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The Role Of Student Services In The Adjustment Process Of International Students, Debra L. Valdez

Graduate Research Papers

As the number of international students on American campuses continues to increase, institutions must constantly deal with the responsibilities they have to this special group of students. Responsibilities and obligations are assumed when the institution admits international students into its various programs (Cieslak, 1955; NAFSA, 1979). Cieslak (1955) noted that the kind and extent of the aid provided to international students is dependent on the number of these students on a given campus and the philosophy a particular institution holds in dealing with such a group.

Factors Affecting The Adjustment Of Iowa High School Graduates To The Use Of The University Of Northern Iowa Library, Cindy Kruckeberg

Graduate Research Papers

This study was designed to better define the status of library instruction at high schools contributing a large portion of freshmen to the University of Northern Iowa. Skills surveyed were those recommended by authorities in the field of library instruction and those identified by university reference personnel as causing problems for university freshmen. Additional information was gathered concerning materials and :facilities at UNI and the surveyed schools.

Findings related to the hypotheses are as follows. Data showed that the UNI print collection was twenty-eight times larger than the average collection of the largest school enrollment category. Less than fifty percent …

1986 University Of Northern Iowa Men's Track And Field, University Of Northern Iowa

Athletics Media Guides

Contents:

--Building on Quality --Cover
--1986 UNI Track and Field Roster --Inside Cover
--Contents --1
--Credits --1
--UNI Quick Facts --1
--UNI Athletic Staff --1
--"Building on Quality" --1
--1986 UNI Track and Field Outlook --2-3
--The UNI-Dome One of America's Premier Indoor Facilities --3
--UNI Panthers Coaching Staff --4
--Head Coach Chris Bucknam --4
--Assistant Coach Bill Lawson --4
--UNI in the Mid-Continent --4
--The 1986 Panthers --5
--Short Sprinters --5
--Hurdlers --5
--Long Sprinters --6
--Panther All-Americans --6
--Middle Distance --7
--Distance Runners --8
--Shot Put/Discuss/Javelin --9
--Pole Vaulters --9
--Jumpers --10
--UNI-Dome Records --10
--1985 Cross Country …

The Wives Of Alcoholics: Three Models, Amy Moeller

Graduate Research Papers

Literature concerning wives of alcoholics has changed its focus dramatically during the past fifty years, moving through three different trends. The earliest model, called the "disturbed personality model," was the dominant point of view from the 1930's into the 1950's. It held that a woman who is in some way psychologically maladjusted - dependent, hostile, domineering, masochistic, sadistic - marries the alcoholic to fulfill her own neurotic needs.

Effects Of Maternal Employment On Children, Dianne Elizabeth Rider

Graduate Research Papers

The movement of females into the working force is a significant social change affecting families in the United States today. Changes taking place in the structure and lifestyle of the dual-working family have been studied by several researchers. Hall and Hall (1979) report that 42% of couples living in the United States are both employed. The traditional style of family ceases to be the norm (Hall & Hall, 1979; Bennett & Reardon, 1985; Hoffman, 1979, 1980; Hohenshil, Hummel & Maddy-Bernstein, 1980). In the early 1980s, only 7 out of 100 United States families consisted of a working father, an unemployed …

School Climate And The Role Of The Principal, Mike Williams

Graduate Research Papers

"There is something unique to each individual school and that something is climate" (Kalis, 1980, p.89). In the past decade much descriptive research has focused on effective schooling and has identified school climate as a quality indicator. "School climate may be defined as those qualities of a school that affect the attitudes, behavior and achievement of the people involved in its operation-students, staff, parents and members of the community" (National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP], 1984, p.18). Kelly (1980) defines school climate as feelings of satisfaction, how the needs of the individual are met in the environment, and productivity, …

Group Counseling: An Effective Model For Middle Level Education, Janice M. Ruhde

Graduate Research Papers

Guidance has been proclaimed by the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) as one of the main functions of middle level education in the United States, as outlined in its newsletter Schools In The Middle, September, 1985. Guidance programs are major reference points for determining the appropriateness of any program changes for the middle level, i.e., remedial or modified curriculum, student extra-curricular activities and involvement, and provisions for accelerated and advanced students.

When And Where Students Engage In Recreational Reading, Harriet Wooge Adams

Graduate Research Papers

Students in fourth, eighth, and twelfth grades of Eagle Grove Community Schools in Eagle Grove, Iowa, responded to a questionnaire seeking to ascertain where the students were and what time it was when they engaged in recreational reading. Responses were categorized by the researcher and analyzed by grade level and sex. Location categories, from the highest percentage of responses to the lowest inlcuded: "bedroom", "school", "living room", "kitchen", "other home", "outdoors", transportation", "library", "bathroom", "other buildings", and "don't read". Time period categories, from the highest percentage of responses to the lowest included: "evening", "school", "afternoon", "morning", "vacations", "qualified time periods", …

Gifts To School Library Media Centers In Iowa, Sharon Stiles

Graduate Research Papers

This study examines the donation and solicitation of gifts to school library media centers in Iowa. A questionnaire was used to collect data concerning numbers and types of donations, their sources, their disposal, reasons for their exclusion from collections, their perceived benefits, and whether a statement concerning gifts was included in the selection policy of the school library media center.

Numbers of donations were found to be small. Fewer than five gifts per year were received by 66.l percent of the respondents. Gifts were usually materials donated by those closest to the daily operation of the school, particularly students, staff, …

Trend Analysis For 1977-1986, Gerald D. Bisbey

History of Education Book Gallery

No abstract provided.

Distribution Of On-Campus Grades For Fall Semester 1986, Gerald D. Bisbey

History of Education Book Gallery

This report is the next in the sequence of such reports being sent each semester to give the University community information concerning grade distributions. These grade distributions are by instructional areas and/or programs rather than departments only. Thus areas such as Educational Media Center, Individual Studies, and Human Relations are also identified. By request, the Humanities and General Sciences areas have been retained with the appropriate departments.

Distribution Of On-Campus Grades For Spring Semester 1986, Gerald D. Bisbey

History of Education Book Gallery

This report is the next in the sequence of such reports being sent each semester to give the University community information concerning grade distributions. These grade distributions are by instructional areas and/or programs rather than departments only. Thus areas such as Educational Media Center, Individual Studies, and Human Relations are also identified. By request, the Humanities and General Sciences areas have been retained with the appropriate departments.

Trend Analysis For 1976-1985, Gerald D. Bisbey

History of Education Book Gallery

No abstract provided.

Business/Education Partnerships, Rosalie L. Head

Graduate Research Papers

The involvement of business in education is not new. For the first half of this century that interest was pervasive. Almost all school board members were business and professional men. Public school management was modeled on business management. Business leaders and educators agreed that one important objective of education was the preparation of youth for a productive work life. Curricula, testing, placement, and counseling programs were developed to meet that objective (Timpane, 1984).

Stress And Coping Among Nurses, Janet Kratzer Stephan

Graduate Research Papers

In the past thirty years, stress in American society has been examined from a myriad of aspects. Researchers have approached the study of stress and its resultant complications from a sociological base (McGrath, 1956) and a psychological base (Gentry & Parkes, 1982). Stress has been explored as industrial stress (McLean, 1974). Conditions of social class variables (Syme & Berkman, 1976) and the stresses of working women (Jacobsen, 1982) have been documented. No matter what aspect or approach these researchers used, the basic definition of stress in all of these discussions continues to be one formed by Dr. Hans Selye. Selye …

An Analysis Of 10 General Purpose Database Programs For Online Features, Sue Davis

Graduate Research Papers

The researcher questioned if school library media specialists could use general purpose database programs to introduce online skills to students. Using 10 database programs, software recommended for student use in educational articles, the researcher analyzed the programs for the 27 online search features, 11 online printing features, and 10 other online features. Grouping the programs into two grade levels, grades 3-6 and 7-adult, the researcher calculated the number and percentage of online features each program contain5and the number and percentage of programs with a particular feature. The individual program analysis of the five database programs for grades 3-6 found that …

Gifted And Talented Main Characters In Children's Fiction, Jeanette M. Buckingham

Graduate Research Papers

The purpose of this study was to compare findings about the personal characteristics of gifted and talented children, their families, and their friendships in research studies with the content in children's fiction books with gifted and talented main characters. The research included how realistically the gifted and talented main characters, their families, and their friendships are portrayed in books for children and young adults.

The Role Of The Secondary School Counselor As Perceived By Counselors And Teachers, Wayne Kent Van Veldhuizen

Graduate Research Papers

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the perceptions of secondary teachers regarding the role of the secondary school counselor. In addition, teacher-counselor perception comparisons of the counselor's role will be made to illustrate existing areas of conflict and of agreement. A review of the literature including both empirical and non-empirical studies from 1962 to 1985 will form the basis for this research. The following section will briefly indicate the importance of role perception concerns among practicing counselors and selected factors which influence role perceptions.

The Distribution Of Orchids In Iowa, David Niemann

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

08 The Distribution of Orchids

The distribution of the native orchids of Iowa was determined through herbarium and field studies. Twenty-five species have been collected in Iowa: Aplectrum hyemale (Muhl. ex Willd.) Torr., Calopogon tuberosus (L.) BSP., Coeloglossum viride (L.) Harem. var. virescens (Muhl.) Luer, Corallorhiza maculata Raf., Corallorhiza odontorhiza (Willd.) Nutt., Cypripedium calceolus L. var. pubescens (Willd.) Correll, Cypripedium candidum Muhl. ex Willd., Cypripedium reginae Wale., Galearis spectabilis (L.) Raf., Goodyera pubescens (Willd.) R. Br., Liparis lilifolia (L.) L. C. Rich., Liparis loeselii (L.) L. C. Rich. , Malaxis unifolia Michx., Platanthera clavellata (Michx.) Luer, Platanthera flava (L.) Lindl. …

The Keystone Project: A Cooperative In-Service Program, Sandra K. Abell, Edward L. Pizzini, Joe R. Moore

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Since receiving a federal grant in November 1985, 25 Keystone area educators have been working with AEA 1 consultants and University of Iowa science education specialists to expand the use of investigative activities in the science studies of Iowa students. The published results of their work, 27 units adaptable to upper elementary and junior high classes, are now available to other interested teachers. The following article by the project leaders (1) explains the workshop plan and purposes employed by the project participants, (2) describes the focus and creation of their final products, a repertoire of new science units, and (3) …

Student Research - Electromagnetic Field Effects On Succor Creek Desert Shrubs, Sonya Folkman

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

There have been indications that exposure to electromagnetic fields produced by voltage power lines have permanent effects on living organisms. I found studies on electromagnetic field effects on rodents and humans, but there has been little research done with plants. The purpose of my study was to record any measurable effects on desert shrubs in an area of Succor Creek, Oregon, produced by an adjacent 500 KV power line.

Science Notes - Iowa-Nssa Curriculum Up-Date Conference

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

July will be the month for the 1986 NSSA Up-Date Conference which has been conducted annually for over ten years at the Science Education Center; The University of Iowa. Key teachers, supervisors, department chairs, and genera] science educators interested in participating should send for application materials.

Science Notes - Free Materials About Trees, Kerisa L. Chung

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Teachers wishing to develop a unit on trees would be most interested in the booklet "From Tiny Trees" and the "'Trees of the Northeast" coloring book, which are both available at no cost from the International Paper Company.

Non-Traditional Students: Recruitment Strategies And Their Effectiveness, Denise M. Fasse

Graduate Research Papers

In recent years, there has been considerable change in the student population in postsecondary education. At one time, a college campus consisted primarily of students who were 18 to 22 years of age. A decline in this population has been occurring for several years and is predicted to continue. "There will simply be fewer youngsters coming through grade school and high school in the 1990's. They have already been born" (Hruby, 1984, p.4). At the same time, the number of older, non-traditional students has been increasing on college campuses. According to Brodzinski (1980), the number of students who were at …

Adjustment Factors Of Married College Students, Curtis E. Jones

Graduate Research Papers

Various studies indicate that the married student Population in American universities and colleges ranges from 20-25 percent of total enrollments at various times. According to the Bureau of the Census, Current Population Report for 1981, 20.3 percent of all college students 14-34 years old were married.

Major Themes In Economics, V.2, 1986, Katsuyuki Ohbayashi, Eric Nielsen, Katherine Calhoun, Neal Jon Hoffman

Major Themes in Economics (Original Series, 1985-1986)

Table of Contents:

• Investing in the Hotel Business in China - Katsuyuki Ohbayashi ... p.1
• Diagnostic Related Groups: Dirty Rotten Guys or Dynamic Reduction in Government Expenditures - Eric Nielsen ... p.10
• Where's the Beef in Japan? Or, Why Isn't Japan Importing More U.S. Beef? - Katherine Calhoun ... p.23
• Book Review: The Theory of the Leisure Class, by Thorstein Veblen - Neal Jon Hoffman ... p.38

Index: Volumes 1-17

Iowa Journal of Communication

No abstract provided.

Back Matter - Back Cover

Iowa Journal of Communication

No abstract provided.

Research Activities At The University Of Northern Iowa, July 1, 1984 To June 30, 1986, University Of Northern Iowa. Office Of The Graduate College.

History of Education Book Gallery

This is the second of a proposed series of biennial reports which attempts to summarize some of the research and creative activity of the faculty, students, and research units at UNI. To be included, the activity must have been conducted between July 1, 1984 and June 30, 1986. Data have been derived from a number of offices: grants and contracts, commencement programs submitted by the Registrar, publications in the President's Bulletin, Academic Deans, and the Graduate College. Most of the data are presented in table form and are self explanatory.

The Design Of Potential Anti-Parkinsonian Drugs: What Is The Dopaminergic Pharmacophore In Ergot Alkaloids?, Joseph G. Cannon

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

The problem of defining structural similarities between apomorphine and certain ergot alkaloid derivatives, two chemically dissimilar types of drugs having similar pharmacological effects, is addressed by considering the three-dimensional geometry of the molecules. Conformational analytical concepts can be used to design new chemical entities and to assess structure-activity relationship hypotheses, and indeed this strategy has led to synthesis of new categories of potentially clinically valuable agents. Some conclusions are presented with respect to the combinations of atoms within the molecules in various chemical categories of dopaminergic agonists, which are responsible for the observed pharmacological effects. On the basis of these …