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Professional Retention Of Bsw Social Workers: Planned And Actual Career Choices, Paul R. Raffoul, James G. Mccullagh

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The assumption that BSW students will remain in social work was examined with a survey of 107 current students and 177 graduates from 1977 through 1980. The findings suggest that most of the current students planned to practice social work and most of the graduates entered social work practice upon graduation. Recent graduates, however, had more difficulty obtaining social work jobs than graduates in 1977. Characteristics of social work education are not associated with retention, leading to the hypothesis that factors outside the control of social work education are more predictive of BSWS' retention in the profession.

Student Racial Atitudes And Perceptions Of Causal Events At Entry To Graduate Social Work Education, Larry E. Davis, Enola K. Proctor

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This study assessed the racial attitudes and perceptions of causal events of 174 graduate students at the time of their entry to social work training. Results indicate that social work students had more egalitarian attitudes than nonsocial work students and were more likely to attribute causality to environmental or external factors. black students were significantly more external than white students in tneir perceptions of causality. Some differences in racial attitudes and perceptions of causal events were found among social work students, depending upon area of practice specialization. Student attitudes and perceptions did not differ according to geographical regions. implications for …

Slicing The Pie: Classes And The Distributive Effects Of Post-Wwii U.S.Governmental Fiscal Policies, Joel A. Devine

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Time series analysis of the relative class income distributional consequences of postwar U.S. fiscal practices reveals that governmental revenue policies have had a procapital bias while state expenditures have tended to favor labor. The net impact of these processes has served to leave the marketgenerated income distribution largely intact, despite the historically unprecedented growth of the public sector during this period. Finally, in light of these findings, the distributive impact of the current administration's fiscal program are considered.

Book Reviews, Paul Adams

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

• Contradictions of the Welfare State - CLAUS OFFE - Reviewed by PAUL ADAMS - pp. 743
• The Rank and File Movement in Social Work - RICK SPANO - Reviewed by LESLIE LEIGHNINGER - pp. 746
• Women and Public Policies - JOYCE GELD - Reviewed by SUSAN MEYERS CHANDLER - pp. 748

Western News, August 30,1984, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Applications by new students continue to increase, 'Open Office Hours' sessions set, Chinese Fulbright Scholar to lecture here, State Department official to receive honorary degree, Baskerville-Robinson attends institute, Ho receives two academic appointments in China

Western News, August 9, 1984, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Gifts and grants totals reported, Board receives WMU Foundation report, Kundel named financial aid director, Collins-Bondon to be assistant to VP, Stillwell reappointed

The Use Of Performance Data To Monitor And Support The Reorganization Of An Educational System, Ellen Spall Thompson

Masters Theses

The goal of this study was to determine the performance effects on staff and students following the reorganization of a special education facility. The organizational plan was based on the development of teaching teams where students were grouped together according to exit curricular goals. Four interventions were completed in order to assess the overall outcome of the reorganization project. At the student level, the rate of learning was monitored in order to determine whether the implementation of teams affected educational objective acquisition . At the team level, meeting agendas were surveyed to find out what effect they had on student …

Western News, July 26, 1984, Western Michigan University

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Story highlights: New dean of education named, Presidential position description OK'd, Board appoints two department chairs, Vander Weyden to head new office

Western News, June 28, 1984, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Summer orientation sessions begin, Bernhard comments on tuition freeze, National Safety in the Workplace Week observed, Duncan named outstanding volunteer

The Westerner Vol. 4 No. 6, Western Michigan University

The Westerner (1980-1997)

• Mentor/Mentee program is a concept that works • Wetnight announces retire • Medallion scholarships awarded to six • 'Real world' program brings together graduate students and preschoolers • Development campaign launched • Fellowship funds research into child sexual abuse • College seniors ill-prepared for graduation shock • The library-an issue of quality • Gymnastics and Orlofsky • WMU's gift to the Olympics • Sommerville, Kinne named scholar-athletes for 1984 • Mike Gary Athletic Fund surpasses goal, sets record • Among Alumni • Career fair sets attendance record • Alumninotes

Behavioral Social Work In Community And Organizational Settings, Jack Rothman, Bruce A. Thyer

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Principles and methods of behavioral social work have found little application at the community and organizational levels of intervention. It is the contention of the authors that integration of such content would enhance practice at these levels. Components of behavioral community intervention are indicated and illustrated in micro/macro settings, with advantages to practice specified. Ethical Considerations in using this methodology are discussed.

Measuring Ecology In Social Work Supervision: The Relationship Between Work And Treatment Environments And The Quality Of Supervision In Israeli Public Welfare Agencies, Ron Maier, Edna Guttmann, Zvi Eisikovits

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This study measures the interaction between work and treatment environments in public welfare agencies and social work supervision. One hundred and twenty-four social work students enrolled in B.S.W. studies at two Israeli universities, who were doing field work in these agencies, were randomly sampled. The work and treatment environments were measured utilizing an adapted version of a scale developed by Rudolf H. Moos. The student's evaluation of supervision was measured using a revised version of Carlton Munson's questionnaire. Supervisory variables such as administrative capability, effective use of time, and relationships were positively correlated with work environment variables such as order …

The Assimilation Of Indochinese Refugees: Social Service Issues, Mark W. Lusk

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This paper summarizes the recent history of the Indochinese refugee experience in the United States and factors inhibiting their assimilation. Social service practice and policy issues which have arisen during their settlement are discussed.

America's experience during the past decade with the "boat people" and other refugees from Indochina has reignited longstanding controversies regarding immigration. The exodus of the Indochinese has stimulated national interest in the growing world refugee problem and has revived the discussion regarding this country's historic role as a haven for the dispossessed. Social welfare institutions have been challenged to respond to the practice and policy issues …

Critical Criminology, Traditional Crime, And Public Policy, Ronald C. Kramer

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Critical criminologists have often ignored the serious problem of traditional or common street crime. As a result, crime prevention policy has been forfeited to the political right or to those who advocate ineffective liberal reforms. This paper argues that critical criminology can make a contribution to the formulation of public policy concerning traditional crime. Recent theoretical developments within the criitical perspective on crime, as.well as a variety of supporting data, are reviewed and specific policy recommendations to reduce traditional crime are offered. These progressive recommendations constitute an important alternative to the individualistic approaches (liberal or conservative) which now dominate crime …

Journal Of Sociology & Social Welfare Vol. 11, No. 2 (June 1984)

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Critical Criminology, Traditional Crime, And Public Policy - RONALD C. KRAMER
• Behavioral Social Work in Community and Organizational Settings - JACK ROTHMAN, BRUCE A. THYER
• Measuring Ecology in Social Work Supervision: The Relationship Between Work and Treatment Environments and The Quality of Supervision in Israeli Public Welfare Agencies - RON MAIER, EDNA GUTTMANN, ZVI EISIKOVITS
• Get Thee To A Shelter - WILLIAM M. EPSTEIN
• Ethnic Minority Leadership: A Theoretical Perspective - PALLASSANA R. BALGOPAL
• Understanding Gay and Lesbian Aging - PHILIP M. KAYAL
• The Origins of The Service State: On The Ironies of Intervention - TIMOTHY W. …

Get Thee To A Shelter, William M. Epstein

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Psychotherapy and surrogate care, the two basic strategies for providing services to battered women, are criticized against outcome evidence of their reliability and efficacy. Surrogate care is shown to be the more desirable service approach. Some implications of this conclusion for the helping professions are enumerated.

Ethnic Minority Leadership: A Theoretical Perspective, Pallassana R. Balgopal

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Although numerous approaches have been utilized to study leadership (focusing on traits, attributes, styles, roles, situations, performance, results, and so on), there is no agreement on the idal approach. The debate over this issue especially as related to the study of ethnic minority leadership continues. In this paper two major approaches - the "Great Main or Trait" and the "Times or Situational" approaches are examined, and the latter is presented as a viable theoretical framework for studying the ethnic minority leadership.

Understanding Gay And Lesbian Aging, Philip M. Kayal

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Studying the aging process of "gay men" and "lesbians" is problematic because it assumes that sexual orientation as such is a valid ontological concept and research category. As a master status, sexual orientation by itself is not a particularly useful explanatory variable. Objectivity is further limited by the sexism and homophobia of both the sociological profession and its "in-house" researchers and theoreticians. Perceptions of gay/lesbian aging are particularly colored by the heterosexist emphasis on family life. Arguments are made that institutionalization of the elderly is really the political manifestation of personal and social values which are insensitive to the needs …

The Origins Of The Service State: On The Ironies Of Intervention, Timothy W. Luke

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This essay discusses the growth of the interventionist "service state" in the United States since the 1890s. It indicates how the exhaustion of the national entrepreneurial capitalist model necessitated state management of the economy, society and culture in order to consolidate the emergence of a transnational monopoly capitalist mode of economic growth. These bureaucratic interventions, however, from the 1930s through the 1970s dangerously eroded the continuing reproduction of civil society. Hence, the new social movements of the 1960s and 1970s are discussed as popular efforts to countervail the bureaucratic logic of monopoly capital and the service state. The new social …

The Welfare Crisis Of Central America, David Stoesz

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The crisis of Central America, fundamentally due to social injustice, is exacerbated as the Reagan administration seeks a "military polution" to political problems of the region. A humane approach to alleviating the devastating poverty of Central America necessitates reconciling two strategies of national development: a techno-economic strategy and a sociopolitical strategy. Both strategies leave important issues unresolved. The prospect of improving conditions for the people of Central America-diminishes as the region is increasingly militarized.

Western News, May 31, 1984, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Tate Center to be dedicated Wednesday, Harary to be Visiting Scholar June 6, Poel named organization officer

Wmu Board Of Trustees Regular Meeting May 18, 1984, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

• Acceptance of the Agenda
• Approval of the Minutes
• Correspondence
• President's Remarks
• Academic Personnel Report
• Non-Academic Personnel Report
• Gift and Grant Report
• Board Committee Reports
• Report of Philosophy for Children
• Public Information Slide Presentation
• Public Comments
• Adjournment

Western News, May 10,1984, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Presidential search process being explained to groups by Trustee Ludlow, Board engages services of consultant for search, Denenfeld named 'man of year' by Dugout Club

Western News, May 3, 1984, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: President Bernhard announces his retirement effective June 1985, Buckley; Nelson named department chairpersons, Changes made on microcomputer purchase' contracts, 2,000 expected for Medieval Studies Congress, Foreign social workers arrive for exchange

Wmu Board Of Trustees Regular Meeting April 20, 1984, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

• Acceptance of the Agenda
• Minutes
• Correspondence
• President's Remarks
• Academic Personnel Report
• Non-Academic Personnel Report
• Gift and Grant Report
• Recommendation re Student Room and Board Rates for 1984-85
• Resolution re Change of Investment Advisor
• Resolution re President's Residence
• Recommendation re Sale of Property
• Board Committee Reports
• Report on Center for Human Services
• Public Comments
• Executive Session
• Adjournment

Western News, April 19, 1984, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: 40 Presidential Scholars honored last Thursday, In an address last week; President Bernhard urged this year's Presidential Scholars to be 'the vanguard defending the Vital Balance' between passion and intellect

Western News, April 12, 1984, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Phillips to receive Distinguished Service Award, More than 1,850 to receive degrees in commencement exercises April 21, Freshman attrition 250,70; close to national norm, Starcher to be named 'Woman of the Year', Summer flextime work schedule to begin May 1, Libraries announce hours for coming weeks

Western News, April 5, 1984, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: MAGB to honor students, faculty members April 11, Hispanic Awareness Day activities set for April 13, Bernhard to be featured speaker at luncheon for community leaders Tuesday in Muskegon, Ziring named visiting fellow at Oxford, Display to feature black women's achievements, Costume design book commemorates Kerr

Western News, March 29, 1984, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Education scholar; writer is WMU Foundation fellow, 2,800 invited to 'Meet WMU Night' Wednesday, Next Thursday to be Jim Miller Day, Faculty write new economics book, Kowalski to retire early in 1985

Wmu Board Of Trustees Regular Meeting March 16, 1984, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

• Acceptance of the Agenda
• Approval of the Minutes
• Correspondence
• President's Remarks
• Resolution re Establishment of The Upjohn Chair of Business Administration
• Academic Personnel Report
• Non-Academic Personnel Report
• Presidential Salary
• Gift and Grant Report
• Recommendation re Student Board and Room Rates for 1984/85
• Authorization to Confer Degrees
• Board Committee Reports
• Ombudsman Report
• Public Comments
• Adjournment