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The Welfare Poor: Patterns Of Association And Interaction In Discretionary Time, Francis P. Noe, Kirk Elifson

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The welfare poor in America are classified into a "subterranean' strata not solely because of economic inequality but entrenched by racial ethnicity, age disadvantages, physical and psychological impairment, and broken family structures. While the misery and plight of the poor are often recognized in basic terms in which the survival necessity of food, clothing, health care, and shelter are real concerns, seemingly other less important cultural considerations are glossed over as trivia. Leisure participation continues to be neglected by researchers and because of this low priority, little or nothing is known of the leisure life style of the poor. Less …

The Living Together Arrangement: Social Work And The Lost Client, Robert W. Weinbach, Anne C. Blankenship, Sarah M. Friedman, Judy C. Rutledge, Claudia A. Thompson

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

A recent research study suggests that persons living together outside of marriage do not view social work services as a potential source of help for problems brought into the living together arrangement, those common to all intimate long-range dyadic relationships or those directly related to choice of lifestyle. A multi-faceted approach is suggested which would aim at reaching this potential client group in a climate which will neither stigmatize or judge the alternate lifestyle or the persons who practice it.

Western News, April 8, 1976, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: WMU Responds to AAUP, AAUP Elects New Officers, Secretaries Exam Here, Mortar Board Taps 25; Including First Men Members, Bosses Day Lunch Features Winning Bicentennial Speech, Award Honors Schoenhals, Management Workshops for Women Set, WMU Hosts Business Law Conference

Western News, April 1, 1976, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Campus Briefs, Offer Masters in Biostatistics, Luce Comedy Season Finale, Propose Fee Increases, B. F. Skinner; Two Others to Get Honorary Doctorates, Grant 10 Emeritus Status, Set Multiclinic Session Friday, Eli Lilly Executive to Visit Western Campus on April 8, Name Shilts Head Coach, Gymnastics Festival April 12

University Magaizine Vol. 2 No.1, Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University Magazine (1963-1980)

• A Message from the President • Letters • "Dean of People" • 1975 Annual Report to Investors • On Campus • Alumni • From the Alumni Director's Desk • Bronco Sports • Class Notes • In Memoriam

Bulletin - Western Michigan University: The Graduate Catalog 1976-1977 , 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

Summary Of An Internship In The Battle Creek Public Schools, Lee A. Callaway

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

A Summary Of Experiences In An Internship In The Area Of School Business Management, Lawrence H. Stancliff

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

The Relation Of Personal Values And Value Disclosure To A Faculty Member's Influence On Students, Donald T. Van Hoeven

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Western News, March 25, 1976, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Trustees Meet Here Friday, MCSCP Director Reports on State Budget Prospects, Announce 'Five Finger' Cast, Local County Awards Grant to WMU Sociology Dept, Don Cossacks Close Patron's Choice Series, Vocational Ed. Teachers to Visit Western Friday, Bronco Cagers Post Marks, New Exchange Swaps Skills

Western News, March 18, 1978, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Western Faces Marquette Tonight, Few Letterman Tickets Remain, Broncos Ranked 10 Nationally, Personnel Dept. to Implement Performance Review System, 'Grease' Back at Auditorium, Survey Student Opinion, Documentary Film to be Shown, Vocal Music Festival Here

Public Housing For The Elderly, Cara J. Orben

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

"In passing the Older Americans Act of 10(5, the Congress took the position that 'in keeping with the inherent dignity of the individual, older people of our Nation are entitled to suitable housing, individually selected, designed and located with reference to special needs and available at costs which older people can afford'" From studies that have been done in different parts of the country, it has been found that most older people prefer independent living arrangements over living with children or in nursing homes. Housing becomes increasingly important as people get older. In a report on housing from the 1971 …

Praxis In The Human Services As A Political Act, David G. Gil

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

My purpose in this paper is to develop a rationale for, and to suggest approaches to, the conscious integration of a political component into professional practice. Involved in this is a re-definition or re-conceptualization of professional roles in the human services as potentially powerful means of a radical, revolutionary political strategy. The overall aim of such a political strategy is to eliminate the systemic sources and dynamics of social, economic, and political inequalities - in my view, the major underlying causes of the entire array of social problems with which the human services profess to be concerned.

Western News, February 24, 1976, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Clarify Governance Role; Past Practices in Letter to Faculty, Western's Annual Fund Tops Million Dollar Mark in 1975, Ferrante; Teicher To Perform In Miller Auditorium March 17, Complete Text of Bernhard Letter, Engineering Day Feb. 26

Western News, February 12, 1976, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Feature Menza as Guest Artist With Jazz Lab Band Feb. 20, Set Women's Awareness Week, Western Puts 'Zebra' in Library, ROTC 25 Years Old at WMU; Open House Here Wednesday, Jelly Roll Morton Ragtime Concert Wednesday at Miller, Bronco Gymnasts Entertain Central

Western News, February 5, 1976, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Clarify Reappointment Conditions, AAUP Takes U. Proposal To Faculty, Seek to Curtail False Fire Alarms by Offering Reward, Utilities Cost $470/an Hour, Designate Bicentennial School, Bernhards; Area Legislators; Mayor To Perform in Concert, Polish Dancers Here- Feb. 12, 'W' Club Cites Tom Briscoe

Western News, January 15, 1976, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Trustees Meet Here Friday, Bernhard Letter to C/T Staff, Set 4th Secretarial Seminar, Sex; Sexuality Series Play Here Tonight, U.T. Reopens Coupon Sales, WIDR-Studio in Contest, Host International Low Vision Talks, Milliken Appoints Mann To Board, Reissue Closing Policy

Humanities In An Age Of Uncertainty, Norman Penlington

Perspectives (1969-1979)

The substance of this paper was given at the recent (Oct. 1976) conference of the Association of General and Liberal Studies held at the College of Basic Studies , Boston University.

In the few minutes at my disposal what can I, who am approaching the end of my formal teaching career, tell you who are just beginning or who are midway? Although I have spent a lifetime finding my way in this age of uncertainty I can relate some useful teaching experiences.

University Magaizine Vol. 1 No. 4, Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University Magazine (1963-1980)

• Letters To The Editor • Message From The President • News, Price: Only Two Coppers • In Kalamazoo On July 4, 1876 • Bicentennial Plans Unrivaled • Retiring Dean Says "Go Political" • On Campus • Alumni • From The Alumni Director's Desk • Bronco Sports • Class Notes • In Memoriam

Turning Kids On To Language, Robert D. Hughes

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

One of the great problems we face as teachers is how to get kids interested in whatever it is that we want to teach them. Whether it is reading, writing, math, social studies, we know that the key to teaching success is motivation. "If we could just get them involved, we could teach them."

We Suggest, Eleanor Buelke

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Robert Coles. 1975. "The Mind's Fate."

The Social Sciences In General Education, Bobby G. Bell

Perspectives (1969-1979)

Proponents of general education maintain that every person is worthy of an education that is most general. Translated into a formal curriculum general education refers to that part of a student's education lying outside his area of specialization. Cultural and social literacy remain the dominant goals. Even though controversy surrounds the definition of general education and the philosophical approaches to its realization, the objective seems to be clear, that education "for an informed responsible life in our society" and "that part of a student's education which looks first of all to his life as a responsible human being and citizen." …

Perspectives Vol. 8 No. 1

Perspectives (1969-1979)

No abstract provided.

Reading Horizons Vol. 16, No. 2

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Complete issue of Reading Horizons volume 16, issue 2.

Social Change And Social Action, Bernard J. Coughlin, S. K. Khinduka

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

We define social action as a strategy to obtain limited social change at the intermediate or macro levels of society which is generally used in nonconsensus situations and employs both "norm-adhering" and "norm-testing" modes of intervention. In this formulation, the key concept is social change. This paper proposes to explore certain aspects of social change as they apply to social action.

The discussion is divided into two parts. The first is a brief summary of pertinent social change theory, presented as background for part two in which are presented and discussed certain propositions about planned change that are critical to …

Humanism As Demystification, Alfred Mcclug Lee

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Under a variety of labels, many academic disciplines focus on the unsettling impact of fresh and vivid interpersonal experiences upon pre-existing beliefs and behaviour patterns. Reference is to philosophical discussions of sophism and humanism, historical theories about frontier influences, anthropological interest in culture shock, psychiatric concern with empathy and with perceptive listening, and sociological analyses of marginality, uses of participant observation and life-history data, and clinical studies of social behavior. Their significant similarity is that they are all discussions of demystifying influences on social thought and action. They are demystifying in the sense that they tend to translate the distant, …

Western News, December 11, 1975, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: WMU State Appropriations to Be Cut Another $500,000, Revised Schedules Set For WMU Energy Conservation, Campus Violent Crimes Report Shows Decline, Student Nominations For Teaching Excellence Awards, Cite Student Musicians in 'Voices From Michigan's Past' Production, Kurzen Captains Bronco Cagers, Geology Seminar Features R. A. Davis

An Experiential Survey Of A Comprehensive Community Mental Health Program, Gordon J. Dahm

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

The Study Of The Pathology Of The Middle One Third Of The Small Intestine Of The Spontaneously Diabetic Chinese Hamster, Patrick Murray

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

A Report Of An Internship Experience With The Kent Intermediate School District Grand Rapids, Michigan, Marcia Harriet Mills

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.