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Western News, November 10, 1977, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Economics Lecture Tonight, Liberal Education Committee Seeks; Campus Opinions, Bernhard to Discuss Value of Education, Education Observes National Week; Diamond Jubilee, Nat Hentoff to Keynote National Education Week, Blackstone Magic Show at Auditorium, Ford Gives Engineering Gift, Western Hosts Ball State, Warn Employees to Use Homeowner's Policy for Items

Western News, November 3, 1977, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Solar Energy Talk Tuesday, Sexuality Values Lecture Thursday, Gerontology Offers Undergraduate Aid, British Attorney Discusses Juvenile Justice Monday, Plan Campus Observance of National Education Week, Western Debaters Post Victories, Remind Foreign Students of Service, Fred Waring Returns Nov. 15, Miami Redskins Here Saturday

Journal Of Sociology & Social Welfare Vol. 4, No. 3 And No. 4 (Jan. - Mar. 1977) Part 1

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

• Hon. George McGovern, United States Senator - 302
• Chauncey Alexander, National Association of Social Workers - 303
• Warfare-Welfare as a Serious Social Problem for Study and Action - L. K. NORTHWOOD, Editor - 305
• Eighteen Leading Social Critics Comment: What is the Real Threat to World Peace and Social Security?
• KENNETH A. KIRKPATRICK and L. K. NORTHWOOD - 323
• A Moment of Truth in the Warfare-Welfare Debate: The Transfer Amendment - HON. ELIZABETH HOLTZMAN - 339
• New York City and the Economic Crisis - JOSEPH HARRIS - 351
• The Warfare-Welfare Tradeoff: Health, Public Aid, and Housing - KATHLEEN PEROFF - …

Journal Of Sociology & Social Welfare Vol. 4, No. 3 And No. 4 (Jan. - Mar. 1977) Part 2

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

• The Welfare State Within the Military - CHARLES MAYNARD and ANN BLALOCK - 494
• The Military Establishment and Social Welfare, Past, Present and Future? - GEORGE W. AYERS - 522
• Social Work in Relief and Rehabilitation After Wars, at Home and Abroad - WALTER A. FRIEDLANDER - 530
• Alienation of Youth as an Unintended Consequence of Military Assistance in Africa - QUENTIN F. SCHENK - 534
• Human Security or National Defense: The Question of Conversion - BRUCE BIRCHARD - 543
• Economic Conversion, Productive Efficiency, and Social Welfare - LLOYD J. DUMAS - 567
• The Soft Spot: How to Attack the …

Western News, October 27, 1977, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: College Automotive Instructors Meeting Here Today; Friday, Erickson Chairs National Meeting, Recover Stolen; WMU Property, National Learning Improvement Center Director Visits WMU, Study Sex Role Stereotyping, Plan Christmas Trip to Mexico, 'Cordial Corps' Formed Here, Guest Lecturer Looks at Future Market Opportunities; Life Styles, O'Connor Joins Development Staff in Corporation/Foundation Relations, Western's 5-Year Capital Requests Totals $63.4 Million, Personnel Department Memo

Western News, October 20, 1977, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Bate; Cordier; Hefner Given, Teaching Excellence Awards, Parents' Day Program Set, IOPA Receives NSF 'Science for Citizens' Program Grant, Octubafest is Sunday, Passero Named to Michigan Environmental Review Board, Personnel-Department Memo, National Needs is NSF Criteria for Postdoctorals, Music Department; WMUK Get National Endowment Grant, Shaw Stages 'Peter Pan', International Concerts Begin, Western Hosts NAFSA

Western News, October 13, 1977, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Homecoming Events Ready, American Indian Religions Lecture Here Tonight, Seek Labor '75 Project Ideas, Arctic Research Lecture Tonight, Campus Fire Tips Given, Visitor to Discuss Research; Privacy, WMU Films on CBS-TV, Broncos Visit Toledo at Night

Western News, October 6, 1977, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Arbitration Briefs Due November 1, Students Assist with Phonathon, Chicano/Latino Day Friday, University Foundation Meets, Western Hosts Aviation Energy Conservation Conference, Grant Supports Library Training, 'Hippolytus' Opens Arena Season, Peter Rabbit Visits Here Today, Children's Film Produced Here

University Magaizine Vol. 3 No.3, Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University Magazine (1963-1980)

• Letters • Earning while Learning • On Campus • Periscope on People • Distinguished Alumni Awards • Jubilee 75 WMU • Wm. John Upjohn – A Modern Renaissance Man • Bronco Sports • Estate Planning Ideas • Alumni News • Diary of a WMU Tourist • Class Notes • In Memoriam

The Informant Volume X, Number 1 Diamond Jubilee Year, Western Michigan University

Informant (1968-1981)

Volume X, Number 1

Diamond Jubilee Year

Fall 1977

• Aspects of Tibetan Phonology
• Dialects of the Tibetan Language
• New Program Students in Linguistics
• Recent Graduates
• Student and Alumni News
• Onward and Upward
• Faculty and Staff News
• Dedication
• The Language and Linguistics Forum
• Re-Informant
• Naws Hall, Spraw Tower
• Name That Tome
• Linguistics Department Winter 1978

The Crucial Transition Years, Leonard Courtney

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Three important years sculpted from a child's formal schooling, islanded as a period of guided passage from childhood to youth. Such is an ideal framework, unfortunately inconsistent with the actuality of the junior high years. Nonetheless, anyone who has worked closely with children of this age (11-14) or grades (7-9) acknowledge an array of differences physical, psychological and emotional which mandates a setting uniquely sympathetic to the pupils' needs. If for no other reason, junior high exists for the exceptional reading opportunity it provides: for intensification and diversification of skills, some ease and stability in dealing with varying content structures, …

Teaching Language Clues To Reading Comprehension, John W. Miller

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Reading Comprehension is an illusive entity. It is difficult to define, measure and teach. Researchers attempting to construct a theoretical model of the comprehension process for empirical examination are often confronted with a maze of confusing studies. The untangled maze is perhaps more discouraging. Confusion generally gives way to contradiction. Measurement problems are also prevalent in the area of comprehension. Naturally, any quality which is difficult to isolate and describe is equally difficult to measure. Finally, teachers must face the ominous responsibility of helping students obtain a quality which is vaguely defined and measured. It is the most difficult of …

A Test Of The Utility Of High Frequency Words, Patrick Groff

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

How much utility there is for reading instruction in the lists of the most frequently used words (MFUW) has been a topic of great interest for several reading experts. For example, Dechant (1970, p. 248) notes that the 150 MFUW (in this case those of the basal readers from several different series) are "especially useful in group activities such as experience charts, word games and word drills." Durkin (1970, p. 118) also believes that these MFUW are "highly serviceable" for basal reader stories. So much so, she says (1970, p. 424), that one good way to diagnose children's speed-of-reading habits …

We Suggest, Eleanor Buelke

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Rogers, Carl R. (1977) Carl Rogers on Personal Power

Profile Analysis Of Diagnostic Reading Tests: Is It Warranted?, Kenneth Kavale, Alfred Hirshoren

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Through the use of various screening instruments and achievement measures, a number of children are identified as possible reading disability cases. Once identified, these children are subjected to further testing usually with a reading diagnostic test which attempts to identify specific strengths and weaknesses in performance. Discussions with school psychologists, educational diagnosticians, and teachers of children with reading disabilities suggest that much credence is still placed on profile analysis of diagnostic reading test data as suggested by their authors (Durrell, 1957: Karlsen, Madden, and Gardner, 1966) among others. Reviews by Wechsler (1974), Sattler (1974) and Hirshoren and Kavale (1977), in …

Understanding The Hypothesis, It's The Teacher That Makes The Difference: Part I, Jerome C. Harste

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Any explication of the essential components of an effective reading program will likely include a discussion of the teacher's role. Research findings have made it abundantly clear that the single most important element of an effective reading program is the regular classroom teacher. Many other factors are important, of course, but these research findings suggest pupil success or failure is most directly related to the "teacher variable" in the teaching of reading.

Reading Horizons Vol. 18, No. 1

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Complete issue of Reading Horizons volume 18, issue 1.

Western News, September 29, 1977, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Appoint Salary Committee Reps, Genetic Screening Specialist to Visit WMU Next Week, Bernhard Urges GKUW Support, Business Observes Diamond Jubilee, Alumnus Van Buren Heads Paper Technology Foundation, Workshop for Couples Set, Gridders Visits Bowling Green, Visually Impaired Transcribers Meet Here

Western News, September 22, 1977, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: MCEOP On Campus, Year-Long Course Examines Abstract Reasoning; College Teaching, Dedicate Paper Recycling Plant Health Center Extends Hours, Loew New Academic V.P., Wallace Directs Social Work, Urge Employees to I.D. Items, Solar Heating Seminar Here, Chartrand Author of New Book, Campus Bus Service Popular, Steve Martin; John Sebastian; Coming to Miller Sept. 30, Frank Zappa's Coming to Campus, Trustees Ratify Faculty Contract; Compensation Level Is 8 Percent

Western News, September 8, 1977, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Festival Wednesday Celebrates Jubilee, Busy Lineup Tuesday Night, Chautauqua in Kalamazoo, Plan Workshop on Divorce Counseling, Steve Martin; John Sebastian Coming to MiIler Sept. 30, Three Women Coaches Join Bronco Staff, Harriers Host Northern Illinois, Sabbatical Leave Applications Due, Sex, Sexuality Series Begins, Dull Studies First WMU Plan, Jubilee Festival Calendar of Events

Western News, September 1, 1977, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Western; AAUP Reach Agreement, MERC Sets Nov. 2 Hearing, Three Sprau Awards Given, Grad Info Week Ends, Announce Scholarship Program Changes Here, Jacobs Completes Study in Africa, Grad Students Present Research Papers at APA, Conferences Office Opens, Young Americans to Present, 'West Side Story' at Miller, Commuter Car Pool Available, 'Coping with Teaching' Program Available Here

Accountability Crises: Consequences Of Professionalization, Robert W. Weinbach

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The movement to professionalize social work practice has had few enemies. It has resulted in limited benefits to practitioners, primarily in the areas of status and remuneration. It now appears that this limited progress has carried a high price. Because of social workers' claims of professionalism, they find themselves vulnerable to tests of accountability which are probably unreasonable, given the context of the field's everchanging practice arena.

The Application Of Behavior Modification Technology To The Alleviation Of Selected Social Problems, John S. Wodarski

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The application of behavior modification technology to the alleviation of various social problems is reviewed. Specific items discussed are: energy consumption, pollution control, token economies, architectural control of behavior, welfare, worker performance, social action, crime, and social integration. Where relevant, specific studies are summarized. Future developments and implications for social work practice are reviewed briefly.

A Community Organization Typology Of Group Development, Steve Burghardt

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This paper seeks to close a gap in community organization literature by analyzing the Impact of strategy on small group development and role changes in both leadership and membership. Using literature from social psychology and community practice, It Is argued that a tactical understanding of group dynamics can heighten one's effectiveness as an organizer. The paper then develops a typology of how groups change under different organizing methods. Finally, the work shows how an organizer can more easily "mix and phase" strategies inside the same community group.

Introducing New Approaches Into Social Agencies: The Case Of Behavior Modification, Harvey L. Gochros, Joel Fischer

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This paper explores the issues involved in introducing behavior modification procedures into social work agencies, sane of the common problems encountered in using this approach, and suggestions for dealing with these problems.

Discourse Management: Key To Policy Development, Joseph R. Steiner

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Skills in discourse management are necessary in order for democratic policy development groups to be productive. These skills, like other skills, are developed by practicing their utilization. A general cognitive framework, however, can assist one in this development. This paper develops and then describes the use of such a general framework.

Reactions To The Stigmata Of Inner City Living, Jerome Krase

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This paper discusses the problem of living in a stigmatized inner city community. The reactions of residents are categorized into "Four Moral Careers", and implications for the community of each career are discussed. Major attention is focused upon the "activist" career which aims to overcome the stigma of the community. The activists are discussed and described through the use df materials from intensive interviews of local community leaders who have tried to cope with the stigma of the area. Some suggested implications are made for the application of the ideas presented herein to urban research in general and the provision …

The Runaway Youth, Richard M. Grinnell, Monna Loftis

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

To date, few (if any) empirically based research studies have been executed in exploring the relationship between the recidivism rate of runaways and the three possible types of dispositions they may receive: (1) counseled and released at the intake level; (2) referred to another social agency; or (3) placed on probation. It is critically pertinent to examine this relationship before attempting to plan alternatives to divert the youths from the juvenile justice system. This article presents the results of an empirically based project where the findings indicate that, regardless of the type of disposition the youths received, they had approximately …

Journal Of Sociology & Social Welfare Vol. 4, No. 7 (September 1977)

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Planning Radical Change at the Grass Roots: The Story of New Communities, Inc. - SHIMON S. GOTTSCHALK - p. 980
• Reactions To The Stigmata Of Inner City Living - JEROME KRASE - p. 997
• Accountability Crises: Consequences of Professionalization - ROBERT W. WEINBACH - p. 1011
• Discourse Management: Key to Policy Development - JOSEPH R. STEINER - p. 1025
• Public Perceptions Of Rural County Social Service Agencies - ROBERT W. BILBY & ROBERT BENSON - p. 1033
• The Application Of Behavior Modification Technology To The Alleviation Of Selected Social Problems - JOHN S. WODARSKI - p. 1055 …

Task Group Structuring, A Technique: Comparison Of The Performances Of Groups Led By Trained Versus Nontrained Facilitators, Paul A. Lang

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