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Part Iv: Research

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Balanced somewhere between thinking and doing is the need for verification by experimentation. We should never move too far away from the spirit of inquiry which drives us to examine the fundamental assumptions of our professions. If our elegant models and programs have no grounding in reality, they will fail us in practice. Therefore, we include a section on research efforts and encourage others to share their findings with our readers.

An Investigation Of Career Development By Community College And University Women : Importance Of Contributors To Advancement Into Higher Education Administration, Lynda A. Kuyper

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

Surveys of women in higher education administrative positions that identified factors which may contribute to career development have been conducted. However, the literature revealed little information regarding the importance placed on those factors by women in higher education administrative positions. The purpose of this study was to determine the importance of selected contributors to career development of women in higher education administration. Data were gathered by a mailed questionnaire to a sample of women administrators employed in Florida state supported community colleges and universities. The 343 useable returned questionnaires represented a 65.5% response rate and 51.3% of the total population. …

A Study Of Adult Undergraduate Students Attending Eastern Illinois University, Huey-Li Li

Masters Theses

Adult students over the age of 25 have comprised a significant proportion of student body in traditionally youth-oriented institutions of higher education. At Eastern, adult students comprised 7.2 percent of the population of undergraduate students in the Fall, 1986. Based on an institutional survey, this study attempted to gain a deeper understanding about adult students' academic and personal experiences of returning to a four-year university.

One-fourth of the adult students (N=183) were randomly selected and invited to participate in this study. A total of 104 adult students returned the questionnaires. Participants' responses were categorized into six groups in accordance with …

Administrative Field Experience, Richard E. Manuell

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Community Education: Processes And Programs, Theodore J. Kowalski

Educational Leadership Faculty Publications

"Community education is on the threshold of a major breakthrough. It has captured the imagination of both educational and lay leaders throughout the U.S."

Although these words are an appropriate description of community education today, they were written by V. M. Kerensky 14 years ago. An idea that never took hold to the degree its advocates predicted, community education, nevertheless, refuses to die. Over the past two or three years, the interest of educationalleaders has been stimulated once again by this proposal for expanding the mission and decision-making processes of public schools. In 49 of the 50 states (Hawaii being …

Development Of A Student Handbook For Odessa Junior-Senior High School, James R. Miller

All Graduate Projects

This project presents the development of a student handbook for Odessa Junior-Senior High School. The handbook was designed to define the rules, regulations, procedures, requirements, activities and services of Odessa Junior-Senior High School. This is the first comprehensive handbook in the history of the school. The handbook was developed from the handbooks of many other high schools and the school board policy manual of the Odessa School District. Many sections have been approved as to legality. Recommendations include an annual review and revision of the handbook by a committee made up of faculty, administration, parents, school board and students.

A Study Of Job Satisfaction As Perceived By The Certified Staff In Florida Public Elementary Schools, George A. Taylor

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to survey the subject certified staff of Florida public elementary schools to determine how elements of Herzberg’s Motivation-Hygiene Theory were perceived as being met in their current school employment. The descriptive study utilized an instrument that listed each of the 16 job factors in Herzberg’s theory. The instrument was designed to allow subjects to mark each job factor as contributing to their job satisfaction, neutral, or contributing to their job dissatisfaction. The instrument also had areas to record various biographical data regarding the subjects. The survey was conducted on a randomly selected subject group …

Minutes Of The Aca Executive Committee November 6, 1985 Denver

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Minutes of executive meeting of the Association for Communication Administration held in Denver on November 6, 1985.

Training In Organizations: Career Opportunities For Communication, Jan W. Kelly

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article examines career opportunities in organizational training as an emerging professional path for communication graduates amid declining academic employment prospects. It contextualizes the rise of corporate training within broader shifts in higher education and labor markets, noting that employers increasingly provide internal instruction and invest substantial resources in employee development. A telephone survey of 109 trainers in Silicon Valley was conducted using both open and closed question formats, and the resulting data were analyzed through frequency counts and qualitative categorization. Findings indicate that most respondents work as in house trainers and hold college degrees, yet relatively few possess academic …

Communication In The Health Professions: A Survey, Richard N. Armstrong, Gordon R. Owen, Phillip Mcfarland

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article reports findings from a national survey examining communication training among nurses, dentists, and physicians. A ten item questionnaire was mailed to 1800 members of three major professional associations, yielding 513 usable responses. Over half of respondents had received formal communication instruction, most commonly nurses, followed by dentists and physicians. Training formats included dedicated courses, communication units within other courses, and in service workshops. Listening, interviewing, and nonverbal communication emerged as the most frequently taught and most valued skills. Notably, most training was delivered by instructors outside the communication discipline, raising questions about curricular coordination and disciplinary visibility. A …

A Study Of Merit Pay Factors As Perceived By Members Of The Florida Teaching Profession-National Education Association, Susan Crowe Burns

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

This study was designed to discover which merit pay evaluation and implementation factors were considered important by members of the Florida Teaching Profession - National Education Association (FTP-NEA). Comparisons were made of opinions within various subgroups (district size, position within organization, sex, race, age, years teaching, highest degree earned, assignment, secondary assignment).

The sample included the State Board of Directors, the Board of Directors of the United Faculty of Florida CUFF-university personnel), and FTP-NEA members in two-thirds of the local affiliates. All districts with support personnel groups were included. The questionnaire was comprised of merit pay factors which were cited …

A Study Of The Truants Alternative Program In The Clay-Jasper-Richland Educational Service Region, Southeastern, Illinois, Larry Rinehart

Masters Theses

The purpose of this study was to determine if the Clay-Jasper-Richland Truants Alternative Program had reduced truancy and chronic truancy in the region during the 1984-85 school year and to identify possibly needed modifications in the Truants Alternative Program.

A review of the research and literature revealed that truancy is a complex problem that may require the treatment of the student, school environment, and general environment. Only after a careful evaluation of a student's situation can a plan be formulated for remediating the truancy problem.

Statistics were obtained on the numbers of truants, chronic truants, and student population in each …

Superintendent Internship In Jasper County Cusd #1 And Robinson Cusd #2, Beverly L. Turkal

Masters Theses

This internship includes involvement, through employment, in two Illinois school districts: Jasper Community Unit #1 at Newton and Robinson Community School District 2 in Robinson. The internship has been under the direction of Superintendent James B. Taylor in Jasper Unit #1 and Superintendent Robert J. Verdun in the Robinson school district. Dr. Larry Janes, EIU professor, has been the student's advisor.

Jasper Unit #1 is the largest school district in Illinois, geographically. It includes 461 square miles and is the only district in Jasper County. There are ten attendance centers, including one high school and several elementary schools. The present …

Converting The Bement Junior High School To The Bement Middle School, Greg Zollman

Masters Theses

The town of Bement, Illinois, had an elementary school (K-8) and a high school (9-12) prior to 1976. The Bement Community Unit School District initiated its junior high school in 1976. This school consisted of the seventh and eighth grades.

During the 1983-84 school year, the administrators of the Bement schools expressed a general concern with the academic grades, social development, and behavior that was occurring in the Bement Junior High School. They indicated that many of the problems were the result of having the junior high school students housed with the senior high school students. They perceived that some …

The Effect Of Mobility On The Academic Performance Of Grade Six Students In An Urban School, Arnold Hugo Lindblad Jr.

Theses and Dissertations in Urban Services - Urban Education

The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of mobility on the standardized achievement test scores of grade six students in an urban school. The study sought to (1) identify the degree of mobility experienced by grade six students in the Chesapeake Public Schools; (2) identify the degree of mobility within the Chesapeake Public Schools; (3) determine the socio-economic, gender, and ethnic characteristics of the extra-city mobile, intra-city mobile, and non-mobile grade six students; (4) determine if there were differences in the standardized achievement test scores of extra-city mobile, intra-city mobile, and non-mobile grade six students; and (5) …

Ua66/14/3 Nursing Pinning Ceremony, Wku Nursing

WKU Administration Documents

Pinning ceremony program listing graduates of the WKU Nursing program.

News & Views - Vol. 04, No. 07 - December 19, 1985, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1983-1991, News & Views

No abstract provided.

News & Views - Vol. 04, No. 06 - December 9, 1985, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1983-1991, News & Views

No abstract provided.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 61, No. 25, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue includes articles:

• Carlton, Chad. Recruiting Teams Take to the Road
• Meehan, Mary. Sexually Suggestive Play Receives Favorable Response – Three Sisters from Springfield, Illinois
• Jessie, Lisa. Campus Groups Back National Smokeout
• Hoppes, Lynn. Lecture Offers Tips on How to Have Great Sex – Alexandria Penney
• Opinion: Next President Needs to Set Priorities
• Humphreys, Mack. Friendly Skies Are Ticket for Trauma
• Knapp, Kevin. Editorial Cartoon - Flying
• Sullivan, Sheila. Fast Work: Group to Skip Meals to Save Money for Poor – Wesley Foundation
• Dean of Chase Law School …

Wmu Board Of Trustees Regular Meeting November 15, 1985, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

• Acceptance of the Agenda
• Approval of the Minutes
• Correspondence
• President's Remarks
• Gift Report
• Grant Report
• Non-Academic Personnel Report
• Recommendation re Capital Outlay Budget for 1986/87
• Recommendation re Telecommunications Project Consultant
• Cash Management Policy
• Montague House Lease
• Academic Personnel Report
• Recommendation re Program Revision Requests/1986/87
• Recommendation re Continuing Education Rates
• Recommendation re Departmental Name Change
• Recommendation re Approval of Appendix B (re Committee Meetings) Board of Trustees Bylaws
• Recommendation re Authorization to Confer Degrees
• Board Committee Reports
• Admissions Report
• Adjournment

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 61, No. 23, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue includes articles:

• Harris, Carla. Young Democrats Revived
• Jones, Paige. Hotel: No Reservations About Helping Needy
• Thomas, Steve. University Schedule May Change
• Folk Culture Lecture Topic Tonight – Ray Browne
• Opinion: Get Involved with Political Activism
• Knapp, Kevin. Editorial Cartoon – Political Involvement
• Bush, Paul M. Dear Phonothon
• Tate, Cutis. Better Ventilation – Pearce-Ford Tower
• Jessie, Lisa. Campus Post Office to Move Down the Hill
• Sullivan, Laura. Study Group to Tour London During Christmas
• Orienteering Club Wins Competition
• Rampant Rock, Students Lining Up for Government Cheese
• Richards, Tonya. …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 61, No. 22, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue includes articles:

• Carlton, Chad. Bonds Would Pay for Repairs; Proposed Salary Raises Cut
• Carlton, Chad. President’s Budget Idealism Meets Legislators’ Reality
• Turner, Todd. Groups Seek End to Suitcasing Problem
• Meehan, Mary. Runners Flock to Wendy’s 10K
• Opinion: Suitcasing Won’t Disappear Without Action
• Editorial Cartoon - Suitcasing
• Russians Can Offer Insight
• Pickerill, Brian. Pearce-Ford Tower Director Criticized
• Pontrich, Shirley. Area Groups Need Student Help - Youth Action Program
• Couch, Scott. Russians Will Share Views
• Paul Cook Wants Support for Council on Higher Education Strategic Plan
• Hitchcock, Lisa. Violin …

1985 November 11 - Staff Senate Agenda And Minutes, Staff Senate, East Tennessee State University

Staff Senate Agendas and Minutes

No abstract provided.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 61, No. 21, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue includes articles:

• Thomas, Steve. Attack Creates Safety Concerns
• Hoppes, Lynn. Phonothon Dialing for Dollars
• Hutcherson, Jackie. Pearce-Ford Tower Residents Brew Over Rule Enforcement
• Turner, Todd. Gee, Beav, Why Don’t They Make TV Shows Like the Old Ones?
• Tickets on Sale for Saturday Symphony
• Opinion: Confiscating Signs Could Infringe on Rights
• Knapp, Kevin. Editorial Cartoon – Confiscated Signs
• Meehan, Mary. Players Need to Examine Their View of Education – Basketball
• Holloway, Donna. Supports Barbara Johnson
• Sullivan, Sheila. Business Ethics Class Offered
• Ashley Johnson to Defend Title in Wendy’s …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 61, No. 20, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue includes articles:

• Carlton, Chad. No Leader Visible in Search Yet – Presidential Search
• Parson, Kim. Associated Student Government Again Studying Alcohol on Campus
• Humphreys, Mack. Faculty Group Offers Guide for Presidential Search
• Malmer, Victoria. Robin Billups Arrested for Assault
• Opinion: Although Not Likely, Pub May Be Good Idea
• Knapp, Kevin. Editorial Cartoon – The Making of a President
• Faculty Guide Gives Insight –to WKU President
• Markham, Kim. Girls’ Club Not Only for Poor
• Sullivan, Laura. Book Aids Students’ Writing - Karen Pelz, Charles Meyer
• Hoppes, Lynn. Faces …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 61, No. 19, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue includes articles:

• Carlton, Chad. Secrecy, Threats Mark Last Search – Presidential Search
• Hutcherson, Jackie. Business Booms at Homecoming
• Pack, Todd. Years Have Changed Role of Campus Police
• Filer, Debbie L. Opinion: Homecoming Brings Home Changes
• Drunk Driving Ruins Happy Homecoming
• Knapp, Kevin. Editorial Cartoon – Drunk Driving
• McClure, Danielle. Supports Patsy Sloan
• Payne, Barkley. Patsy Sloan Capable Leader
• Beshear, Tom. Questions Campaign – Young Republicans
• Carlton, Chad. Paul Cook Leading Inside Candidate for President
• Tharp, Dennis. Thoughts on Editorial – Young Republicans
• Fudge, Felicia. Praises Story – …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 61, No. 18, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Articles in this issue:

• Carlton, Chad. More State Money Needed to Mend Decaying Campus
• Eagleston, Leigh Ann. Two Seniors Offer Friendship, Support to Poor at Girls’ Club
• Turner, Todd. Chemistry Labs Top Capital Requests
• Filer, Debbie L. Fairy God Advisors Are Student’s Dream Come True
• Knapp, Kevin. Student Advisors Editorial Cartoon
• Primary Elections Run Smoother Than Before
• Villanueva, Bob. Commuters Endure Driving Hassles
• Wellness Results Available
• Hitchcock, Lisa. Students Oppose Business College Renaming Degree
• Villanueva, Bob. Teaching Couples Enjoy Their Work Together
• Interhall Council Approves Request for Phone in …

News & Views - Vol. 04, No. 04 - October 25, 1985, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1983-1991, News & Views

No abstract provided.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 61, No. 15, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Articles in this issue:

• Eagleston, Leigh Ann. Pass/ Fail in English Revamped
• Hoppes, Lynn. Progress in Hiring Minorities is Lagging
• Lawrence, Lucretia. Finding Time to Study Hard for Athletes
• Jones, Lamont. ‘Chorus Line’ Playwright Tells His Story to About 50 – James Kirkwood
• Meehan, Mary. Western is Scandal-Less
• Knapp, Kevin. Southern Belle Editorial Cartoon
• Education Important Issue for Students
• Letter to the Editor: Pizza Story Too Early – Unicorn Pizza
• Sullivan, Laura. Duet Sings in University Center – Smith & Mayer
• Free Dental Checkups Offered
• Carlton, Chad. Phone Books …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 61, No. 14, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Articles in this issue:

• Humphreys, Mack. Administrators to be Evaluated by Faculty
• Parson, Kim. Rape Crisis & Prevention Center Aids Rape Victims
• Humphreys, Mack. Survival Game Offers Thrills
• Cravens, Jayne. Computer Exams Save Time, Money
• Turner, Todd. Standard Tests Aid Uniformity
• Opinion: State Universities Need to Form United Front
• Knapp, Kevin. Uniform Higher Education Editorial Cartoon
• Wart, Cynthia D. Stop Light Needed – Regents Avenue
• Peters, Ray. Policy Criticized
• Reagan, Stan. Rape is Always Possible
• Villanueva, Bob. Religion Professor William Lane is Committed to Writing
• Jessie, Lisa. Kentucky Museum …