmental studies while returners …

The Perceived Role Of The University Residence Hall Director, Jan Akers

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This study was concerned with locating areas of differences in residents' perceptions of the role of the director --either a young professional or a "dorm mother" type--in their own residence halls on the 'estern Kentucky University campus. The perceptions were obtained through the use of a twenty-one item instrument (developed by the researcher) to which 1,111 students responded. The data were tabulated by sex, by residence nails, by halls with young professional directors, by halls with older "dorm mother" directors, and by a total overall. Slight differences were found between male and female students and between the various groups. However, …

A Study Of The Reasons Successful College Freshmen Voluntarily Withdraw From Campbellsville College, Annie Neil

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Samples of successful freshmen students voluntarily withdrawing from Campbellsville College were studied and compared to determine the reasons for leaving the College. It was anticipated that findings would help to identify some of the problems involved in student withdrawal, thus giving the College some better understanding with which to proceed in an effort to build retention.

Forty academically successful freshmen of the class 1974- 75 were surveyed using a questionnaire and telephone and personal interview. These students were grouped in three divisions: (1) those who entered with plans to transfer, (2) those who entered with indefinite plans, and (3) those …

A Status Study Of The Counseling Services Programs In Selected Church-Related Small Colleges, Vivian Bowles

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Thirty-one selected church-related colleges with an average enrollment of fewer than 2000 students were surveyed regarding the status of their counseling service programs. The areas covered in the survey included the following: (1) a description of the counseling situation in each college; (2) the academic and professional background of the counselor; (3) the extent of the counselor's teaching responsibilities; (4) the adequacy of the counseling and clerical staff; (5) the role of the clergy-counselor; (6) the support accorded the counseling services; (7) the scope of counseling services rendered; (8) recommendations of the counselors regarding counseling services; and (9) the counselor's …

An Appraisal Of The American College Test As A Proficiency Examination At Western Kentucky University, Cheryl Chambless

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Since the initiation of the proficiency testing program at Western Kentucky University, there had not been a comprehensive report of the performance of students who received academic credit on the basis of the American College Test as a proficiency examination. American College Test standard scores, American College Test composite scores, specific course grades, and overall grade point averages of selected students were examined to determine the effects of awarding academic credit on the basis of the American College Test standard score in English on a student's subsequent academic performance and to examine the feasibility of extending the use of the …

A Comparative Study Of The Home Environment, College Environment, & Personal, Emotional, & Academic Characteristics Of The Dropout & Persistent Student At Western Kentucky University, Casimir Kowalski

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The specific focus of this study was to examine the differences between the home environment, college environment, and the personal-emotional and academic characteristics of the dropout and persistent students at Western Kentucky University.

Within the design of this study three separate clusters of factors were examined. These factors were as follows:

1. The home environment as expressed by family size, income, parental pressures, size of community and high school graduating class I-as an influence on persistency.

2. The college environment as expressed by the student's relationship with other students, his advisor, faculty members, and the personnel services has an influence on persistency. …

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Ua77/1 Western Alumnus, Vol. 40, No. 4, Wku Alumni Association

WKU Archives Records

WKU alumni magazine. Features the following articles:

• Dickey, Debbie. Teachers of Tomorrow: Learners of Today
• Given, Ed. Miracle Worker: Athletic Trainer Russell Miller
• A Week in the Life of Professor X
• Those Were the Days, My Friend 1949-1950
• Conway, Sheila. The Sky Show is Right Inside - Hardin Planetarium
• Robe, Harry. Psychology Students Do Their Thing - Research
• Downing, Dero. Address at Founders Day Luncheon
• Stephens, Blackburn. Advice to ROTC Graduates
• Hauser, Philip. Implosion, Explosion, Displosion
• Wassom, Earl. The Mini Library - A Product of Technology
• Brumfield, Stanley. Caution: Human Beings Here Handle With Care - University Counseling Services
• Armstrong, …

Ua1b3/7 Meeting Minutes, Wku Faculty

WKU Archives Records

Minutes of the WKU faculty meetings for 1938.

Ua37/23 Whas Broadcast No. 46, Whas, Western Kentucky University, Earl Moore

WKU Archives Records

Script for weekly WKU broadcast on WHAS radio. This show included Earl Moore, William Spriegel and Chester Channon.

Ua1b3/7 Meeting Minutes, Wku Faculty

WKU Archives Records

Minutes of the WKU faculty meetings for 1936.

Ua1b3/7 Meeting Minutes, Wku Faculty

WKU Archives Records

Minutes of the WKU faculty meetings for 1935.

A Study Of The Critical Factors That Affect The Achievement Of Probation Students, Eurena Dawson

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

It is the purpose of this study to present the results of an investigation of the high school and college records of the 600 students who have been on probation at the Western Kentucky State Teachers College during the school years 1932-32, 1932-33 and 1933-34; and, if possible, to set up some standards by which these students may be given the advice and guidance that will best serve them in their preparation for life.

Ua1b3/7 Meeting Minutes, Wku Faculty

WKU Archives Records

Minutes of the WKU faculty meetings for 1934.

Ua1b3/7 Meeting Minutes, Wku Faculty

WKU Archives Records

Minutes of the WKU faculty meetings for 1933.

Ua1b3/7 Meeting Minutes, Wku Faculty

WKU Archives Records

Minutes of the WKU faculty meetings for 1932.

Ua1b3/7 Meeting Minutes, Wku Faculty

WKU Archives Records

Minutes of the WKU faculty meetings for 1931.

Ua1b3/7 Meeting Minutes, Wku Faculty

WKU Archives Records

Minutes of the WKU faculty meetings for 1930.

Ua1b3/7 Meeting Minutes, Wku Faculty

WKU Archives Records

Minutes of the WKU faculty meetings for 1929.

Ua3/1/1 Departmental Reports, Wku President's Office - Cherry

WKU Archives Records

Reports by various WKU department heads to the president:

• Canon, E.H. Graduates 1924-1929
• Johnson, Lowe. Training School
• Pearce, W.M. Extension Department
• Diddle, E.A. & Carl Anderson. Health Education & Athletics
• Seward, R.H. College Heights Foundation
• Craig, W.J. Personnel Department [Placement Services]
• Yates, Charleen. Library
• Burton, A.C. Rural Demonstration School & Rural Education
• Smith, L.T. Industrial Arts Department
• College Heights Post Office
• College Heights Herald
• Bookstore
• Art Museum
• Kentucky Museum
• Three Hundred Thousand Dollar Campaign
• Taylor, Charles. Agriculture
• Strahm, Franz. Music
• Home Economics
• ROTC
• Hill, Will. All Star & Lecture Program & Publicity
• Woodward, R.C. Grounds
• Hines, J. Porter. Mechanical Department …