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Western News, July 13, 2000, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Pedestrian mobility focus of new blind rehabilitation research, Grants top $39 million as fiscal year nears end, Voices from WMU writing project on radio nationwide.

The Prevalence-Based Need For Adapted Physical Education Teachers In The United States, Jiabei Zhang

Human Performance and Health Education Faculty Research

The purpose was to develop a method for projecting the need for adapted physical education (APE) teachers in the public schools in the United States. This method was derived from a prevalence-based model---dividing the nurn- ber of APE students enrolled by the APE student-teacher ratio and then sub- tracting the number of APE teachers hired. This model used the findings of Kelly and Gansneder (1998) that (a) 4% of the school population required APE services and (b) the overall national APE student-teacher ratio was 104: 1. The results revealed a need for 22,116 additional APE teachers nationwide as well as …

The Western Michigan University Magazine, Summer 2000, Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University Magazine (1997-present)

• Nursing a legacy: Bernardine Lacey is back in Washington, D.C. , but she's left an indelible mark on nursing education at WMU.
• Deep down: At a time of soaring petroleum prices, geoscientist William B. Harrison uses sophisticated methods to search out Michigan crude.
• The 'Wright' stuff: A sterling family history and an unusual academic background are among the qualities Richard Wright brings to his new post as dean of the College of Aviation.
• University News
• College News
• Classnotes
• Obituaries
• Athletic News
• Alumni News

Western News, June 29, 2000, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Board OK.s naming Bud Bender vice president for development, Board approves 3.8% tuition and fee increase, BOT approves appointments of Miller director; top administrators.

Western News, June 15, 2000, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: 737-400 flight simulator arrives at College of Aviation, Women aviators to compete in national 2000 Air Race Classic, Partnership with KCC lets students complete degree in Battle Creek, Resort research featured on History Channel show, Weber feted at reception, When time isn't on your side; you might be monochronic.

Western News, June 1, 2000, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: World's graph theory specialists to connect on campus next week, Chicago information technology event bears WMU stamp, Sky Broncos nab ninth 'top three' finish at NIFA, 'Alice in K'zooland' looks at Carroll's math, Cotton elected to board of economic development group, June 23 reception set to honor Timothy Light, MSEA labor agreement lauded, Faculty Senate's new leadership team takes over, Nearly 4,500 freshmen expected to attend summer orientation sessions starting June 5.

Conflicting Bureaucracies, Conflicted Work: Dilemmas In Case Management For Homeless People With Mental Illness, Linda E. Francis

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This ethnographic study finds a case management agency torn between the rules of two conflicting bureaucracies. Funded by a federal grant, the agency is administered by the county, and the regulations of the two systems turn out to be incompatible. This conflict creates dilemmas in providing services to clients: meeting eligibility criteria for services from the federal grant meant the clients did not meet the eligibility criteria for many County services. Agency staff reacted to this dilemma by bending rules, finding loopholes, and investing extra time and emotional labor in each client. The role-conflict engendered by bureaucratic disjunction creates frustration, …

Public Policy: Affirmative Action, Social Equity, And Employment Patterns In Michigan's Construction Industry 1966-1997, Henry Joseph Bowers

Dissertations

Affirmative action public policy did not experience much debate when it was put in place during the late 1960’s. However, the debate is occurring in the 1990s. Its merits are being weighed and there are movements locally to eliminate affirmative action policy.

The Michigan construction industry is the focus of this study. This study examined not only these employment outcome benefits, but also outlines the outcome benefit trends over thirty-one years for national employment and employment in the state of Michigan with an emphasis on the construction industry. Details regarding white-collar and blue-collar occupational grouping trends as well as unemployment …

An Investigation Into Relationships Between Alternative Assessment And Pre-Service Elementary Teachers’ Beliefs About Mathematics, David Charles Coffey

Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to examine how including alternative assessments in a reform-based mathematics course affects pre-service teachers’ mathematical beliefs. A single section of a mathematics course designed for elementary education majors that employed three different alternative assessments was the setting for the study.

A pre- and post-belief survey completed by students enrolled in the section under study represented the first level of data collection and analysis. The results of the pre-belief survey guided the selection of seven informants from the section and provided belief statements for the informants to verify during subsequent interviews. Based on the data …

Rainbow Ramsey Numbers, Linda Eroh

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Comparative Analysis Of Walking Patterns Between Genu Varum And Normal Subjects, Nerline Varda Maurisseau

Masters Theses

The problem was to compare angular and linear kinematics, ground reaction forces (GRF), temporal changes, and electromyography (EMG) of selected muscles while walking one gait cycle to a metronome set at 100 beats per minute (bpm) between genu varum and normal men, ages 20-25 years. Results indicated: (a) the Normal Group had a lower stride time than the Genu Varum Group, although the results were not significantly different; (b) the Normal Group showed greater range of motion in the ankle, knee, hip rotation, and tibial rotation angles-however, the results were not significantly different; (c) there was no significant difference in …

Proposition 48: Knowledge, Attitude And Appreciation In High School Student-Athletes, Robin Salters

Masters Theses

The purpose of this study was to examine the knowledge, attitude, and appreciation of high school student-athletes toward National Collegiate Athletics Association bylaw 14.3, commonly known as Proposition 48. The subjects completed a questionnaire inquiring about their knowledge of Proposition 48 as well as knowledge of its qualifying criteria. Those subjects that acknowledged having heard of the bylaw were then asked questions pertaining to their attitude towards Proposition 48 as a standard for intercollegiate athletics eligibility and the effect of their knowledge of Proposition 48 on their study habits in preparing for the pressures of being an intercollegiate athlete.

The …

Control And Data Acquisition For An Electron Spectrometer System, Stanislav Rumega

Masters Theses

An electron spectrometer system, installed on one of the beam lines in the WMU Van de Graaff accelerator laboratory, consists of two 45^o parallel-plate electrostatic analyzers, a decelerating grid, and a channeltron. It allows the energy analysis, angular analysis, and the detection of continuum electrons ejected following the bombardment of a target with accelerated ions or electrons. First, the principles of operation of the spectrometer itself are discussed with emphasis on the energy analysis. Next, the electronics and computer interfacing required for control of the spectrometer functions and for acquisition of data are described. Finally, the control and data …

Faculty Retirement Recognition Dinner 2000, Western Michigan University

Faculty Recognition

Faculty Retirement Recognition Dinner Program

May 23, 2000

Honored Guests:

• Lynwood Bartley
• Robert Betz
• Alfred Boals
• John Carney
• Lowell Crow
• Elwood Ehrle
• Howard Farris
• James Ferreira
• Francis Gross
• Maryellen Hains
• Barbara Hemphill-Pearson
• Philip Hsieh
• Joseph Kanamueller
• Donald King
• Robert Kotecki
• Robert LaDuke
• Erika Loeffler Friedl
• Garrard Macleod
• Richard McAnaw
• Edward Pawlak
• James Petersen
• John Petro
• Dale Porter
• Shirley Scott
• Carol Payne Smith
• Lyda Stillwell
• Robert Sundick
• Larry Syndergarrd
• Carol VanAuken-Haight
• Lambert VanderKooi
• Kung-Wei Yang

Western News, May 18, 2000, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Varatech's $1.92 million award brings engineering software to Kohrman, Mazzie to be honored Saturday after NYC theatre performance as 'Kate', Honors college senior is University's first Udall scholarship winner, Sky Broncos fly for NIFA title in Miss., Race relations institute named for Lew Walker, Romanian scholar focuses on cyberculture during Fulbright year on WMU campus, National report lauds University's HIV prevention education efforts.

Western News, May 4, 2000, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: New address honors WMU founding, Walker will oversee continuing education programs, Verser named Haworth college's associate dean, Gilchrist appointed associate dean of arts and sciences, Medievalists to focus on Vikings, vamps and Java script at weekend congress on campus, Johnson praised as 'star' local volunteer.

Wmu Board Of Trustees Regular Meeting April 20, 2000, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

Minutes of the WMU Board of Trustees meeting include appendices:

• Gift Report
• Personnel Report
• Relocation of Lansing Regional Center and Lease of Space
• MSEA Contract Ratification
• Engineering College Master Plan

The Western Michigan University Magazine, Spring 2000, Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University Magazine (1997-present)

• Driving Detroit: Alum Jim Holden, '73, is in the driver's seat as president of DaimlerChrysler AG.
• WMU in the news: From features in Forbes to profiles in Psychology: Today, WMU experts move into the limelight.
• Coming home: A fall season of coming home to campus focuses on honoring old memories and making new ones.
• Operation: High-tech Growth: West Point's Dan Litynksi settles in as WMU's new engineering dean and creates a blueprint for the future.
• Miss Ratliff's room: The Detroit Free Press follows graduate Roslyn Ratliff as she gets "A lesson for the teacher. "
• University News
• Alumni News
• College …

A Study Of Parental Characteristics And School Choice, Chia-Lin Hsieh

Dissertations

Parental choice of schools has been a hot political issue for more than a decade and has become a cornerstone of federal educational policy. This study investigated the relationship between parental characteristics and school choice, and whether the decision to choose schools is related to family characteristics, school characteristics, parental beliefs, and/or parental satisfaction.

This study used existing national data that were gathered by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) and were extracted from the School Safety and Discipline (SS&D) component o f the 1993 National Household Education Survey (NHES:93). 12,680 parents with children in 3rd through 12th grades …

Practitioners’ Perspectives On Alternatives To The Paper-Based System For Preventing Welfare Fraud, Timothy Jerome Cole

Dissertations

Federal agencies have begun to devote greater attention to detecting welfare fraud. This dissertation reviews three proposed alternatives to the current Paper- Based system for preventing welfare fraud, namely, the Paper-Based system with Fingerprint Imaging, Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT), and EBT with Fingerprint Imaging. It also examines the policy implications likely to result from implementation of these various systems.

Practitioners were randomly selected from agency directories and mailed a survey. Information was sought on their socioeconomic background, professional affiliations, and opinions on several welfare fraud detection systems.

Statistically significant differences in their responses resulted from differences in their socioeconomic backgrounds, …

Photodegradation Of Pcbs In Natural Waters, Adriana R. Nicolaescu

Masters Theses

PCBs are widely distributed in the environment and they are biologically refractory and toxic compounds. There is great interest in understanding their fate in the environment, and also for finding safe and effective degradation methods.

This study is concerned with the photodegradation of four PCB congeners: PCB 5, PCB 18, PCB 77, PCB 128 in natural waters. Natural waters contain humic substances which can greatly influence the environmental fate of the PCBs. The different degradation of the four congeners was studied in standardized systems and in humic acid or nitrate solutions, under environmental conditions. DMDE and Methoxyclor (whose environmental half-lifetimes …

Learning Reinforced Concreyte Design Principles Using A Java-Vrml Based Design Studio, Amarneethi Vamadevan

Masters Theses

Dynamics involving reinforced concrete design are the first real engineering course encountered by the undergraduate construction engineering students. Quite often its associated rigorous theories makes it an uninteresting academic hurdle for many below mediocre students. However when the theory is exemplified with multimedia, interaction and visualization techniques, the conceptual understanding is enhanced. The teaching methodology presented in this thesis is based on presenting students with an individualized, interactive and guided learning environment. The main elements of this approach are: a means of assimilating the student's interactive learning knowledge and behavior (user model), representation of the instructor's guidance and assessment knowledge …

Western News, March 23, 2000, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: WMUILMC partnership to serve as model; expand students' options, NSF grant will establish scholarships for minorities in science and technical majors, Dolan promotes nonfiction work 'Phoenix' on national book tour, First Emirates cadets mark conclusion of IPTC aviation studies, WMUK spring fund-raising effort set for April 3-7, goal up 15 percent to $115,000, English joins University Relations staff.

Western News, March 9, 2000, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Dobney named to provost position, Mentor Spitsbergen puts high school students on road to research, WMU joins ranks of Internet2 universities focused on developing next generation of Internet technology, Powell twice honored by professional groups, Disease management pilot program will focus on asthma sufferers in University community.

Twenty-Five Years Of Black America: Two Steps Forward And One Step Back?, Glenn C. Loury

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The nature of social and economic inequality as it exists now between Blacks and Whites in the United States is explored in this paper. Summary statistics on education, earnings, employment, family structure, incarceration and life expectancy are presented by age, sex and race. It is suggested that, while progress has been made in narrowing the racial gap in social standing, there remains a significant disparity that warrants continuing concern.

Journal Of Sociology & Social Welfare Vol. 27, No. 1 (March 2000)

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

TABLE OF CONTENTS - SPECIAL ISSUE ON THE CHANGING AMERICAN MOSAIC - Guest Editor - Wilma Peebles-Wilkins

• THE CHANGING AMERICAN MOSAIC: AN INTRODUCTION - Wilma Peebles- Wilkins
• TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF BLACK AMERICA: TWO STEPS FORWARD AND ONE STEP BACK? - Glenn C. Loury
• THE MISSING SAFETY NET AND FAMILIES: A PROGRESSIVE CRITIQUE OF THE NEW WELFARE LEGISLATION - D. Stanley Eitzen and Maxine Baca Zinn
• THE ENEMY WITHIN: THE DEMONIZATION OF POOR WOMEN - Ruth Sidel
• ELDERLY IMMIGRANTS: THEIR COMPOSITION AND LIVING ARRANGEMENTS - Mary M. Kritz, Douglas T. Gurak and Likwang Chen
• RETHINKING THE CONCEPT OF "MINORITY": A TASK …

Rethinking The Concept Of "Minority": A Task For Social Scientists And Practitioners, Doris Wilkinson

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Although sociologists have articulated the components and scope of the "minority" concept, many of the characteristics are no longer germane. Originally those placed in the category were viewed as subordinate and as possessing cultural or physical qualities not approved or preferred by the larger population. There has been no systematic questioning of ingrained seductive words and value-based constructions like "minority". This brief critique offers an evaluation of the "minority" conception that is so pervasive in the social and behavioral sciences, the print and broadcast media, politics, and the entire language system.

Opening The Doors Of Communication And Guiding Parents Into Classrooms And Schools, Katy Anne Forsyth

Honors Theses

"A good parent is a national treasure and we need to make parents and families partners with their children's teacher and principals in the process of education," (Beyond the Classroom 308). This quote is the heart behind the contents of this book. For the love and concern that we as teachers have for the children in our lives, we owe it to them to help make their educational experience the most well rounded prosperous experience possible. To accomplish this, a partnership needs to be created by opening the doors of communication and guiding parents into classrooms and schools. As teachers, …

Western News, Feb. 17, 2000, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Northwest 747 makes final landing at WMU, begins new career as a hands-on classroom/laboratory, More than $7 million in Nov., Dec. awards sends year's grant total past $26 million mark, Werme named 'Woman of the Year' by Kalamazoo women's festival organizers.

Using Freewriting To Assess Reading Comprehension, William P. Bintz

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Building on recent advances in holistic writing assessment, this article reports on an attempt to use freewriting as a tool to assess reading comprehension. It begins by situating this project within several recent efforts to reform reading comprehension assessment. Next, it discusses freewriting as a form of written retelling, a procedure used historically as an alternative form of reading assessment. Then, it presents a taxonomy that illustrates several patterns constructed from using freewriting with proficient readers (graduate students). Finally, implications of this project for thinking differently about reading theory and reading assessment are provided.