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Western News, May 5, 1977, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Pres. Bernhard Lauds Faculty/Students, Dr. Hardin Retires June 23, Board Grants Sabbatical Leaves, Postpone Action on Proposed Rules, Alumni Director Named, WMU Meets "Freedom of Information" Rules, Wetnight Reports on Gifts and Grants, Hours for Recreation and Exercise Posted, Instructional Position Openings, Variety Marks Fall Line-Up at Auditorium

Social Welfare And Danish Communes: An International Case Study, Thomas H. Shey

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The implementation of public assistance and related forms of social insurance, based on existing social welfare legislation, often discriminates against new and emerging social institutions such as collective families residing in a communal situation. A recent case study of the Danish experience has shown that, while members of such communes are in fact discriminated against by the authorities (as a communal entity), the system has simultaneously proven flexible enough to accomodate the majority of "problem cases" on an individual basis and in the process served to minimize potential social unrest and dislocation. Unlike their American counterpart, research has verified that …

The Prestige And Effectiveness Of The Public Welfare Worker, Richard M. Grinnell Jr., Nancy S. Kyte

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

An empirically-based study was conducted to determine how BSW and MSW social work students differentially assess the relative prestige and effectiveness of public welfare work in relation to the fifteen other social work methods and to ascertain what methods they would ideally like to enter upon graduation from their programs. The study findings point dramatically to a wide discrepancy between the BSW and MSW student's view of the public welfare worker. Not only was the average prestige and effectiveness of welfare work rated significantly higher by the BSW students, but more than five times as many BSW as MSW students …

Ryan Revisited: Updating The Prevalence Of Bastards, Hudson R. A. Rosen, Lois J. Martindale

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Ryan, in Blaming the Victim, discusses welfare mothers in terms of an ideology of illegitimacy, and its impact on welfare policies. He then refuted the ideology. Since then several conditions have changed. This paper assesses how those changes may have affected Ryan's conclusions, and whether AFDC recipients most likely to fit the ideology differ from other unmarried, pregnant women. Hypotheses: AFDC and non-AFDC recipients will not differ significantly in (1) "promiscuity;" (2) contraceptive usage; (3) number of children being raised; and (4) solution to their problem pregnancy. The sample was 424 AFDC and 741 non-AFDC pregnant, unmarried women. While some …

Ex Post Facto Evaluation Of Neighborhood Organization Programs, Shimon E. Spiro

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Quasi-experimental designs, which are currently dominant in the methodological literature on Evaluative Research, are mostly not appropriate for the evaluation of Planned Change in the social organization of urban neighborhoods. In this paper we propose an alternative approach, based on ex-post-facto case studies. Criteria for evaluation, as well as study design and instruments, are discussed in some detail. A concise summary of one local evaluative study is presented as an illustration.

Russia And America Compared: How Heavy Is Our Welfare Burden, David Makofsky

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

A non-Western comparative model, totalitarianism, has conventionally been employed to describe qualitative differences between the United States on one hand, and the nations of the Communist world on the other. This paper explores welfare-related aspects of Communist (USSR) - Western (US) differences: First, the quantity of welfare and second, the mode of welfare distribution. In measuring the volume of welfare as the proportion of the state welfare expenses to the GNP or NMP respectively, the Russian proportion from 1958 (USSR l8.S8,, U.S. 10.6%) until the latest available comparative figures (USSR 23- 24%, US 15.2%) remains substantially greater. In terms of …

Journal Of Sociology And Social Welfare Vol. 4, No. 5

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

• The New Left and the Human Service Professions - Robert J. S. Ross
• Ryan Revisited: Updating the Prevalence of Bastards – Hudson R. A. Rosen, Lois J. Martindale
• The Non-Verbal Communication of the Physical Handicapped - Mary Jo Deegan
• Social Welfare and Danish Communes: An International Case Study - Thomas H. Shey
• Russia and America Compared: How Heavy is Our Welfare Burden – David Makofsky
• Ex Post Facto Evaluation of Neighborhood Organization Programs - Shimon E. Spiro
• The Prestige and Effectiveness of the Public Welfare Worker - Richard M. Grinnell, Nancy S. Kyte
• Three Strategies for Reducing Involuntary Segregation – …

Observations On An Emerging Profession, Lincoln J. Fry, Jon Miller

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This study examines the ranking that rehabilitation counselors received from their colleagues and clients in an alcoholism rehabilitation organization. The findings suggest that organizational power was the major determinant of the favorable ranking rehabilitation counseling received from colleaguest legitimacy appeared to accrue from power, not the reverse. Occupational visibility appeared to account for client ranking while knowledge that a powerless client group was controlled by others was found to be an important dimension of rehabilitation counselor standing with clients. One implication of the study is that the immediate social environments of occupations provide a meaningful place to begin to document …

Twelfth Conference On Medieval Studies, Medieval Institute, Western Michigan University

International Congress on Medieval Studies Archive

The printed program of the 12th Conference on Medieval Studies (May 5-8, 1977).

The Non-Verbal Communication Of The Physical Handicapped, Mary Jo Deegan

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This paper explores the types of problems which may arise as a function of a physical disability and its effects on non-verbal communication. Examples of social interaction problems were obtained through participant observation at a physical rehabilitation hospital. The author assumes that social skills based on communication through and by the body need to be conceptualized and have implications for their use in therapeutic settings.

Three Strategies For Reducing Involuntary Segregation, Juliet Saltman

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The involuntary aspects of residential segregation in this country are examined, a conceptual model of involuntary segregation is presented, and four causative factors of involuntary segregation are noted. These four factors are the targets of three recent corrective strategies which have been used in an attempt to reduce involuntary segregation. The three strategies -- fair-share plans, exclusionary zoning lawsuits, and community housing audits -- are reviewed and analyzed in terms of their potential success in reducing involuntary segregation. Though no single strategy would be sufficient, all three strategies in combination may ultimately achieve a reduction of involuntary segregation in our …

Western News, April 21, 1977, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Two Honorary Doctorates to Be Given During WMU's Saturday Commencement, Bernhard Responds to AAUP Letter, Medieval Conference May 5-8, Schultz to Head National Council, Geography Department Participates in Major Rainfall Research Study, Sichel Co-Authors Economics Text, WMU Faculty Members Propose School Emergency National Contingency Plan, To Begin Oliver Street and Western Avenue Construction Projects About April 25 and May 2, WMU Police to Clock Tennis Serves and Thrown Baseballs with Radar

Western News, April 14, 1977, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Diamond Jubilee Plans Told, Conference Here to Examine 'Teacher Inservice Needs; Faculty Development, Amend Code of Student Life, Beethoven's 'Missa' is KSO Finale, Pastoral Counseling Workshop Set, Crime Prevention Tip Given

Western News, April 7, 1977, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Bernhard Wants Study of Liberal Education Here, Focus on Tomorrow's Teaching, Michigan Africanists to Meet Here, Siebert Leads Study of Religion, Lettermen in Return Engagement, Search Workshop on Campus, University Symphony to Present Five Student Soloists April 17, Aging Economics Talks Monday, 'Porgy and Bess" Coming, Report News Survey Results

University Magazine Vol. 3 No. 1, Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University Magazine (1963-1980)

• The President's Message
• Capital Punishment- A Deterrent?
• Annual Report to Investors
• On Campus
• Recommended Reading
• Bronco Sports
• Alumni News
• Class Notes
• In Memoriam

Reading Horizons Vol. 17, No. 3

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Complete issue of Reading Horizons volume 17, issue 3.

The Graduate College Bulletin: 1977-1978, 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

Learning Basic (Reading) Skills K-12, Denny T. Wolfe Jr.

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Seldom in the history of American education has an issue received more public attention than the reading question is receiving today. Such an abiding concern about a basic skill is almost ironic in view of the fact that the last several decades have brought a flood of "innovations" in curriculum design and approaches to instruction. Prominent figures such as John Holt, Herbert Kohl, Neil Postman, Charles Weingartner, William Glasser, Ivan Illich, Carl Rogers, Alvin Toffler, and many more have called continually for radical school reform. "Relevance" and "change" have been by-words in virtually every piece of recent literature pertaining to …

An Assessment Of Phonics Knowledge In Special Education Teachers, Gay Goodman, Brad Hammond

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

In recent years, much attention has been given to the phonics skills of teachers and prospective teachers. Beginning in the early 60's with Aaron (1960), Gagon (1960), and The Torch Lighter: Tomorrow's Teachers of Reading (Austin & Morrison, 1961), it was noted that teacher training programs were deficient in the area of phonics training, and that, resultantly, prospective teachers showed a deficit in their knowledge of phonics. These results have been upheld by Ramsey (1962), Schubert (1962), and Spache and Baggett (1965), all of whom found that experienced teachers and/or prospective teachers showed a marked deficit in the basic phonics …

Faculty Recognition Dinner 1977, Western Michigan University

Faculty Recognition

Faculty Recognition Dinner

April 1, 1977

Honored Retirees:

• Henry J. Beukema
• Charles A. Blagdon
• Victor Coutant
• Raymond C. Deur
• Marcella S. Faustman
• Frances S. Hardin
• Harry S. Hefner
• Eleanore C. Linden
• Gerald C. Martin

Children's Literature And The Classroom Teacher, Lucetta A. Johnson

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

The elementary teacher may well ask why teach children's literature when each day's schedule is already crowded with mathematics, reading, spelling, English, science, social studies, physical education, art, music, values, career awareness, and all subjects that come under these broad headings. This article will suggest some ways that children's literature can be used in the elementary curriculum to achieve reading goals that improve on traditional reading programs. Children's literature in no way replaces these programs, rather, it extends and enriches the reading curriculum while encouraging positive reading attitudes.

The Development Of A Community Education Pre-Retirement Program Model, Sidney Lynn Miller

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Rationale And Program For School-Community Relations For The Jenison Public Schools, David E. Bly

Masters Theses

The development and writing of a program of school-community relations for the Jenison Public Schools led to a review and search of Board of Education policies, administrative memoranda, books and pamphlets, writing of authorities in the field, and attendance at a one-week seminar in Denver, Colorado sponsored by NSPRA. After a review of these materials, participation in the seminar, and consultation from professional educators and authorities in the school public relations field, a program of school-community relations for the Jenison Public Schools was developed.

A Comparison Of Responses Of Male And Female High School Graduates To Indicators Of Quality Of Life And Career Satisfaction, Deanne Lee Buckendorff Byerly

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Reviews

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

No abstract available.

Development And Evaluation Of The Programmed Text One Plus One = Three: A Teenager’S Guide To Birth Control, Deborah L. Hollander

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

A Study Based On The Opinions Of The Graduating Classes Of 1970-1972 From The Springfield Public School System, Jo Ann Frank

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

The Effect Of Two Proxemic Variables Upon Counselor And Client Evaluations Of A Counseling Relationship, Daniel R. Klainer

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Professional Improvement Of Teachers Through Positive Appraisal Techniques, Anthony J. Shinkfield

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

We Suggest, Eleanore Buelke

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Schlosser, Courtney D. The Person in Education New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., 1976. Pp. xiii + 413.