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Western News, March 19, 1981, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Bernhard warns about anti-intellectual coalition, NCA evaluation team to be here next week, Nobel laureate Simon to speak here next Thursday, Deadline Friday for service award names, Deadline Wednesday in search for heads of skills development; public service, Nearly 60 high schools to be represented next week, SW Michigan Vocal Festival is next Thursday

Western News, April 16, 1981, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Bernhard decries violence in observance Tuesday for Atlanta children, Dybek; Zupko get prestigious Guggenheim awards, Campus Planning Council seeks reaction to report of U Transportation Committee, Faculty and students had MASAL roles, Student art competition winners named, Elderhostels offered here in June, Stevens designated to investigate cases of alleged sexual harassment of students, Kilty will speak at July international conference

Western News, March 12, 1981, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Anonymous $500,000 gift to 'Partners in Progress', Page-Robin and Phillips to head Senate, Exxon economist to talk on energy Wednesday, Minority conference to be Saturday and Sunday, Fetzer helps Western apply for TV station to be operated here on behalf of colleges, TEL-U system begins March 16 with 110 tapes, Awareness Week has full activity schedule

Heritage And Politics Of Poverty And Inequality For Rural Women, Edith A. Cheitman

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

In the course of researching the subject of this paper I requested a computer literature search. Using sociological, economic and psychological data bases and a comprehensive list of descriptors, I was able to retrieve only five references. Of those, only one was of significant value to me in dealing with the specific issues involved in the oppression of rural American women.

The paucity of material available through so-called "legitimate" channels was, for me, a telling point. The worst kind of oppression and inequality occurs to groups that are, in effect, "invisible". If no one has identified rural women as an …

Making It Legal: A Comparison Of Previously Cohabiting And Engaged Newlyweds, Ingrid Moeller, Basil J. Sherlock

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

In view of the recent emergence of cohabitation as an alternative form of courtship, it is important to determine its possible effects on the subsequent marital union. Are the premarital experiences, marital goals, patterns of marital power and levels of conflict discernably different for those who have lived together before marriage? Comparing cohabitors with noncohabitors , we attempted to pursue this question in a sample of 139 recently married, nonparental, college matriculating, young adults using a lengthy focused interview.

Largely due to parental pressures "to make it legal", both cohabitors and noncohabitors moved towards matrimony with equal speed, marrying at …

The Changing Family And Family Policy, Ronald J. Mancoske

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The concern for the loss of family functions ii, the process of social change has led some to call for a family policy to support the family to cope with stress in meeting its basic functions. Change in functioning of the family is inclusive of various spheres: economic, status giving, educational, religious, recreational, protective and affectional. These changes are seen as indicative of the decline in the family. This view is moderated by the spectrum of change in the family interactions. Support for family policy is essential though it can not be developed on the idea of the perilous decline …

Humanism And Social Work Paradoxes, Problems, And Promises, Norman Goroff

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Although social work is viewed as a human service profession, with the implicit assumption that it is humanistically oriented, an examination of some of the theoretical orientations, practice settings and practice methodology will reveal a number of paradoxes, problems, and potential promises. I do not claim to provide more than a sampling, to provide a more exhaustive analysis would require considerably more time than is available.

Journal Of Sociology & Social Welfare Vol. 8, No. 1 (March 1981)

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Table of Contents

• Humanism and Social Work Paradoxes, Problems, and Promise - NORMAN GOROFF
• Applied Sociology, Social Engineering, and Human Rationality - JOHN W. MURPHY
• Heritage and Politics of Poverty and Inequality for Rural Women - EDITH A. CHEITMAN
• Social Welfare: Context for Social Control - PHYLLIS J. DAY
• Social Values in Social Work: A Developmental Model - DAVID BARGAL
• Social Work Response to Problems of Occupational Health - JOANNE JANKOVIC & DAVID DOTSON
• Welfare Reform and the Possible Demise of White Paternalism and Black Flight in Mississippi - LEWIS WALKER & CHESTER L. HUNT
• Child Health and Developmental Problems …

Social Values In Social Work: A Developmental Model, David Bargal

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The article suggests a five stage model which describes the development of social values in the socialization to social work and other human service professions. The five stages of development include the following: antecedent factors, anticipatory socialization, professional training period, performance in a professional organization and the crystalization of a professional worldview. The main thrust of the paper is the idea that the professional person develops himelf for a very long time before reaching professional maturity. This development represents a constant dialogue between the persons background factors needs and motives and the institutional and organizational contexts he encounters in his …

Social Welfare: Context For Social Control, Phyllis J. Day

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Because human service professionals are uncritical concerning the latent functions of their organizations they may be unaware of their power as agents for social control. The paper discusses values, attitudes, and education supportive of such control, the permeation of social programs into heretofore private areas of human life, the power inherent in new techniques of social persuasion, and the centralization of that power because of expanded government funding and accountability requirements. As public assistance programs contain civil disorder among the poor, so other social welfare programs insure conformity and control the alienated of all levels of society.

The Price Of Unemployment And Inflation And Who Pays, Michael Borrero

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Since the early 1960's many economists and policy makers have contended that full employment and price stability are unattainable goals. Stimulated by the works of A. W. Phillips, a British economist, they have argued that there is an inverse relationship between inflation and unemployment; that is, as unemployment decreases, inflation increases. Phillips in his original article, "The Relationship between Unemployment and the Rate of Change in Money Wage Rates in the United Kingdom,"1 cautiously reasoned that when demand for commodities, services or labor was high relative to supply, prices increase. Increasing prices for labor draw out unemployed people into the …

Child Health And Developmental Problems And Child Maltreatment Among Afdc Families, Isabel Wolock

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This paper explores the complex interrelationship among the physical health and developmental problems of a child, child abuse and neglect, and poverty. Gaps in agency attention to children's medical needs are identified and recommendations made for reducing these gaps. The analysis is based on interview and agency data for 45 families randomly selected from a group of 365 AFDC recipient families under supervision for child abuse and neglect.

Community Service Opportunities And Older Americans, Zev Harel, Ruth Ellen Lindenberg

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Contemporary society has brought about a situation where older Americans have limited opportunities for contributory roles. They have limited involvement in the development and provision of services aimed to promote their own well-being and the welfare and well-being of others. This article examines the importance of contributory roles and functions in light of theoretical perspectives, social work values, and research evidence which indicates that life satisfaction and psychological well being of older persons is related to continued productivity and the opportunity to carry substantive social roles. This article reviews and discusses contributory opportunities for older persons as part of community …

Factors Distinguishing Urban And Rural State Mental Hospital Patients In Florida, Elane M. Nuehring, Robert A. Ladner

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This study compares the patients of two state mental hospitals, one serving an urban region, the other a rural district. The purpose is to explore urban and rural patient differences on background, hospital history and experience, post-release living situation, use of community mental health services, and postrelease functioning. A summary attempt to distinguish urban from rural patients using discriminant function analysis established that rural-urban differences exist in symptom manifestation, the patient's personal and social environment, and institutional processing patterns. These patient differences have implications for the development of aftercare services.

Benefits For The Disabled: How Beneficial For Women?, Elizabeth Ann Kutza

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The social and economic consequence of disability is of increasing interest in American society today. The numbers of persons reporting disabling conditions is rising, as is the number of persons qualifying for public disability benefits. This article examines the impact of current United States disability policy on disabled women, and concludes that the major programs -- disability insurance, supplemental security income, workers' compensation, vocational rehabilitation -- because of their relationship to labor market participation, disadvantage women. Women not only receive fewer, but less generous benefits. Explanations of this outcome, and implications for future policy are addressed.

Western News, February 26, 1981, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: 'Partners in Progress' total reaches $3.7 million, Limited break hours for libraries; Student Center, January gifts and grants total $509,239, Board passes resolution honoring Dykema, Schaper named to risk-management post, Bendix; Klammer granted emeritus status, Maxwell heads Benton Harbor Center

Wmu Board Of Trustees Meeting February 20, 1981, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

• Acceptance of the Agenda
• Minutes
• Correspondence
• Remarks by the President
• Appointment - Advisory Committee
• Resolution re Emeritus Trustee John R. Dykema
• Academic Personnel Report
• Gift and Grant Report

Wmu Board Of Trustees Meeting February 20, 1981, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

• Acceptance of the Agenda
• Minutes
• Correspondence
• Remarks by the President
• Academic Personnel Report
• Non-Academic Personnel Report
• Promotions
• Gift and Grant Report
• Residence Hall Association Constitution
• Phase II - Energy Conservation Control System
• Board Committee Reports
• Public Comments
• Adjournment

The Westerner Vol. 1 No. 5, Western Michigan University

The Westerner (1980-1997)

• College of Business alumni challenged to match donor • State cutbacks effect University • Welcome home! • Governor names Edwards to replace Dykema; Parfet reappointed to Board • Industrial Education changes name • Athletic director search begun • Bouma comments on failure of criminal rehabilitation • Kellogg awards libraries grant • Sports • Among Alumni • Alumnotes • Profile

Western News, January 22, 1981, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Campus reception well-received; to be annual event, December gifts and grants total $2.3 million, Trustees authorize signing contract for Business Development Center

Western News, January 15, 1981, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: New Honors-in-Course Policy approved, MPSERS interest rate will rise to six percent on repayments as of July 1, Zupko composition is selected for U.S. entry in music judging in Belgium, NASA scientist to speak on Voyager I Project, CWS publication wins NACO Honor

Western News, January 8, 1981, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Parfet reappointed to Board of Trustees, Dykema honored by Board of Trustees, November grants to University total $408,517, Name Forsleff, Kramer acting directors; Counseling Center and Social Work School, Trustees grant salary raise to Bernhard, Trustees approve revisions to U 'Code of Student Life;' first since 1974, Sabbatical leaves are granted to 36 faculty members by Board of Trustees

The Informant Volume Xiii, Number 2, Western Michigan University

Informant (1968-1981)

Volume XIII, Number 2

Winter 1981

• Linguistics and Critical Languages Opportunities at Western
• December Graduates
• New Students
• Faculty News
• Student/Alumni News

Obstacles To Reading Acquisition: Preventative And Corrective Concerns, Carl Braun

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

In spite of the vast expenditure and research on the process of learning to read, there is little if any evidence that the incidence of reading disability is declining. Some, in fact, would argue that the contrary is true.

The Nature And Measurement Of Secondary School Students' Attitudes Toward Reading, William H. Teale, Ramon Lewis

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

In recent years attitudinal goals have increasingly become a planned facet of school curricula. As a result teachers have become more involved in assessing students' attitudes toward what is being taught. Reading is certainly one area that receives considerable attention in this respect. Secondary teachers and administrators have come to realize that improving students' attitudes toward reading is every bit as important as improving their reading comprehension, word recognition and word analysis skills.

What Does Research Say About Beginning Reading?, Michael R. Sampson, L.D. Briggs

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Reading, mankind's way of conveying thoughts and ideas across time and distance, has long been treasured by a literate society. Reading has become so vital in the American society that often people who do not read face difficulties in social interactions and in securing employment. This has resulted in an all-out effort by parents and teachers to guide children into discovering the process of reading.

Meeting Children's Reading Needs: Examining The Roles Of Special Teachers, William H. Rupley, Marty Abramson

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Those who teach remedial reading in the schools have numerous titles, dissimilar training, and overlapping responsibilities. Children who have mild to severe reading problems may be instructed by reading specialists, Title I teachers, teachers of the learning disabled, and so forth. Similarly, the reading teachers' training may range from participation in an undergraduate or graduate reading program to never having taken a formal course in reading. Though there may be an inherent assumption that all these individuals are equally capable of teaching reading, there are marked differences in training that could make this assumption untrue.

Auditory Closure And Reading, Jean R. Harber

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

In contrast with visual perception, about which there is a larger body of knowledge, relatively little information exists concerning auditory perception and its relationship to reading. This fact is both surprising and troublesome as several researchers have found that auditory perceptual measures are better predictors of reading achievement than are visual perceptual measures (Blank, 1968; Linder & Fillmer, 1970; Muehl and Kremenak, 1966). It has been widely assumed that some basal level of auditory skill is related to normal language acquisition, school readiness, and academic achievement, particularly reading. Various auditory perceptual processes have been described, including the processes of discrimination, …

Reading Interests Among Fifth And Sixth Grade Children, Kathleen C. Stevens

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

This article reports the results of an interest survey given to children in four fifth and sixth grade classrooms. The author especially wished to determine if the sex differences in interest reported by so many writers (Norvell, 1958; McKay, 1968; Beta Upsilon Chapter, 1974) were still in effect today.

Dyslexia: The Real Issues, Donald C. Cushenbery

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

One of the interesting philosophical issues or discussions present on the educational scene at the moment is that of the role of dyslexia as a cause for basic reading deficits. The purposes of this article are to present briefly some of the historical trends regarding the topic; analyze a few current definitions; outline several procedures for diagnosing the difficulty; offer a description of four techniques for dealing with the problem; and provide a response to three questions dealing with the real issues of dyslexia.