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Western News, March 26, 1998, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: State funding should recognize complexity; not just enrollment; Haenicke tells trustees, Pavilion to bear name of Haenicke, Early numbers point to record enrollments for this fall, Production of family opera to celebrate fine arts 25^th, Two WMU programs ranked among top in the country, Edsel Ford to speak as part of lecture series, Pow WOW will feature displays of Native American culture, Sundick to lead ethics talk, Tribute to Carol Haenicke planned, First students initiated into Phi Beta Kappa.

Western News, March 20, 1998, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

• Five finalists named in presidential search process
• Presidential search process began last July

Western News, March 12, 1998, Western Michigan Univeristy

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Ponchillia; Schma honored for distinguished service, Salute to Haenickes will include dance; music and theater, Presidential finalists expected to be named, Support for aviation climbs.

Interfacing African American Churches With Agencies And Institutions: An Expanding Continuum Of Care With Partial Answers To Welfare Reform, Barbara W. Rogers, Douglas Ronsheim

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

It is unrealistic to presume that churches and other private charities can fill the void resulting from welfare reform (Sider,1995; Conniff, 1997); yet there are ways to structure an effective church- and community-based continuum of care that will help to do so. In this article African-American churches are viewed as major players. An explanation of the systems theory of isomorphic replication provides a key to understanding the success of this collaborative model, which addresses issues facing communities while building on their strengths and assets and reckoning with the challenges of working collaboratively. Recurring issues of race, culture, trust, and control …

Improving The Quality Of Child Care In The Rural South, Margaret E. Griffin, R. Dwight Hare, Patrica A. Baggerly, Melinda M. Leftwich, Sue Standifer, Susan A. Elkins

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

A collaborative of six social service agencies and a state university determined that the single most pressing need of families in a 14-county, rural area was child care. The Training Resource Center, developed through a W K. Kellogg Foundation grant, worked with day care licensing and early childhood professional groups to develop a plan to address the systemic nature of the problem of how to improve the quality of child care. Programs developed included training, mentoring, NAEYC accreditation, and a resource library. After 15 months, some programs show the possibility of sustainability.

Review Of Letters To Christina: Reflections On My Life And Work. Paulo Freire. Reviewed By Arline Prigoff, California State University, Sacramento., Arline Prigoff

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Paolo Freire, Letters to Christina: Reflections on my Life and Work. London: Routledge, 1996. $ 16.95 paperback.

Social Policy In Britain: Themes And Issues. Pete Alcock.

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Pete Alock, Social Policy in Britain: Themes and Issues. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997. $ 49.95 hardcover.

The Effect Of Guided Imagery And Music Workshops On Locus Of Control And Self Concept Of Mental Health Outpatients, Roberta Wigle Justice

Masters Theses

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of guided imagery and music (GIM) in a group format on the locus of control and self-concept in mental health outpatients. Twenty adult mental health consumers took part in the experimental study with 10 subjects in the experimental condition and 10 subjects in the control condition.

The revised Tennessee Self-Concept Scale (TSCS:2) short form (Fitts & Warren, 1996) was used to measure self-concept and the Levenson Locus of Control Scale (Levenson, 1981) was used to measure locus of control. Pre- and post-test data collected from these instruments revealed no significant …

Why Foster Parents Continue And Cease To Foster, Nolan Rindfleisch, Gerald Bean, Ramona Denby

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This study addressed the following question: What factors thought likely to influence the license status of foster family homes predict to continuing and what predict to ceasing to foster? This study was conducted in eight urban counties in a large Midwestern state. Using logistic regression, a 13 variable model was developed. The factors with odds ratios that predicted greater likelihood of closed license status were: when the foster mother is white, respondent wanting to adopt but being unable to do so, concern about agency red tape, disagreement with the statement that social workers reached out to foster parentsand respondents not …

Clientilism And Clientification: Impediments To Strengths Based Social Work Practice, Charles D. Cowger

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

A strengths-based practice perspective is, at best, weak and, perhaps, irrelevant in social service structures that are powered by social control values, driven by the market economy, and protected by professional self interests. This paper proposes that the relationship between the patron and the client, as expressed by the metaphor "clientelism" in the development literature, and "clientification", as described by Habermas, are informative as significant obstacles to the implementation of strengthsbased social work practice and social service delivery. The paper argues that for strengths-based practice to be viable, it and its advocates must confront more fundamental change by becoming more …

When Do Single Mothers Work? An Analysis Of The 1990 Census Data, Marta Elliott, John F. Packham

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This study analyzes the relative effect of the amount of public assistance income received one year on the probability that a single mother is employed the following year compared to a variety of other determinants of employment status. The analysis is based on a national sample which was drawn from the Public Use Micro data 5 percent Sample (PUMS) of the 1990 U.S. Census. It consists of the 275,744female householders who were divorced, separated, widowed or never married, and living with their own children age 18 and under. Logistic regression was utilized to calculate the probability of being employed in …

Reclaiming Communities And Languages, Rebecca Benjamin, Regis Pecos, Mary Eunice Romero, Lily Wong Filmore

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This article discusses efforts by tribal leaders and members of Cochiti Pueblo, one of the 19 Pueblos of New Mexico, to restore aspects of community life that had been damaged by federal programs-programs that had been carried out without careful study of how they might affect the community. The construction of a dam above the Pueblo by the Army Corps of Engineers nearly three decades ago resulted in the destruction of the pueblo's farmlands. It caused profound disruptions in the lives of the people in this agrarian community, not only in economic terms but in nearly every other aspect of …

Review Of Social Work In The 21st Century. Michael Reisch And Eileen Gambrill. Reviewed By Daniel Harkness, Boise State University, Daniel Harkness

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Michael Reisch and Eileen Gambrill, Social Work in the 21st Century. Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press, 1997. $29.95 papercover.

Social Policy: Reform, Research And Practice. Patricia L. Ewalt, Edith M. Freeman, Sturart A. Kirk And Dennis L. Poole (Eds.).

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Patricia L. Ewalt, Edith M. Freeman, Stuart A. Kirk and Dennis L. Poole (Eds.), Social Policy: Reform, Research and Practice. Washington, DC: NASW Press, 1997. $ 38.95 papercover.

The Dual Agenda: The African-American Struggle For Civil And Economic Equality. Dona Cooper Hamilton And Charles V. Hamilton.

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Dona Cooper Hamilton and Charles V. Hamilton, The Dual Agenda: The African-American Struggle for Civil and Economic Equality. New York: Columbia University Press, 1997. $ 24.95 hardcover.

Announcements, No.25 1998

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

No abstract provided.

Western News, Feb. 19, 1998, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Governor recommends 1.5 percent increase for state universities, Search committee to begin interview phase in March, Awards go to Febles and Joslin for teaching excellence, Concorde will deliver first British Airways cadets to Battle Creek for pilot training, Light opens discussions on the nature of faculty's work, Installation set for Phi Beta Kappa, Richardson to read from award-winning book, Welfare is topic of talk for Young Scholars Program, Latin American historian to speak on migrant workers.

Western News, Feb. 5, 1998, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Presidential Search Advisory Committee begins process of screening candidates today, CARE initiative off to a good start; Haenicke says, Waddles; Krause elected to board leadership, Plano named first Outstanding Emeritus Scholar, Haenicke starts fund for international students.

Western News, Jan. 22, 1998, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Small increase in state funding could mean changes in tuition plan, Report calls for new Center for Teaching and Learning, Haenicke seeks input from community in session tonight, New chemical engineering degree program extends University's expertise in paper area, Aviation school gains a touch of the Irish, Book provides food for thought on marketing, Fourth annual bone marrow drive is Feb. 11.

Western News, Jan. 8, 1998, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Impact on local economy reaches nearly $500 million, Pilot training centre takes off with British Airways contract, MLK Day events to include convocation and celebration, Student services building will consolidate offices and provide new 'front door' to the University, Conference set on writing across the curriculum, Brookings Institution official to discuss China, Trek across Africa is topic of multimedia show.

The Economics Of Sports: Winners And Losers 1998-99, Department Of Economics

Werner Sichel Lecture Series

The Economics of Sports: Winners and Losers, is the thirty-fifth annual Public Lecture-Seminar Series organized by the Department of Economics at Western Michigan University. This year the series focuses on economic issues in the world of sports. This year's series is directed by William S. Kem, Associate Professor in the WMU Economics Department, with the assistance of Donald L. Alexander, Wei-Chiao Huang and George Erickcek, and is co-sponsored by the WE. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. All Wednesday afternoon lectures, followed by a question and answer session, are open to the public. In addition, each scholar will also present an …

Western Michigan University Graduate Catalog 1998-2000, Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University Course Catalogs (1904-present)

Section I: Admission, Registration, Records, Academic Regulations, and Graduation

Section II: Student Financial Assistance, Academic Rights and Responsibilities, and Student Services

Section III: Description of Graduate Programs and Courses

Section IV: Glossary of Terms

Section V: The Graduate Faculty

Section VI: University Officials

Section VII: The Index

Fact Book 1998-1999, Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University Fact Books

• General Information
• Enrollment Information
• Institutional Comparison
• Student Information
• Faculty Information
• Budgets and Resources

The Western Michigan University Magazine, Winter 1998, Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University Magazine (1997-present)

Features

• Spotlight on the Fine Arts: The College of Fine Arts celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. Four profiles showcase the excellence of the college, including one on Robert Maverick, B.S. '82. The rising Hollywood makeup and special effects artist returned to campus and pumped some blood into last fall's production of "Frankenstein."
• Team Player: Veteran coach and administrator Kathy Beauregard takes the reins as the Broncos' athletic director.
• The Pursuit of Wow: Jim Schmotter, dean of the Haworth College of Business, discusses his quest for the best.

Sections

• University News
• College News
• Alumni Relations
• Classnotes
• Obituaries
• Athletic News
• Essay

Minutes Of The Faculty Senate Councils, 1998-99, Wmu Faculty Senate

Minutes of the WMU Faculty Senate Councils

No abstract provided.

Faculty Senate Yearbook, 1998-99, Wmu Faculty Senate

WMU Faculty Senate Yearbooks

No abstract provided.

Welfare "Reform": Com'in' Up On The Rough Side Of The Mountain, Loretta J. Williams, Roland Ward, Attieno Davis

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Through the lens of an innovative community-university partnership in the Greater Boston region, the authors analyze how welfare reform organizing overtook a resident-driven empowerment project. Since a major goal of the Chelsea/Dudley Partnership in MA is to support residents in exerting greater power over the practices and policies of community agencies, projects have been initiated in the city of Chelsea and the Dudley neighborhood of Boston to organize, and to strengthen, low income women by training them as welfare advocates. This paper examines how the efforts evolved, and how the community and the university partners are playing a key role …

Journal Of Sociology & Social Welfare Vol. 25, No. 1 (March 1998)

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• WHY FOSTER PARENTS CONTINUE AND CEASE TO FOSTER - Nolan Rindfleisch, Gerald Bean and Ramona Denby
• CLIENTILISM AND CLIENTIFICATION IMPEDIMENTS TO STRENGTHS BASED SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE - Charles D. Cowger
• WHEN DO SINGLE MOTHERS WORK? AN ANALYSIS OF THE 1990 CENSUS DATA - Marta Elliott and John F. Packham

SYMPOSIUM ON FAMILIES AND NEIGHBORHOODS, COMMUNITY AND UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIPS - Guest Editors: Linwood Cousins, Loretta Williams and Peter Battani

• PARTNERSHIPS FOR VITALIZING COMMUNITIES AND NEIGHBORHOODS: CELEBRATING A RETURN - Linwood H. Cousins
• COMMUNITY ORGANIZING AND COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY INITIATIVES - Mark Joseph and Renae Ogletree
• RECLAIMING COMMUNITIES AND LANGUAGES …

Western News, Dec. 4, 1997, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: WMU researchers help Portage company put scientific data behind their product, Des staffers working to wipe out 'millennium bug', Graduate internship established in honor of Beauregard.

Reading Horizons Vol. 38, No. 2

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Complete issue of Reading Horizons volume 38, issue 2.