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Student Racial Atitudes And Perceptions Of Causal Events At Entry To Graduate Social Work Education, Larry E. Davis, Enola K. Proctor

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This study assessed the racial attitudes and perceptions of causal events of 174 graduate students at the time of their entry to social work training. Results indicate that social work students had more egalitarian attitudes than nonsocial work students and were more likely to attribute causality to environmental or external factors. black students were significantly more external than white students in tneir perceptions of causality. Some differences in racial attitudes and perceptions of causal events were found among social work students, depending upon area of practice specialization. Student attitudes and perceptions did not differ according to geographical regions. implications for …

Western News, August 30,1984, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Applications by new students continue to increase, 'Open Office Hours' sessions set, Chinese Fulbright Scholar to lecture here, State Department official to receive honorary degree, Baskerville-Robinson attends institute, Ho receives two academic appointments in China

Western News, August 9, 1984, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Gifts and grants totals reported, Board receives WMU Foundation report, Kundel named financial aid director, Collins-Bondon to be assistant to VP, Stillwell reappointed

The Westerner Vol. 5 No. 1, Western Michigan University

The Westerner (1980-1997)

• Three faculty members receive Fulbright awards • Distinguished Alumni Award recipients announced • Statistician named to Love Canal panel • Library school to close by May 1985 • Michigan values its colleges • Alumna praised at Merze Tate Center dedication • Job-seekers helped • Bernhard-A self-reflection • Ramona Bernhard has played many roles • Thirty-eight faculty members retire in 1983-84 • Sports • We asked the deans how you can help: Private support is essential • Among Alumni • Alumnotes

An Experiential Project Examining The Dual Roles Of Curriculum Director And Elementary Principal, Michael M. Perry

Masters Theses

The objective of this experiential project was to examine the dual roles of curriculum director and elementary principal as they are carried out by the same person in the Comstock Public Schools.

Major areas examined were: goal development and attainment, textbook adoption, creation of innovative programs, and decision-making procedures.

The major of operation was to observe, question, and interact. The intern participated in daily administrative activities suggested by the principal/ curriculum director and the intern himself. It was discovered that educational administration is a complex process that requires refined organizational skills and a mastery of the ability to establish priorities. …

The Relationship Between Demographic Factors And Leader Behavior Of Department Chairpersons Of Colleges Of Education In Michigan, John H. Ortyoyande

Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to answer the following questions: (1) What is the relationship between demographic factors; namely, age, gender, educational background, experience, social status, marital status, siblings, career path, professional memberships and publications and leader behavior (measured on two dimensions: Initiating Structure and Consideration)? (2) Can one predict leader effectiveness of department chairpersons prior to their selection? (3) To what extent is there congruence between self-ratings of chairpersons and ratings of their observers? (4) How are chairpersons selected in some public colleges in Michigan?

The research population consisted of 18 chairpersons and 108 randomly selected faculty members …

Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale/Wechsler Memory Scale Difference Scores: Their Relationship To Brain Dysfunction And Closed Head Injury, Don A. Boyd

Dissertations

Performance differences between the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) and the Wechsler Memory Scale (WMS) were studied. Differences in performance between the WAIS Full Scale IQ Score and the WMS Memory Quotient (WMS discrepancy score) were compared across three groups consisting of a closed head injury group (N = 45), a localized lesion group (N = 25), and a psychiatric group (N = 45) who were unimpaired on the Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological Battery. Also, WMS discrepancy scores were compared across a long-coma group and a short-coma group and the correlation coefficient between the WMS discrepancy score and neuropsychological impairment rating was …

The Influence Of Perceived Teachers' And Parents' Expectations On Student Achievement, William Zollweg

Dissertations

This study investigates the influence of perceived teacher and parent expectations on student achievement. Additionally, variations in perceived expectations were measured for students with different sex, race, and socioeconomic background. The sample population consisted of 283 tenth-grade students in a large midwestern school district. Results indicate that students with higher teacher and parent perceived expectations score higher on standardized tests of reading achievement. Furthermore, student perception of teacher and parent expectation varied directly with socioeconomic status.

Mental Health Status Of Malay Students At U.S. Colleges And Universities, Md. Shuaib Che Din

Dissertations

The basic premise of this study was that foreign students are faced with problems during much of their stay in the United States. It was the purpose of this study to determine the effects of everyday life strains on the mental health status of Malay students at U.S. colleges and universities. Specifically, this study looked at the relationships between the symptoms of psychiatric disorders of depression, psychological coping resources of self-esteem and self-mastery, and the background variables. Also this study attempted to determine the levels of depression, self-esteem, and self-mastery; the manifestation of the depressive symptoms according to the domains …

Reliability And Validity Of The Black English Sentence Scoring System, Yvette D. Hyter

Masters Theses

The purpose of this study was to assess the concurrent validity and interscorer reliability of a specific diagnostic tool of language assessment which is designed to be nonbiased for dialectally different children. Black English Sentence Scoring (BESS; Nelson, 1983), which is based on Lee's (1974) Developmental Sentence Scoring (DSS), is a system for analyzing spontaneous language samples that gives cred it for the normally developing features of Black English dialect. The sample consisted of 17 children between three and seven years who were residing in Michigan in communities where Black English was spoken frequently. All were identified as having language …

An Examination And Analysis Of The Department Of Special Education In The Muskegon Heights Public Schools, Doristine Louise Minott

Masters Theses

This project was undertaken so that an indepth view of the role of the director of special education and the Department of Special Education, Muskegon Heights Public Schools, could be observed. While there are many facets in the Department, much of the time was spent reviewing the Michigan Department of Education Administrative Manual for Special Education, working on administrative skills, and getting a feel for operating the Department.

It was determined that the Department is a very complex one indeed. Because policies change so often from the state level, it is often difficult to stay abreast of things. Therefore the …

The Effects Of Immediacy To Parenthood On The Perceptions Of Importance Of Parent Education Topics, Nancy Mauro Gerard

Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine how immediacy to parenthood affects one's perception of what should be learned in a parent education class. Differences were sought among groups of individuals at four levels of immediacy to parenthood on the perceived importance of 11 parenting topics. These topics were Pregnancy and Childbirth, Infancy, Early Childhood, Late Childhood, Adolescence, Health and Safety, Social Issues Related to Parenthood, Family Relations and Communication, Guiding the Behavior of Children, Parenting Patterns, and Career-Related Concerns. In order to determine if there were differences, the data, collected through the use of a parent education questionnaire, …

Job Position As A Moderator Of Opinion Regarding School Finance Among Seventh-Day Adventist Administrators, Gregory A. Gerard

Dissertations

All levels of public and private education have been affected by difficult economic times. Much attention has been paid to the financial plight of public schools, but less research has been undertaken regarding the financial operation of parochical schools.

The purpose of this study was to investigate one aspect of the financial operation of one church's school system. Specifically, the research examined the opinions of incumbents of five different positions within the Seventh-day Adventist Church and school system concerning the potential of within and outside of school strategies for the operation of boarding schools. Within school strategies were defined as …

Male-Female Differences In Expressed Work Attitudes: An Examination Of Sex Roles And Gender Identity, Keith A. Woods

Masters Theses

This study investigates the existence of sex-based differences in attitudes toward social relations in the work environment. Both sex role (male vs. female) and gender-identity (agentic and communal aspects of self-conception) were related to work attitudes within the context of situational (attitude disclosure) and dispositional (public self-consciousness) factors. Subjects' attitudes toward the work environment were measured by a newly-developed Work Attitude Questionnaire (WAQ) which assessed preferences for personal vs. counterpersonal and preferences for conflict vs. conflict-avoidance in social relations in the work environment.

Significantly different work attitudes were expressed by male and female subjects: males expressed greater counterpersonal and lower …

Alcoholism: The Insidious Disease, Kathryn Van Bruggen

Masters Theses

The purpose of this study is to describe alcoholism as a disease, it s likely etiology, symptoms, methods of treatment and prognosis. Problems due to alcoholism are reported as they affect not only the alcoholic but the family, job and community as well. Education will help identify an alcoholic problem before it becomes too advanced. Various treatment modalities are discussed, including Alcoholics Anonymous. This study relates to the impact on the family and how the family can exacerbate the problem. Conclusions are based on observations of alcoholics and families of alcoholics in a therapeutic setting and literature review.

The Use Of Performance Data To Monitor And Support The Reorganization Of An Educational System, Ellen Spall Thompson

Masters Theses

The goal of this study was to determine the performance effects on staff and students following the reorganization of a special education facility. The organizational plan was based on the development of teaching teams where students were grouped together according to exit curricular goals. Four interventions were completed in order to assess the overall outcome of the reorganization project. At the student level, the rate of learning was monitored in order to determine whether the implementation of teams affected educational objective acquisition . At the team level, meeting agendas were surveyed to find out what effect they had on student …

A Modification Of The Dry-Bed Training For The Treatment Of Nocturnal Enuresis, Abubaker Muftah Abdurrazek

Masters Theses

The present study explored the effectiveness of the Dry-Bed Training (DBT) method without positive practice (20 trips to the toilet) and urine alarm. It also compares the efficacy of the DBT with and without the urine alarm. Eight nocturnally enuretics, aged 6 to 12 years, were assigned to two groups, experimental and control; each consisted of three boys and one girl. During the first phase of treatment, the experimental group underwent the DBT without positive practice and urine alarm, whereas the control group underwent the DBT with positive practice but no alarm. Subsequently, the urine alarm was introduced to both …

Western News, July 26, 1984, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: New dean of education named, Presidential position description OK'd, Board appoints two department chairs, Vander Weyden to head new office

A Workshop To Incorporate Language Development In Teaching Reading, Dixie D. Sanger, Sheldon L. Stick

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

It is the purpose of this paper to describe a workshop designed to teach elementary school teachers how to incorporate language development activities during reading instruction, particularly with children who have language-based reading difficulties.

Wmu Board Of Trustees Regular Meeting June 15, 1984, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

• Acceptance of the Agenda
• Minutes
• Correspondence
• President's Remarks
• Academic Personnel Report
• Non-Academic Personnel Report
• Gift and Grant Report
• Western Michigan University Board of Trustee Meeting Dates for 1984/85
• Recommendation re School of Library and Information Science
• Resolution re Building Maintenance and Repair Projects
• Recommendation re Revised 1983/84 General Fund Operating Budget
• Resolution re Continuation of 1983/84 Budget into 1984/85
• Recommendation re Student Health Fee
• Board Committee Reports
• SAME (Science and Mathematics Education Center) Report
• Public Comments
• Executive Session
• Adjournment

Valued Traditions And New Directions: Faculty Recognition Dinner 1984, Western Michigan University

Faculty Recognition

Valued Traditions and New Directions

Faculty Recognition Dinner

June 9, 1984

Honored Guests

• David W. Adams
• Donald Blasch
• Harold Boles
• Earl L. Borr
• Joan A. Boucher
• Donald H. Bouma
• William L. Burdick
• Arthur Christensen
• Stanley K. Derby
• Roscoe A. Douglas
• Robert Engstrom
• John L. Feirer
• June France
• Joseph A. Frattallone
• Beth Giedeman
• Clarence J. Goodnight
• Paul L. Griffeth
• William O. Haynes
• Imy V. Holt
• Charles O. Houston
• Don C. Iffland
• G. Stewart Johnson
• Dale D. King
• Neil Lamper
• Hung Peng Lee
• Charles E. Meyer
• Gilbert W. Morell
• Don W. Nantz
• Frank B. Olenchak
• Harvey W. Overton
• Maisie K. Pearson
• William …

The Westerner Vol. 4 No. 6, Western Michigan University

The Westerner (1980-1997)

• Mentor/Mentee program is a concept that works • Wetnight announces retire • Medallion scholarships awarded to six • 'Real world' program brings together graduate students and preschoolers • Development campaign launched • Fellowship funds research into child sexual abuse • College seniors ill-prepared for graduation shock • The library-an issue of quality • Gymnastics and Orlofsky • WMU's gift to the Olympics • Sommerville, Kinne named scholar-athletes for 1984 • Mike Gary Athletic Fund surpasses goal, sets record • Among Alumni • Career fair sets attendance record • Alumninotes

Behavioral Social Work In Community And Organizational Settings, Jack Rothman, Bruce A. Thyer

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Principles and methods of behavioral social work have found little application at the community and organizational levels of intervention. It is the contention of the authors that integration of such content would enhance practice at these levels. Components of behavioral community intervention are indicated and illustrated in micro/macro settings, with advantages to practice specified. Ethical Considerations in using this methodology are discussed.

The Origins Of The Service State: On The Ironies Of Intervention, Timothy W. Luke

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This essay discusses the growth of the interventionist "service state" in the United States since the 1890s. It indicates how the exhaustion of the national entrepreneurial capitalist model necessitated state management of the economy, society and culture in order to consolidate the emergence of a transnational monopoly capitalist mode of economic growth. These bureaucratic interventions, however, from the 1930s through the 1970s dangerously eroded the continuing reproduction of civil society. Hence, the new social movements of the 1960s and 1970s are discussed as popular efforts to countervail the bureaucratic logic of monopoly capital and the service state. The new social …

Western News, May 31, 1984, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Tate Center to be dedicated Wednesday, Harary to be Visiting Scholar June 6, Poel named organization officer

Wmu Board Of Trustees Regular Meeting May 18, 1984, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

• Acceptance of the Agenda
• Approval of the Minutes
• Correspondence
• President's Remarks
• Academic Personnel Report
• Non-Academic Personnel Report
• Gift and Grant Report
• Board Committee Reports
• Report of Philosophy for Children
• Public Information Slide Presentation
• Public Comments
• Adjournment

Wmu Board Of Trustees Regular Meeting April 20, 1984, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

• Acceptance of the Agenda
• Minutes
• Correspondence
• President's Remarks
• Academic Personnel Report
• Non-Academic Personnel Report
• Gift and Grant Report
• Recommendation re Student Room and Board Rates for 1984-85
• Resolution re Change of Investment Advisor
• Resolution re President's Residence
• Recommendation re Sale of Property
• Board Committee Reports
• Report on Center for Human Services
• Public Comments
• Executive Session
• Adjournment

Western News, April 19, 1984, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: 40 Presidential Scholars honored last Thursday, In an address last week; President Bernhard urged this year's Presidential Scholars to be 'the vanguard defending the Vital Balance' between passion and intellect

Western News, April 12, 1984, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Phillips to receive Distinguished Service Award, More than 1,850 to receive degrees in commencement exercises April 21, Freshman attrition 250,70; close to national norm, Starcher to be named 'Woman of the Year', Summer flextime work schedule to begin May 1, Libraries announce hours for coming weeks

Western News, April 5, 1984, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: MAGB to honor students, faculty members April 11, Hispanic Awareness Day activities set for April 13, Bernhard to be featured speaker at luncheon for community leaders Tuesday in Muskegon, Ziring named visiting fellow at Oxford, Display to feature black women's achievements, Costume design book commemorates Kerr