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Consensus As A Form Of Decision Making, Martha E. Gentry

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This paper critically analyzes the consensus process as used in decision making. Drawing from the Quaker experience and from social psychological research, statements of conditions for its effective use are enunciated. Descriptions of the use of consensus are provided and areas for further exploration are identified.

Western News, May 27, 1982, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Newly-compiled atlas on geology and groundwater is published, Trustees table action on tuition increase, University offers computer-assisted speech, Income tax withholding will be 5.6 percent, University offices will close Memorial Day, Barstow; Hahnenberg announce retirements, 'Reagan Federalism' is broadcast subject

Wmu Board Of Trustees Regular Meeting May 21, 1982, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

• Acceptance of the Agenda
• Minutes
• Correspondence
• President's Remarks
• Academic Personnel Report
• Gift and Grant Report
• Recommendation re Tuition Rates for 1982/83
• Resolution re Student Financial Aid
• College Name Change
• Recommendation re Signing of Contracts for the John E. Fetzer Business Development Center
• Recommendation re Reinvestment of Bond
• Recommendation re Change of Board Meeting Date
• Board Committee Reports
• Intellectual Skills Development Program
• Public Comments
• Executive Session

Western News, May 20, 1982, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Emeriti Council announces Monday meeting, Mott Foundation grants top $100,000, Announce USC Memorial Day weekend hours, Transportation Technology faculty; students assist police in accident probes, Saturday workshop is on women and health, Supplemental life insurance offered, Viewpoint: Priorities Project; reallocation and budget reductions

Western News, May 13, 1982, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Academic and non-academic terminations; mergers to save $1.2 million, Bernhard names funding priorities, Spring session enrollment figure announced, Brown lecture series begins Monday, Budget reductions in academic affairs call for effective leadership, Videotape 'The TV Explosion' now available, Softball team again in national tournament

Western News, May 6, 1982, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: University hosts medieval scholars, Malaysian students' memorial is Friday, Alumni to hear prominent industrialists, Combs appointed; three named emeriti, Budget items on Faculty Senate agenda, Women's Commission elects new officers, Police consent election will be June 7, Seven doctorates awarded at commencement

17th International Congress On Medieval Studies, Medieval Institute, Western Michigan University

International Congress on Medieval Studies Archive

The printed program of the 17th International Congress on Medieval Studies (May 6-9, 1982), together with the program of the 57th Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America.

Wmu Board Of Trustees Regular Meeting April 23, 1982, 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 Housing Rates for 1982/83
• Priority Project
• Board Committee Reports
• Adjournment

Western News, April 21, 1982, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Nearly 1,800 persons will receive degrees Saturday, Uncertainty; frustration are themes of U Assembly, Question by Linda Delene sparks responses at last Thursday's University Assembly II, Expect 2,000 to attend Medieval Congress, Industrialists to address Detroit alumni, Alumni helping admissions in two cities, Second-lowest utility costs among· state schools

Western News, April 15, 1982, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: MAGB to honor 2 faculty members; 2 students, Blasch to receive Distinguished Service Award here, Western's student-loan default rate well below national average; says Harkenrider

Western News, April 8,1982, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Summer flextime program becomes effective May 3, Bernhard asks VPs to fill only 'critical' openings, C/T employees will have dental-insurance program, 'Building a Modern Sophrosyne' In his address to Presidential Scholars last week; President Bernhard called for symmetry; harmony and a refreshing serenity ... in 'this age of terror', Corstange joins staff of University athletics, Board grants retirement to Kiraldi; Fletcher, Vernon Payne named head basketball coach

The Westerner Vol. 2 No. 5, Western Michigan University

The Westerner (1980-1997)

• Bernhard decries proposed student aid cuts. • Milwood Project plays role in reducing student suspensions • Teacher shortage may soon become a reality • Fine Arts Building is named for Dorothy U. Dalton • Trustee Johnson resigns from Board • Four honorary degrees granted this spring • Distinguished Service Award goes to Blasch • Mistaken perceptions about financial aid: Financial aid director challenges proposed federal cuts • Technology unites past, present and future • Kellogg and National Water Lift give to 'Partners in Progress' • Western is a great place to be yourself • Development • Associate status in …

Put Your Two Bottom Readers In Your Top Reading Group, Patricia M. Cunningham

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

This year I have been working in three high schools attempting to help the teachers of low level English classes teach their basic students reading and writing skills. In classroom after classroom, I find ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth graders reading at third, fourth, and fifth grade levels. "How can it happen?" the English teachers ask me. "How can they get here? And after all those years of reading instruction in the elementary and middle grades, if they haven't learned to read any better by now, what can I possibly do about it?"

Audio-Visual Stories: Pre-Reading Activities For Bilingual Children, Oran J. Stewart

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

The children arrive at the reading lab, exclaiming in a mixture of Navajo and English, expressing their enthusiasm, when they see the filmstrip projector and the tape-player ready for use. Some of them rush to the tape-player to read the title of the story from the cassette. Others try to obtain a copy of the text for the story. Once the lights are turned off and the viewing screen pulled down, the presentation will be interrupted only by the flipping of pages as the students watch, and read along.

Helping Students Understand Complicated Sentences, Kathleen C. Stevens

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Teachers at all grade levels are often faced with students whose word analysis and vocabulary skills are adequate, yet who have a problem reading and understanding connected text in sentence form. Problems in sentence comprehension become particularly marked when students are asked to deal with the complicated sentence structures typical of more advanced reading material. Such sentences may have multiple subjects and predicates, embedded clauses and phrases, passive voice, and/or unusual word orders.

The Behavioral And Resource Needs Assessment Of The Hispanic Community In Kalamazoo County, Roberto Flachier

Dissertations

This research was set out to assess in depth the behavioral and resource needs of the Hispanic Community in order to create a data base from which tactics of action could be developed and responsive and necessary services could be planned and initiated. Following are four of the basic assumptions that guided this research. One, Behavioral Health (BH) is directly related to the behavioral and resource base in areas necessary for living. Two, in order to plan responsive and necessary services, it is necessary to know the target community's behavioral and resource base and needs; e.g., in economics, employment, education, …

The Effects Of In-School And Out-Of-School Contracting On Academic Performance, Kelly Lynn Kent

Masters Theses

While in-school contracting has repeatedly been shown to be useful in improving academic achievement and social conduct, out-of-school contracting also holds promise in the area of student behavior change. The purpose of the present study was to transfer the control of an in-school contracting procedure outside the school and into the home with low achieving middle school students. The experimenter added an out-of-school contracting procedure to an in-school contracting program already in operation. The effect of the intervention was assessed in terms of weekly grades, six-week grades, the percent of weekly assignments completed, and the percent of contracts completed per …

Rational-Emotive Therapy: A Literature Review, William T. Castell

Masters Theses

This paper reviews the literature cm rational-emotive therapy (RET). The focus was on literature published from 1975 to the present, with emphasis on literature reviews and theoretical studies. Background material by Albert Ellis was included. A historical perspective is given of RET's origin and development. Its philosophy,, theory, and techniques are surveyed. Articular attention was given to RET's application to emotional education and undisturbed populations, especially those who exhibit creativity, high productivity, and above-average capabilities.

Most writers confirm the validity of RET’s theoretical base and conclude that it is effective as a preventive and curative method of psychotherapy. Others criticize …

The Facilitative Teacher-Student Relationship And Selected Educational Outcomes, Richard Roy Benedict

Dissertations

It has been proposed that there are three "facilitative" characteristics of the helpful relationship--genuineness, empathy, and positive regard--which, if offered to students by teachers, would result in desirable educational outcomes. This study was conducted to investigate the relationship between teacher facilitative functioning and desirable outcomes of the educational process in secondary schools. Four desirable outcomes were identified: (a) enhanced student self-concepts, (b) student course achievements, (c) more "in-depth" involvement with course content, and (d) more frequent class attendance.

Sixty-eight classrooms (containing over 1,500 senior high school students from four school districts) qualified for study because required subjects were taught within …

A Study Of The Contemporary Struggle For Power In Iran, Reza Assadi

Masters Theses

Historically speaking, the Iranian power straggle is not new. It is, however, the contemporary contest for power which is the focus of this thesis. This study analyzes the struggle for power precipitated by the Iranian Revolution of 1979. It integrates information from a variety of sources, examines key conceptual schemes, major theories of revolution, theories about Islamic Marxism, and describes events which influenced various groups, organizations and individuals in Iran to seek power for themselves. A salient feature of the study is an examination of Iranian communism. Efforts are also made at forecasting how the Iranian power struggle is likely …

The Effects Of Contracting And Self-Monitoring On The Academic Performance Of Middle School Students, Carol Elaine Parker

Masters Theses

The Guided Study Center (GSC), a contractual study center for middle school students, was described as a potential cost-effective method of individualizing education. The effects of attending the GSC, self-monitoring, and GSC attendance in conjunction with self-monitoring were examined in a multiple baseline design across seven fifth and sixth grade students. Of five subjects who participated in the contracting and self-monitoring phases of the study, three showed increases in average percent correct performance of 10 to 15 percent during contracting, one showed an increase of 8 percent during contracting in conjunction with self-monitoring, and one showed no changes in performance. …

Western News, March 25, 1982, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Arthur Goldberg will speak here Monday, 500 voice opposition to proposed student-aid cuts, Zupko to; receive award on May 19; 500 voice opposition to proposed student-aid cuts, MASAL to meet Friday; Saturday at Student Center, Applied Science open house will begin Friday, Mildred Johnson resigns from Board, Training offers series on labor relations

Western News, March 18, 1982, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Milliken seeks support for recovery plans, 'Reaganomics' theme of Whitney Young conference, Applied Sciences open house to feature historic fashion show; other events, Griffeth named counseling; personnel chair, Panel discussion on Poland next Thursday, 10 from WMU to visit Ball State next week, January gifts; grants total is $328,000

Western News, March 11, 1982, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: WSA to sponsor rally on aid next Wednesday, Proposed federal cuts in student aid 'devastating', Harkenrider to be in USC to answer aid questions, Board approves three administrative appointments, International Travel Night is Tuesday, Report is published on University layoff policies, WMU has programs better than IRAs-Kelley, Employees named to Evaluation Committee

Meaning In Work: Toward A Clinical Approach To Work Dissatisfaction, Shimshon M. Neikrug

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This paper deals with issues relating to the meaning of work for the worker and clinical implications for the social worker intervening in the field of industrial and occupational social work. The problems of work dissatisfaction and alienation in work are analyzed. The author presents two concepts, work as play and logotherapy, as being useful in the clinical intervention in work related problems. It is concluded that the absence of work dissatisfaction need not be the goal of intervention, rather the clinical encounter can strive for meaningfulness, growth, and self-discovery.

Western News, February 25, 1982, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Board notes WMU's 25th anniversary as university, U libraries hours for spring recess are set, Board names Fine Arts Building for Dorothy Dalton, OCR finds Western in Title IX compliance in non-athletics areas; Bernhard reports, Susan Hannah promoted to associate dean, Board grants emeriti status to four staff members, Kenneth F. Simon dies Monday at 58, Student Center schedule for break announced

Western News, February 18, 1982, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: University has major role in unique Milwood Project, Faculty Senate opposes cuts in student-aid programs, Improvements in fringe-benefits package are announced; to be effective Monday; March 1, WMUK has 'Black History Month' programs, Grant to help U stimulate music interest

Western News, February 11, 1982, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Remaining Black History Month schedule set, Three employees die in unrelated events, 19 appeal meetings scheduled in University Priorities Project, First showing of DIC 'future city' film is Feb. 18, Continue Black History Month film schedules, Premiere of Curtis-Smith music is Tuesday, WMUK schedules Black History Month shows, Valentines galore will be available this weekend

Western News, February 4, 1982, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Workshop themes for Leadership Conference, Western; OCR complete plans for athletics review, Intellectual skills development: Concern for quality, Handicappers Awareness Week schedule set, December gifts; grants total was $256,000, Massey Tapes are to be shown next Thursday

The Westerner Vol. 2 No. 4, Western Michigan University

The Westerner (1980-1997)

• Governor proposes payments delay • Homemade seismograph records January earthquake • 78 activities may be modified • Kemp, Edwards elected Board chairman, vice chair • Annual fund tops 52 million in 1981 • Kalamazoo book's first printing sold out • Dwindling supply of students poses recruitment challenge • Mallinsons honored as science editors • Among Alumni • Alumninotes • Sports