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Western News, March 13, 1986, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Tuition increase needed without increase in funds, Dennis Archer to speak at minority leadership conference March 21-23, Yale psychiatrist to keynote scholars program, Conference slated for women employees, Several faculty development opportunities offered, Transfer process to be examined at Community College Cooperation Conference, Houston 'overwhelmed' by nonviolent revolution in the Philippines

Journal Of Sociology & Social Welfare Vol. 13, No. 1 (March 1986)

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

TABLE OF CONTENTS - THEMATIC SPECIAL ISSUE TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIAL SERVICE DELIVERY

• Introduction to Thematic Special Issue - JOHN T. PARDECK, JOHN W. MURPHY
• Computers in Social Work and Social Welfare: Issues and Perspective - WILLIAM H. BUTTERFIELD
• Applying Computers to Clinical Social Work - JAMES GRIPTON, PAUL LICKER
• The Implications of Computer Technology in the Delivery of Human Services - NARVIAR C. BARKER
• Assessing Child Maltreatment: The Role of Testing - JOEL S. MILNER
• Technology, Stress, and Family Violence: Some Issues in Teaching Social Work Practice - SHIRLEY J. PORTER
• Scientific Technology and The Human Condition - VERNON R. …

Computers In Social Work And Social Welfare Issues And Perspective, William H. Butterfield

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This paper provides a general overview of the areas in which technology has had significant impact. These are specifically important for social workers, since technology poses many challenges for both society and the social work profession. Most important about modern technology is that It can either improve the human condition or destroy society. With this In mind, social workers must learn about technology, so that Its benefits are understood and problems avoided. This will not occur, however, if technology is ignored or treated as something which is inherently bad because it disrupts the status gun.

The Implications Of Computer Technology In The Delivery Of Human Services, Narviar C. Barker

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Social service programs are nowadays required to operate efficiently and effectively. In order to insure that this occurs, service delivery must be documented and evaluated like never before. Nonetheless, at the same time, clients are reporting in ever greater numbers to receive services. Computer technology can assist practitioners to deal with this apparent conflict. For example, computers facilitate documentation, encourage the uilization of advanced research techniques, and free practitioners from paper work, so that increased services can be offered. Accordingly, this technology can be used to improve the delivery of social services.

Computer Technology - 1984 And Beyond, Terry Holbrook

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This article examines the impact of computerization on record keeping. Particularly important about automated records is that their content becomes reified, thereby distorting the nature of client data. Because the technical side of documenting a client's activities is stressed, the existential nature of behavior is obscured. As a result, a practitioner may not gain much insight into the motives and social situation of a client. Yet without this information, irrelevant advice may be prescribed by a social worker. Accordingly, technology must not be allowed to alter the existential process of creating a client's biography in a record.

Social Service Delivery Systems: The Impact Of Technology And Organizational Structure, Louella Mann

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Changes in work and social structures are reviewed for the period from the early industrial era to the present. Work structure is hypothesized to have a significant impact upon society and the individual. The structure of the modern work setting and the rapid changes in technology have increased the stress associated with anxiety and isolation. In turn, these problems contribute to the onset of social ills. Also examined are ways to diminish the negative effects of the role conflict which results from the divergent structures present in the personal and work settings. Predictions about the future of social service delivery …

Western News, February 27, 1986, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Major scholarship program to honor Russell Brown, Day designated to protest TRIO program cuts, 70 nontraditional students receive aid; applications for spring; summer available, Committee begins search for libraries director, U.S. trade deficit not alarming; says WMU economist, Committee seeks logo for Homecoming '86, Lindbeck has four books published

Western News, February 20, 1986, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Nearly 400 students to vie for scholarships Feb. 22, Arts and Sciences Forum to focus on role of college in teacher training, Mead Corp. awards gift of $25,000, Henderson announces appointments in admissions, Nominations due for service award, Person needed to head faculty development, Natural resources and people topic of book, Burian re-elected head of health agency

Western News, February 13, 1986, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Denenfeld announces plans to retire in January 1987, Haenicke reacts to Blue Ribbon Task Force report; calls for groups to 'forge a common consensus', Profession to be 'built up' during Engineers Week, 45 receive awards from Faculty Research and Creative Activities Fund, Future of health; human services conference to focus on rehabilitation, disabilities

Western News, February 6, 1986, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: King speech to highlight Black History Month events, New institutes established in mechanical engineering, Haenicke finds Blanchard tuition plan 'intriguing', Blood pressure screening; measles vaccinations offered free, China; Russia are destinations for travel programs, Editor of Cincinnati Enquirer to speak

Haenicke Makes Four Commitments During His Inauguration Speech

WMU Presidential Inaugurations

News article from The Westerner about the February 1986 Inauguration Speech made by Diether H. Haenicke.

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

The Westerner (1980-1997)

• $27.1 million approved for new construction • Haenicke makes four commitments during his inauguration speech • Classes toward bachelor's degree offered at General Motors plant • Groundwater, horticulture to be focus of new centers • Commerce department funds Technology Transfer Network • Financial aid available to nontraditional students • Haenicke says computers won't replace people • Soviet Union's foreign policy is based -on defensive considerations • Malaysia trip successful • Who says academics and athletics don't mix? • New program helps undecided students explore their academic and career options • Kayla Skelly runs wild with success in 1985 • …

Western News, January 30, 1986, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Ludlow elected vice chairperson of Board, Capital outlay funds 'very good news'; Haenicke tells Board of Trustees, Area medical experts to conduct public forum, Board rededicates Martin Luther King Room, Colloquium planned on free enterprise system, Nursing program gifts highlight grants; gifts reports, Student participation in class requires encouragement, Revisions in animal policy accepted

Western News, January 23, 1986, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Area policy makers; administrators to discuss AIDS, Western joins consortium to aid business; industry, Literary critic to be visiting scholar, Western among 60 selected for NEH workshop, Health care costs have quadrupled in 10 years, City growth may be temporary, Reunion planned for 1975-76 basketball team

Western News, January 16, 1986, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Haenicke pledges support of coalition, Several events planned in observance of holiday, Senate approves creation of new council; Haenicke praises bipartisan support for construction projects, Employee Health Risk Survey to be distributed, Jones to speak on being a black artist in America, Fringe benefits total almost 30 percent of pay

Western News, January 9, 1986, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Western News: Blanchard approves $27.1 million for construction, Haenicke pledges support to all constituencies in inauguration address at Dec. 21 commencement; $75,000 grant for technology network received, Political dictionaries written by faculty members, Denenfeld says group's trip to Malaysia successful, Western brings classroom to workplace at GM-BOC

University Employee Service Recognition Program 1986, Western Michigan University

25 Year Club

25 Year Club

• New Inductees
• Members
• Retirees
• Thirty-Five Years of Service
• Thirty Years of Service
• Twenty Years of Service
• Fifteen Years of Service
• Ten Years of Service

Reading Horizons Vol. 26, No. 2

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Complete issue of Reading Horizons volume 26, issue 2.

Twelve "Musts" For Improved Reading Comprehension, Linda M. Clary

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Recent years have brought an unprecedented interest in reading comprehension, particularly in the area of research. The Center for the Study of Reading was established in 1976 at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, with its basic goal to conduct research into the underlying processes of reading comprehension. One unusual characteristic of this endeavor was the assembly of a multidisciplinary staff of researchers from the areas of psychology and linguistics, as well as reading. Over the past years, the CSR has been prolific in its research and dissemination with hundreds of pieces of ongoing research and summaries of studies having been …

Minutes Of The Faculty Senate Councils, 1986-87, Wmu Faculty Senate

Minutes of the WMU Faculty Senate Councils

No abstract provided.

Western News, December 12, 1985, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: DMB awards funds for two centers, 1,280 degrees to be conferred at commencement, New programs will require new funds, Haenicke tells Faculty Senate, Children's Christmas favorite has unusual history, Five renewal grants top $50,000 in report to Board, Munsterman; Oxhandler appointed to new positions

Western News, December 5, 1985, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Financial aid available for nontraditional students, Arts and Sciences Forum Dec. 11 to present discussion on interdisciplinary programs, Nava; Torres to speak during Christmas Fiesta, Patterson named special assistant to Haenicke, New curriculum designed for undecided students, Black Caucus to sponsor banquet and dance, Bates heads Martin Luther King Jr. Program, 1984-85 performance review program summary report published

25 Year Club: Fourth Annual Banquet, Western Michigan University

25 Year Club

25 Year Club

Fourth Annual Banquet

December 4, 1985

The Westerner Vol. 6 No. 3, Western Michigan University

The Westerner (1980-1997)

• Halley's comet expected to thrill audiences less than it did the last time around • Project will help children with communication disorders • Board seeks state funds for business college, library • A television visit with artist-entrepreneur Gwen Frostic • President Haenicke hoping to bolster academic excellence at Western • Professor emeritus of history honored on ninety-fifth birthday • Sports • 1985 Development Fund gifts increase 45 percent over last year • WMU Foundation assets total more than $7.7 million • Dear WMU Alumni: • Career assessment offered • Alumnotes

Microencapsulation As An Alternative To Emulsification For Preparing As A For Use In Papermaking, William J. Corriveau

Masters Theses

The sizing chemical ASA is emulsified to make i t compatible with the papermaking process. Unfortunately, emulsified ASA is chemically reactive with water at the elevated temperatures found in papermaking systems. As an alternative, encapsulated ASA was made and investigated for its stability towards water at elevated temperatures.

A handsheet procedure was developed to analyze emulsified and encapsulated ASA. It was concluded that the procedure gave statistically reproducible results. Investigations with the procedure revealed important variables concerning the laboratory and m ill application of ASA. Evidence indicated that retention of ASA was critical to sizing development.

Encapsulated ASA made for …

The Depo-Provera Controversy: A Sociological Analysis, Pamela A. Hayman

Masters Theses

This study is a sociological analysis of the Depo- Provera Controversy. The strong programme in the sociology of science was the method employed for examining the social and political dimensions of the decision-making process underlying science and technology as it relates to the approval of Depo-Provera as a contraceptive in the United States. The data were consistent with the social constructionist perspective, rather than the positivistic view of science. In almost every instance, scientific conclusions followed alignment rather than arising from objective, universalistic analysis. Upjohn scientists and family planners concluded that Depo-Provera was safe and advocated its use; feminists and …

Predicting Agency Survival As A Function Of Constituency Support In The Michigan Mental Health System, R. Dee L. Woell

Dissertations

Two public facilities for the mentally ill, Michigan Institute for Mental Health and Lafayette Clinic were examined, using a framework provided by Douglas R. Boulter (1983). The basic research question was, why did Lafayette Clinic survive while Michigan Institute did not?

The following research propositions were explored: (1) Organizations that receive strong constituency and media support are more likely to survive than those which do not; (2) Program success or failure is dependent on the decision-maker's perception of the sum of public support; (3) The media serves both as a carrier of opinion and as an influential actor in its …

The Implementation Of Deterrence: A Multi-Approach Assessment Of The Impact Of Recent Changes In Anti-Drunk Driving Legislation On Reducing Alcohol-Involved Fatalities, Josef R. Soper

Dissertations

The objective of this study is to determine if anti-drunk driving legislation, enacted between January 1979 and December 1983, has significantly reduced the number of alcohol-involved traffic fatalities.

At the macro-level, 60 consecutive months of alcohol-involved fatality data were requested from the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Sixteen states supplied the requested data. The Box-Jenkins technique for interrupted time-series analysis was used to determine if a change in the state's drunk driving law impacted the frequency of alcohol-involved fatalities in that state. Results are discussed in relation to the statewide impact of anti-drunk driver legislation.

At the micro-level, …

Addressing Socio-Legal Problems: A Unifying Perspective For Social Workers, Raymond Albert

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Problems where social work and the law overlap have consistently challenged social work professionals, and the challenges promise to continue. The overlap exposes important interdisciplinary issues, which are best addressed when certain conditions are met. The article describes these conditions within the context of a perspective that underlines the interaction between the two fields and structures the professional's approach to these interdisciplinary problems.

Mediation: Fact Or Fiction; Force Or Finesse? A Synopsis Of Case Studies, Charles N. Carpenter

Masters Theses

The primary objective of this study was to observe a state mediator in his role during public sector contract negotiations and relate these observations to the tenets of conflict management and power sources.

Conclusions are drawn relative to the impact of the mediation process on collective bargaining.