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Calendar - Vol. 04, No. 12 - December 14-20, 1970, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1968-1971, University Calendar

No abstract provided.

Calendar - Vol. 04, No. 10 - November 30, 1970-December 6, 1970, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1968-1971, University Calendar

No abstract provided.

Sensitivity To Communication In School Administrators, Stephen G. Hess

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purpose of this study was to compare the mean scores of a group of school administrators on a test of sensitivity to communication in terms of their sex, age, level of position, and length of time in position. The study employed 155 administrators at the central office and individual school levels in a large Southwest school district. Subjects were given The UNM Conversation Self-Report Inventory (Form 369A/Revised), which was designed to measure the extent of communication sensitivity in respondents. Sensitivity to communication is defined as visualizing the purpose of communication to be one of understanding the feelings of others …

Calendar - Vol. 04, No. 08 - November 16-22, 1970, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1968-1971, University Calendar

No abstract provided.

Calendar - Vol. 04, No. 07 - November 9-15,1970, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1968-1971, University Calendar

No abstract provided.

Calendar - Vol. 04, No. 06 - November 2-8, 1970, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1968-1971, University Calendar

No abstract provided.

Calendar - Vol. 04, No. 05 - October 26, 1970-November 1, 1970, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1968-1971, University Calendar

No abstract provided.

Calendar - Vol. 04, No. 04 - October 19-25, 1970, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1968-1971, University Calendar

No abstract provided.

Calendar - Vol. 04, No. 03 - October 12-18, 1970, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1968-1971, University Calendar

No abstract provided.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 50, No. 11, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU Campus Newspaper Reporting Campus, Athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky News. This issue contains articles:

• Hanes, Clark. Homecoming Activities to Move at Full Thrust
• 6 Races to Be Settled in Today’s Balloting
• Jackson, Jeanne. Dorm Survey Response Low
• Curtain Rises Tomorrow for ‘1776’ Performance
• Pacific Gas & Electric - Rock Group to Electrify Campus
• Cinema Guild Sets Twin Bill
• Sigma Chi Derby Begins Oct. 15
• Sutherland, David. Student ‘Dropouts’ Get New High – Skydiving
• ‘Off the Record’ at an Open Forum?
• Long-Range Planning Causes Parking Snafu
• Supply of Recreational Facilities Tops Demand
• Freville, Michael. Denounces Apathy
• Hoppe, Arthur. Israelis Are …

A Bicultural Study Of Value Orientations, Leisure Attitudes And Activity Preferences, Royal G. Jackson

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

A significant development of the twentieth-century has been the emergence in the United States and in other industrialized nations of a way of life increasingly oriented toward leisure rather than work. The body of knowledge gradually being formulated to cope with this new concern is still lacking in at least one important dimension. Insufficient attention has been given to the role of value orientations in the formation of attitudes toward leisure and leisure pursuits.

Ua77/1 Western Alumnus, Vol. 39, No. 4, Wku Alumni Relations

WKU Administration Documents

WKU alumni magazine. This issue contains the following articles:

• College Heights Foundation Begins Special Appeal Campaign
• Conway, Sheila. The McChesneys
• Administrative Reorganization: Regents Confirm Appointments
• Given, Ed. Jim McDaniels Tells About Life & People on the Other Side of the Globe
• Armstrong, Don. Dear Alum: You Wouldn't Recognize Freshman Physics
• Downing, Dero. Charting the Course
• Boling, Edward. Symbolism & Certainty
• Page, Tate. The Environment for Man
• Faculty Awards - Elmer Gray, George Masannat
• Conway, Sheila. Student Centers on the Hill
• Homecoming: Western - Spirit of the '70's
• Structured Progress
• Sagabiel, Jack. Honor Societies Build for Excellence
• Scholars - Plus - …

Ua45/1/1 Wku Bulletin Catalog Issue, Vol. 39, No. 2, Wku Registrar

WKU Administration Documents

Course catalog and informational booklet regarding Western Kentucky University.

Ua45/1/2 Wku Graduate College Bulletin, Vol. 38, No. 6, Wku Registrar

WKU Administration Documents

Course catalog and informational booklet regarding Western Kentucky University graduate courses.

Anderson College Student Handbooks, 1970-1971, Student Government Association

Handbooks

The Anderson College student handbooks for men and women for the 1970-1971 school year.

Developed in part by the Anderson College Student Government Association.

Ua94/6/3 Expatriate, Bruce Tucker

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Underground newspaper commenting on Western Kentucky University administration and events. Articles include:

• Lyne, John. Crime & Punishment
• Discrimination to be Aired
• Todd, Tom. Europe on $100 a Day
• Tichenor, Steve. Focus on the Arts
• Tucker, Bruce. Speaker Policy Proposed
• Neumayer, Rick. Western's Tower of Babble - Bowling Green Water Tower
• Harris, Mike. Charles Keown Threatens Counselors
• Todd, Tom. Jimi Hendrix
• The High Cost of Innocence
• Charles Keown Must Cease Threats
• Speaker Policy: We Will Accept Nothing Less
• Conversation / The Student Athlete - Bill Hape, Sam Pearson, Darryl Smith

Calendar - Vol. 04, No. 01 - September 28, 1970-October 4, 1970, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1968-1971, University Calendar

No abstract provided.

Teacher Preparation Needed For Those Planning To Teach The "Culturally Different" In Grades 5 Through 9 As Perceived By Teachers Presently Teaching The "Culturally Different.", Colleen Hennessey

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

This study was designed to obtain and analyze the perceptions of teachers of children who are culturally different regarding the curriculum necessary to prepare students to teach children who are culturally different. The teachers were at the time of the study, teaching in grades 5 through 9 in schools in New Orleans, Louisiana, Houston, Texas, and Dallas, Texas, designated as schools for children who were culturally different. Information concerning programs of teacher preparation was secured through the use of a questionnaire. Three hundred twenty-four questionnaires were usable for analysis.

Tabulation of the data from the questionnaire indicated the following inter-related …

Ua94/6/3 Expatriate, Bruce Tucker

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Underground newspaper commenting on Western Kentucky University administration and events. Articles include:

• Tucker, Bruce. A Magical Mystery Tour - WKU Administrators
• Neumayer, Rick. Who Asked You? - Elections
• Neumayer, Rick. Regents Slash Academic Council Proposal
• Neumayer, Rick. How They Spent Your Summer Vacation
• Conversation / Poet Jim Wayne Miller
• Harris, Mike. Charles Keown Threatens Activists
• Neumayer, Rick. A Protest - A Hearing - A Travesty
• Harris, Mike. Hurry Up & Wait - Instructor Evaluations
• Lord, William. Our Readers' Right
• The Western Administration at Play in the Apocalypse
• Form Without Content: Tell the Regents No
• Church & State: Keep Them Apart …

A Field Study To Effect Changes In Academic Achievement Levels Of Underachieving Seventh-Grade Students, Raymond J. Gargiulo

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

The purpose of this study was to improve the academic performance of underachieving seventh-grade students. Specific focus of the study was on improving reading achievement by using within-class instructional grouping to accommodate the range of achievement in the classroom and by matching various instructional materials to the learners' levels of reading (hereafter referred to as the open classroom concept). The study was also design to evaluated associated improvement in arithmetic and social studies skills, as well as the degree of school satisfaction demonstrated by students in the open classroom environment. Another factor measured by the study …

A Study Of Selected Central Washington Secondary Principals’ Effectiveness From Teachers’ Perceptions And Principals’ Estimates Of These Perceptions, Albert E. Carpenter Jr.

All Master's Theses

The problem to be investigated was the absence of data about the degree of agreement between the principal and his staff as to his effectiveness as an educational leader.

Application Of Herzberg's Dual-Factor Theory To Faculty Members In A University, Lloyd George Swierenga

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

An Outdoor Education Field Study Guidebook For The Intermediate Grades, James Arthur Asmussen

All Master's Theses

The purpose in constructing and developing a student field study guidebook was to make the outdoor education program for the Tacoma School District, or possibly other school districts, a more complete and unified program, and a program that would encourage students to achieve the outdoor education objectives.

Family Income, Voting Behavior, And Financial Referendums:Educational Finance And Politics In Albuquerque, 1968-1969., Richard V. Hatley

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

This study (1) described and analyzed the relationship between family income and voting behavior in four 1968-1969 public school financial referendums in Albuquerque, New Mexico, (2) investigated ether variables which might be related to voter responses in such elections, and (3) developed a method for studying school election voting behavior.

Retraining Efforts And Labor Force Status: Differential Effects Of Selected Demographic Variables, John Terry Abrahamson

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The Manpower Development and Training Act (M.D.T.A.) is the largest and one of the oldest of the federal manpower programs. This study is of the M.D.T.A. experience in one state during a one and one-half year period. The sample was limited to those who completed institutional type training programs. Data used were collected in the normal process of program operation and included characteristics of trainees, individual trainee termination information and the post-training report one year after completion of training. The problem was to create sets of relationships, of both theoretical and practical significance, between pre-training characteristics of trainees and post-training …

An Analysis Of Administrator And Student Leader Views Of Student Discontent And Solutions On One University Campus., Harold Peter Menninger

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purpose of this investigation was to analyze problems of and solutions to student discontent as viewed by university administrators and student leaders. In addition, the responsibilities, future, and roles of these two groups were investigated, along with questions about the involvement of faculty and students in protest issues and their value positions. Talcott Parsons' theoretical framework, which includes the concept of functional imperatives, was used to achieve deeper interpretation of the results. Several hypotheses derived from Parsons' theory were set forth and tested.

Data were collected on the respondents' personal backgrounds, on reactions to stud��nt discontent and its solutions, …

Ua77/1 Western Alumnus, Vol. 38, No. 4, Wku Alumni Association

WKU Administration Documents

Alumni magazine published by WKU. This issue has the following articles:

• Governor Names Two New Regents – Coy Ball, Joe Travis
• The E.A. Diddle Legacy
• Armstrong, Don. New Academic Programs
• Armstrong, Don. University Offers Art Education Extraordinaire
• In Memoriam Alumni on the Move in Kentucky Education
• President Dero Downing Receives Honorary Doctorate
• New Assistant to President is Named – Paul Cook
• Severs, Anna. Because Others Care - Scholarships
• Cravens, Raymond. Founder’s Day Program 11/1969
• Harrison, Lowell. A Matter of Scholarship
• Jenkins, William. Where We Are President Dero Downing Speaks at Atlanta Club Meeting
• Clean Sweep for Big Red Alumni Washington …

An Analysis Of The Washington Junior High School Principal's Time Distribution, John Keras

All Master's Theses

In this study an analysis was made of the time distribution of the junior high school principal in the state of Washington. Included in this analysis was a compilation of the non-administrative responsibilities performed by the principal, responsibilities which indirectly caused an ineffective distribution of his time. In order to make such an investigation it was necessary to answer the following questions about Washington junior high school principals: 1. What training and experience did the principal have when selected as a principal? What was his major academic preparation? 2. What is the organization of the principal’s school in terms of …

A Study Of Perceptions Of The Effect Of Student Dress And Grooming On Behavior And Achievement In Selected Michigan Public Secondary Schools, Ozzie D. Parks

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Personnel Responsibilities Of Assistant Principals In Washington State Public High Schools With Enrollments Of Twelve Hundred Or More Students, Curtis G. Horne

All Master's Theses

It is the purpose of this study to determine the extent to which assistant principals are involved in building-level personnel administration. Very specifically, the problem is: to what extent are assistant principals currently being assigned building-level responsibility in the area of personnel administration?