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Biomedical Ethics In The Soviet Union, Richard T. De George

Center for the Study of Ethics in Society Papers

*This is an abbreviated version of a paper presented first at a joint MIT-Harvard Faculty Seminar on the humanistic dimensions of Soviet Science on November 20, 1987, and then at the Western Michigan University Ethics Center on February 10, 1988. An expanded, fully documented version, under the title "Soviet Biomedical Ethics" will appear in a volume edited by Loren Graham, and tentatively entitled The Human Side of Soviet Science, Harvard University Press, 1989.

Western News: October 27,1988, Western Michigan University

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Story highlights: Future depends on role in regional education and economic development, Haenicke gives raise to Foundation, United Way volunteers give the gifts of time; expertise, Board approves purchase of new Grand Rapids facility, House gets new lease on life through summer-long restoration efforts, Halloween terror and occasional fright can be healthy, Maier writes new translation of old works

Wmu Board Of Trustees Regular Meeting October 21, 1988, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

• Acceptance of the Agenda
• Approval of the Minutes
• Remarks by the President
• Recommendation re Acquisition of Property
• Recommendation re Approval of Borrowing Resolution
• Evaluation of President and Recommendation re Presidential Compensation
• Grant Report
• Personnel Report
• Program Revision Requests for 1989/90
• Gift Report
• Personnel Report
• Acquisition of Property
• Capital Outlay Budget Requests
• Honors College Report
• Remarks by the Provost
• Public Comments
• Adjournment
• Attachment A - Borrowing Resolution
• Attachment B - Presidential Evaluation Committee Report
• Attachment C - Program Revision Requests
• Attachment D - Capital Outlay Requests
• Attachment E - Provost's Remarks

Western News, October 20, 1988, Western Michigan University

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Story highlights: Faculty Senate seeking funds to endow Medallion Scholarship in Haenicke' s name, Oaklands restoration completed, Two Soviet scientists conduct research here, Neither rain nor sleep can keep executives from jobs, Boyer recommended as gymnastics coach

Western News, October 13,1988, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Lees pledge $500,000 toward Honors College facility, Three to receive Alumni Teaching Excellence Awards, Parfet and Lee elected foundation officers, 1987 Nobel laureate to speak, 1988 United Way goal is $110,000, Scholars to speak on religion; art; the Constitution

Western News, October 6, 1988, Western Michigan University

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Story highlights: Hirsch; Stoltman are Distinguished Faculty Scholars, Burian remembered as a dreamer and a doer, Infant communication disorders to be lectures topic, Eicholtz awarded first Cunningham scholarship, Friedel among five named to Hall of Fame, C/TO celebrates 10 years with week of events

Western News, September 29,1988, Western Michigan University

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Story highlights: Innovative program for 'undecided' students honored by national advising organization, Center named external evaluator for Kellogg program, Hoadley research figures in future NASA countdowns, Experts on discipline in the schools; physics education to be Visiting Scholars, Rodriguez named to position in admissions

Western News, September 22, 1988, Western Michigan University

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Western News: Moskovis reassignment means more emphasis on regional education; economic development, Burian dies Sept. 21 at age 51, Nobel laureate to speak Sept. 28, Tanis earns grant from NATO

Wmu Board Of Trustees Regular Meeting September 16, 1988, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

• Acceptance of the Agenda
• Approval of the Minutes
• Correspondence
• Remarks by the President
• Executive Session
• Recommendation regarding Board Meeting Dates for 1989
• Evaluation of President and Recommendation regarding Presidential Compensation
• Grant Report
• Personnel Report
• Ph.D. Degree Program in Educational Leadership
• School of Public Affairs and Administration
• Gift Report
• Personnel Report
• Sale of Property
• Liquor Licence - Bernhard Center
• Liquor Licences - Gary Fund
• Mini-Mall Facility Rental Agreements
• Condemnation of Property
• Amendments to the University Parking, Pedestrian and Traffic Ordinance
• College of Business General Contractor
• Architect's Presentation
• Provost's Remarks
• Public Comments
• Adjournment
• President's Statement on Racial and Ethnic Harmony

Western News, September 15, 1988, Western Michigan University

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Story highlights: Achieving goals requires 'solidarity,' Haenicke tells Faculty Senate, Presidents share their expertise in WMU classrooms, 27 faculty members earn awards through New Faculty Support Program, National experts to speak on AIDS

Western News, September 8, 1988, Western Michigan University

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Story highlights: Baccalaureate-level writing requirement implemented, Haenicke OKs guidelines to streamline committees, Hispanic Heritage Week events scheduled, Center provides base for former institution residents

Western News, September 1, 1988, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: University recognized as one of 'Big Five' by legislators through higher funding, Reorganization designed to increase minorities, Dennison establishes assessment office; measurement to continue under Bunda, Beauregard named to post in athletics

Profits, Welfare, And Class Position: 1965-1984, Marcus D. Pohlmann

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The study utilizes an extended version of a Charles V Hamilton paradigm in order to estimate yearly income transfers between classes in America's system of "welfare state capitalism." Analyzing the period from 1965 to 1984, what becomes most obvious is the substantial annual transfer from the middle/working class to the owning class. The transfer rose to more than $150 billion by 1984-a full 10% of middle/ working class income. Yet when looking at the implications, an interesting paradox emerges. Although the amount of transfer has increased some over the period, it has not grown nearly as fast as the after-tax …

Behavioral Impacts Of The Fear Of Aids: A Sociological Model, Raghu N. Singh, N. Prabha Unnithan, James D. Jones

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The paper demonstrates the conceptual meaning and utility of a sociological model for identifying correlates of the fear of AIDS and its consequent changes on peoples' behaviors. A sociological notion of levels of analysis is employed for classifying correlates of AIDS' fears under structural and individual categories. A tentative list of these correlates and their projected relationship with peoples' fears is suggested to illustrate the model.

Strategic Planning In Human Service Agencies, Stephen A. Webster, Mary Wylie

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Recent public policy initiatives including deinstitutionalization, deregulation, decentralization, and privatization have resulted in: (a) rapid growth in the number of private not-for-profit organizations; and, (b) competitive environments. These conditions have forced agencies to examine their planning processes to determine if agency goals are appropriate for meeting market demands. An exploratory study of 154 human service agencies examined if and how strategic planning was used to respond to these conditions. The Chief Executive Officers for those agencies reported that strategic planning was replacing incremental planning as a preferred planning model. However, the choice resulted because of pressure from outside influentials not …

Journal Of Sociology & Social Welfare Vol. 15, No. 3 (September 1988)

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Table of Contents

• PROFITS, WELFARE, AND CLASS POSITION: 1965-1984 - Marcus D. Pohlmann
• BEHAVIORAL IMPACTS OF THE FEAR OF AIDS: A SOCIOLOGICAL MODEL - Raghu N. Singh, N. Prabha Unnithan, and James D. Jones
• STRATEGIC PLANNING IN HUMAN SERVICE AGENCIES - Stephen A. Webster and Mary Wylie
• CHALLENGING THE PROPOSED DEREGULATION OF P.L. 94-142: A CASE STUDY OF CITIZEN ADVOCACY - James G. McCullagh
• MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT REFUSAL IN CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS: A SOCIOLOGICAL AND LEGAL ANALYSIS - Rudolph Alexander, Jr.
• "OUR TOWN": A CASE STUDY OF IDEOLOGY AND THE PRIVATE WELFARE SECTOR - William M. Epstein
• RECISIONS, ORGANIZATIONAL CONDITIONS AND …

Challenging The Proposed Deregulation Of P.L. 94-142: A Case Study Of Citizen Advocacy, James G. Mccullagh

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Public Law 94-142, The Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975, considered by many to be the most significant federal legislation for children in need of special education, was proposed for deregulation by the Reagan administration in 1982. This study examines actions taken by citizen advocates-consumer/advocacy/parent (CAP) organizations and groups, parents, and other advocates for exceptional children-who gave testimony in opposition to the proposed changes at public hearings held by the United States Department of Education in late 1982. The most controversial proposed rules were withdrawn on September 29, 1982, while the remaining proposed changes were not implemented. Citizen …

Mental Health Treatment Refusal In Correctional Institutions: A Sociological And Legal Analysis, Rudolph Alexander Jr.

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Recently, the courts have recognized the right to a minimum level of mental health treatment for individuals confined in both mental and correctional institutions, utilizing a different rationale for each system. As mental health administrators in state mental hospitals accepted that they were responsible for providing an increased level of mental health services, they were disappointed that courts had subsequently ruled that individuals in state hospitals had a right to refuse treatment. The purpose of this paper is to elaborate, sociologically and legally, upon treatment refusal in the correctional system since most of the attention on treatment refusal has focused …

"Our Town": A Case Study Of Ideology And The Private Social Welfare Sector, William M. Epstein

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This case study explores the relationship between ideology and the performance of the voluntary social welfare sector in Western New York. Data were collected from the directors of 22 of the largest and most important voluntary social welfare agencies relating to their own social attitudes and those of their boards. The common expression of similar agency attitudes toward a variety of social policies were in narrow conformity with the conservative values of the current national administration. The common core of conservative values, suggesting that the agencies perform an ideological role within the community in addition to their service role, may …

Recisions, Organizational Conditions And Job Satisfaction Among Black And White Human Service Workers: A Research Note, R. L. Mcneely

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Despite the growing attention evident in the human services literature on the related topics of job satisfaction and burnout, virtually none of the empirical studies published to date have examined the possible influences of recent federal and state cutbacks in human service funding levels on the job satisfaction of human service workers. One outcome of these cutbacks has been the curtailment of services offered by county welfare departments, often achieved by reducing the number of public welfare workers through hiring freezes, attrition, layoffs, etc. The remaining public welfare workers often have then been placed in the unenviable position of trying …

Western News, August 11, 1988, Western Michigan University

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Story highlights: Salary adjustment pool set at 5.5 percent for most non-bargaining staff, Staff invited to picnic, Summer flextime to end Aug. 26, Summer enrollment up 7 percent

The Westerner Vol. 9 No. 1, Western Michigan University

The Westerner (1980-1997)

• Distinguished Alumni Award winners • Legislature counts Western among 'Big 5' • Last year's major 'headlines' give us a lot to be proud of • Alumni contributions fund unique jobs • Painter/illustrator assists art students through 'living' bequest • Western is in the forefront of helping minority students • Sindecuse endowment supports numerous special activities • New dean of students named • Western meets research challenge • Wall of Distinction cites achievements of graduates • Six Nobel laureates to offer their views • The Oaklands heads improvements list • Jailed South African leader given honorary degree • Last academic …

Psychotherapists' Responses To Anger Manifested By Female Clients, Lisa L. Morshead

Dissertations

The responses of therapists to anger directed at them by female clients was the topic under investigation. Sixty-nine professional therapists were engaged as subjects, with each therapist reading two fictitious transcripts depicting the first portion of a therapy session. The two transcripts portrayed an angry client and a nonangry client, with client sex varied in each condition for a total of four transcripts. Each subject read both an angry and nonangry transcript of either two male or two female clients. Subjects were then asked to rate the client on competence, and interpersonal functioning, along with providing diagnostic impressions. A four …

Evaluation Of A Psychoeducational Curriculum For Promoting Psychological Health And Self-Esteem, Michele Susan Meola

Dissertations

This study was designed to investigate the effectiveness of a psychoeducational curriculum in psychological health skills, entitled Psychological Health and Self-Esteem (PHSE). The study evaluated PHSE which is a 10-week class offered through the Psychology Department at Michigan State University, East Lansing, and is part of the Health Promotion Program, partially funded by a Kellogg Foundation grant.

Two hundred students participated in the study, and complete data were obtained from 117, 56 of them enrolled in PHSE and 61 enrolled in a different class designated as a control group. The design of the study was a pretest-posttest quasi-experiment with a …

Construct Validation Of The Family Of Origin Scale: A Factor Analysis, Omar L. Mangrum

Dissertations

The major purpose of this two-part study was to contribute to the body of knowledge concerned with the construct validity of the Family of Origin Scale (FOS). The issues of construct and discriminative validity were specifically addressed. The first phase was an attempt to empirically establish the underlying factor structure of the Family of Origin Scale (FOS) through factor analytic techniques. The analysis utilized data collected from a previously studied population (i.e., college students) and a demographically different population (i.e., prison inmates). Results from this study indicate that the FOS appears to measure at least seven distinct factors/constructs, four of …

The Ability Of Teachers Of Preschool Handicapped To Use Observational Behavioral Assessment Techniques In Assessing Social Skills, Stephen P. Barbus

Dissertations

Socially competent preschool children effectively use a variety of social skills, including initiating and maintaining interactions, using others as resources, expressing affection and hostility appropriately, and competing with, leading, and following peers. Children lacking these behaviors are at greater risk of interpersonal difficulties, delayed cognitive development, poor academic performance, school maladjustment, and mental health problems. Handicapped children are deficient in a variety of social skills. Before special education can provide effective intervention in requisite social skills it must establish accurate and reliable assessment techniques.

One such technique, behavioral assessment of social skills, uses several methods. Of these, observation in the …

The Effects Of Using Print Media In Teaching Critical Thinking Skills To Adult Students, Gloria Jean Mccormick

Dissertations

The purpose of this research was to investigate the effectiveness of an educational program in which print media were employed to teach critical thinking skills to adult education students. The major problem of this research was whether or not adult students, who lack a high school diploma, show greater improvement in critical thinking if they participate in a critical thinking skills program using print media, than if they do not. Adult education students in three suburban school districts of Macomb County, Michigan were the subjects of this study.

The methodology used in this study was a non-randomized control group, prettest-posttest …

Western News, July 28, 1988, Western Michigan University

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Story highlights: Research and sponsored program funding nearly doubles in two years, Stamm participates in institute at Bryn Mawr, Tuition increase proposal on agenda for Board meeting

Western News, July 14, 1988, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Jaksa named to position in faculty development, Haenicke expresses relief after Bergman plea, Kellogg Foundation continues survey funding

Reading Horizons Vol. 28, No. 4

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Complete issue of Reading Horizons volume 28, issue 4.