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

The Westerner (1980-1997)

• April commencement: another beginning
• logo: identity, community goals
• Elwood B. Ehrle named vice president for academic affairs
• Canoe trip poses problem
• Science for citizens grant announced
• Board approves departments' name changes; new room and board rates
• Remarks made by honorary-degree recipients
• U.S. gymnastics: The Struggle for Olympic Recognition
• Among Alumni
• Alumnotes
• People
• Bronco Sports

Bulletin - Western Michigan University: The Graduate Catalog 1980-1982 , Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University Course Catalogs (1904-present)

• Section I: General Policies and Procedures • Section II: Master's Degree Programs and Requirements • Section III: Specialist Degree Programs and Requirements • Section IV: Doctoral Degree Programs and Requirements • Section V: Description of Graduate Courses • Section VI: The Graduate Faculty

Changing Physician Ideologies On The Care Of The Dying: Themes And Possible Explanations, John Macdougall

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

An analysis of changing physician ideologies regarding the care of elderly dying patients, as expressed in technical journals read by American physicians. Markedly more titles concerning terminal care are found in Index Medicus in 1968- 78 than in 1960-67. In one journal, physicians are only after 1964 urged to tell patients openly about their condition and after 1969, to improve cooperation within professional teams. Two explanations of these data are tentatively explored: 1) a Parsonian explanation, whereby medical ideologies reflect professional autonomy and the influence of internalized moral norms; 2) a Marxist explanation, whereby medical ideologies reflect physicians' transformation from …

The Chemical Buildup In A Closed Water System Using Recycled Fiber Furnish, Stephen R. Tremont

Paper Engineering Senior Theses

In recirculating whitewater in a closed water system, the solids will increase leading to operational problems such as corrosion, scale, reduced drainage rates, reduced wire life, increased temperatures, felt plugging, foam, and dirt. In dealing with these problems, whitewater samples from a conventional seven vat cylinder board machine were tested for chemical composition. The machine operates on a closed water loop and produces approximately 250 tons per day recycled boxboard. Tested anions included chloride, silica, phosphates, nitrates, sulfate, sulfide and tannin-lignin. Cations analyzed included calcium, barium, iron, aluminum and copper. Tests were conducted over an eighteen day machine running period …

Teaching Methods Utilizing A Field Theory Viewpoint In The Elementary Reading Program, Shirley Lechuga, Heath Lowry

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

The trend in reading instruction during the past few years, has strongly focused on the whole child, his individuality, his feelings, beliefs, and goals as well as his cognitive abilities. All of these constitute the child's life space and are the "parts of the whole" that teachers must deal with. Consistent with this learning theory, the teacher's role has changed. Teaching now consists of the promotion and enrichment of the interactive learning process between the child and his environment. The teaching environment of the reading program is most important to the young reader's success. The acceleration of the reading process …

Focus On Administration: An Internship Experience, Cheryl Lynn Holmes

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Biological Studies On Some Ghanats Of Iran, Fardin Oliaei

Masters Theses

The present study was undertaken to monitor the quality of drinking water in the ghanats of Tehran during 1978-1979. Four sites were chosen, and various limnological parameters were investigated.

Physical-chemical analyses were evaluated to determine the composition of the water. There was no significant pollution related to chemical-physical parameters.

Planktonic samples were analyzed with the aid of a Sedgewich-Rafter counting cell. A total of 47 genera were found in all four ghanats.

The planktonic population declined dramatically in winter. Mean diversity and equitability of the algae showed no significant level of pollution and degradation in the study areas.

Bacterial content …

Social Characteristics In Home Rule Elite Recruitment, Alireza Mohseni-Tabrizi

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Marketing Techniques Utilized By Community College Continuing Education Divisions In Michigan, John George Dezek

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Western News, March 27, 1980, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Character needed to meet crisis; Milliken says, How Western will help the census count noses, BBC film by Bank to be shown Friday, 'Hotel Paradiso' to close theatre season April 9-12; 13 in Shaw Theatre outing, February phonathon hits all-time high, Holistic counseling conference Saturday

Western News, March 13, 1980, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Session in Lansing ends on foreboding note, Announce locations for keynote addresses in minority student leadership conference, No irregularities found in search; report by affirmative action shows, Jog-a-thon April 12 to raise money for athletics, Partners in Progress seeks private support, Campaign looks to future of academic excellence, Some answers to questions you may have about the Partners in Progress campaign

Procedures For The Maintenance And Generalization Of Achieved Behavioral Change, John S. Wodarski

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Procedures for the maintenance and generalization of achieved behavioral change in anti-social adolescents are reviewed. A review of follow-up studies which provides the rationale for the incorporation of such procedures in practice is initially elaborated. Specific items discussed are possible avenues to the maintenance and generalization of behavior: social networks, peers, and parents; training socially relevant behaviors; changing the conditions of training; gradually removing or fading the contingencies; delayed reinforcement; and self control procedures. Throughout the manuscript relevant case illustrations are reviewed.

Employment, Theory And Practice In Qualitative Medical Sociology, Mary Jo Deegan

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Applied qualitative medical sociology is almost an unheard of phenomenon. When it is done, however, It is usually accomplished by sociologists employed in academic institutions. Here we discuss the possibility of such a specialty, building upon the established literature and resources, as a potential area of employment and expanded sociology practice. Three "types" of approaches: symbolic interaction, phenomenology and Marxism are used to suggest the diversity and resources available in qualitative sociology.

The Occupational Prestige Of Social Work, Gerald L. Euster

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

A survey of two hundred and fifty six social work educators pertaining to the prestige of social workers indicated that social workers were viewed as havinq less prestige than fourteen of the twenty-two occupations with whom they were compared. Factors both contributing to and lessening the prestige of social work were identified, as well as suggestions for enhancing social work's prestige.

Western News, February 21, 1980, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Groundbreaklng officially begins construction of Fine Arts Bldg., Search committee to recommend names of five VPAA candidates to Bernhard, Schedules published for spring break, Willis named acting director of new center, Author to speak next Thursday in 'Black Awareness Month', Alumni Relations plans for Homecoming

Western News, February 14, 1980, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Groundbreaking today for Fine Arts Building, Leakey degree; lecture Sunday, Harvard professor to speak next week as part of 'Black Awareness Month', Athletes given bum rap on grades; says Boyle, Nominate four for Senate offices, Zupko work in premier with Symphony Tuesday

University Magazine Vol. 5 No. 4, Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University Magazine (1963-1980)

• Research
• On Campus
• 1979 Annual Report of the WMU Foundation
• Donor Clubs
• 1979 Alumni Honor Roll
• Periscope On People
• Bronco Sports
• Alumni News
• Class Notes

Western News, January 17, 1980, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Enrollment's Up 2 Percent, Giving Fund Law Extended, Visiting Scholars Program Expanded, U. Film Series Begins Wednesday, Mrs. Mitchell's Funeral Services Friday, Death of Steel Industry Discussed, Gov. Milliken To Keynote Symposium Here on Campus, 'Bureaucratic Power' Talk Wednesday, UT Presents Albee Comedy, Irish Rovers Open Patron's Choice Series

Western News, January 3, 1980, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Fine Arts Building Approved, CLEP Changes Announced, Student Assessment Doubled, Rank Replaces Tom Mannix, Williams; Beecher Retire, Sorenson Coordinates Directed Teaching, Text' of President Bernhard's Remarks to Board of Trustees, Loew Designated U. Professor, Williams Heads Upward Bound, Vienna Choir Boys Coming, Archival Tools Course Topic

Teaching In Tandem: Media Specialist/Librarian & The Classroom Teacher, Diane Stephanie Wagner, Judith Rosenfeld

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

The NCTE/ AASL joint Committee on Learning Resources has been charged by both organizations with the responsibility of finding areas of cooperation and communication between media specialists/librarians and English teachers. Professionals in both fields have strong opinions about the nature and depth of experiences the student should have in a school media center. The questions upon which they are focusing their attention are: What skills are to be initially introduced, developed and reinforced? At what grade level are these skills to be taught? Where will the teaching process occur: in the classroom, media center/library, or both? Will the teacher or …

Plant Seeds This Spring For Reading This Summer--Reap Rewards Next Fall!, Patricia Cunningham

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Once upon a time in a far-off land, there was a school system that worked very hard on its reading program. Everyone worked hard on reading. The School Board declared reading its top priority and put the lion's share of its budget into reading. The superintendent supported reading and lay awake nights thinking of ways to make the reading program better. All the principals thought reading was important and showed they felt this way by sponsoring schoolwide USSR and motivational reading programs and by listening to children read and reading to children. The teachers spent most of their day teaching …

The Reading Center: A Valuable In-Service Resource, Nicholas P. Criscuolo

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

No abstract available.

Reading Horizons Vol. 20, No. 2

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Complete Issue of Reading Horizons volume 20, issue 2.

Article Index

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Index to articles in volume 20.

An Examination Of The Red Blood Cell Alloantigentic System In The Chinese Hamster, Kathryn Elliget Blashfield

Masters Theses

This research was done to determine whether any ABH-like blood group system was present in Chinese hamsters (Cricetulus griseus). The population of animals included 35 hamsters, 20 "normal" or outbred (10 males; 10 females) and 15 diabetic from The Upjohn Company's colony of inbred diabetic animals (8 males; 7 females; BE and BA lines). Animal sera and erythrocytes were compared by: hyperimmunization of rabbits (10 New Zealand White) with hamster erythrocytes; screening hamster erythrocytes and plasmas with human blood diagnostic typing antisera (Ortho Diagnostics), anti-H lectin, anti-A₁ lectin and human red cells of various types; absorption and elution of …

A Study Of The Community Development Advisory Act Committee 1978-1979, Christopher W. Cottrell

Honors Theses

This paper will focus on the Community Development Act Advisory Committee, (CDAAC), for the year 1978-79. This Citizens Advisory Committee is required under the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Community Development Block Grant, Entitlement Grant Program. The City of Kalamazoo, as an applicant for community development Block Grant funds, must have citizen input on how funds should be spent on the neighborhoods that qualify for assistance. This year there is about $2,323,563 which can be spent to improve the housing and community needs of what the city calls the six comprehensive Neighborhood Revitalization Areas or more commonly known …

Will Carter's Welfare Reform Plan Reform Welfare?: Evidence From Empirical Research, Mary Bryna Sanger

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This paper introduces the central dimensions which have emerged in the current welfare reform debate. They include adaquacy, work incentives, family stability and cost. The last legislative session introduced a new group of "welfare reform" proposals, each attempting to address these critiques of the current welfare system. Considering four major bills including Carter's Comprehensive Program for Better Jobs and Income on the basis of recent research findings, results in a tentative preference for Carter's plan. It addresses the major reform dimensions better than the others and would result in modest improvements. Nevertheless, true reform is unlikely to be achieved by …

Social Welfare Agencies And Social Reform Movements: The Case Of The Single Parent Family, Michael J. Smith, Beth Moses

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

To a greater extent than before, social welfare agencies are emphasizing social change over direct services. A social reform movement is a mechanism by which societal and institutional change may be accomplished. The relationship between social welfare organizations and social movements has not been clearly defined. The sociological theories of Smelser, Turner, Killian and others on collective behavior and social movements provide a useful knowledge base for welfare organizations and professionals espousing social reform goals. The single parent family population is discussed as a group with the potential to generate into a social reform movement.

A Report Of An Internship In The Kalamazoo Public Schools Kalamazoo, Michigan, Barbara J. Wright

Masters Theses

This report summarizes a six-weeks internship in the Kalamazoo Public School System served during the summer of 1979.

The purpose of the internship was to introduce the intern to the roles, duties and responsibilities of the Personnel Director of the Employees Services Department of the Central Office.

The primary areas studied were research data, unemployment data, interviewing procedures, planning functions, labor relations and affirmative action.

This report includes a daily journal of activities and experiences, a narrative regarding achievement of specific objectives and additional material pertinent to the internship. The latter includes: A chart of the intern's Selection Research Inc. …

A Report Of An Internship Experience In The Central Administrative Offices Of The Battle Creek Public Schools, Aileen M. Klingaman

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.