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Black Families And National Policy, Andrew Billingsley

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

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The family is both a source of society and a product of society. As a source of society the family produces individuals, values and a set of behaviors we call socialization which helps to build institutions which constitute the fabric of the larger society. As a product of society the family is highly influenced, conditioned and to a great extent determined by the forces which emanate from the institutional fabric of the larger society. Thus, what a family is, is to some extent determined by, influenced by, defined by the larger context of the society …

Social Workers, Immigrants, And Historians: A Re-Examination, Leslie Leighninger

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

As a profession frequently caught in a "middleman" role between society at large and specific client groups, social work is often charged with adjusting client behavior to societal demands, rather than working from the other end of the continuum. In terms of their relations with ethnic and minority groups, social workers are sometimes pictured as representatives of a dominant, white Protestant culture, acting, intentionally or unintentionally, as standard bearers for that culture among dissident minority groups. In light of this picture, the addition of courses like "Black Dor Chicano] Culture and American Social Work" to the social work curriculum appears …

The Effects Of Feedback And Remediation Treatment On Student Ratings Of Instructors, Linda H. Goldsmith

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Racial Identification Versus Professional Identification: Can They Be Reconciled, Patricia A. Brown

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

For close to a decade, members of the social work profession, who also were members of a minority race, have been confronting the profession with their perception that social work has not addressed adequately the needs of their racial groups. The fact that members of one group (a minority race) confronted another group (the social work profession) in which they also held membership signaled the strong and serious conflict between a person's identification with two major groups. Whether the two group identifications could find a common ground, became a concern for not only the individual belonging to the two groups, …

The Revolving Door Syndrome Comparing Service Versus Private Patients In A Psychiatric Hospital, Alcid M. Pelletier

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Western News, March 27, 1975, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Broadway Comedy by Neil Simon Coming to Auditorium Monday, WMU Wins Ohio Award, Public Affairs Institute Prepares Region III Council Application, National Geographic Lectures Wednesday, Trustees Table Proposed Room; Board; Non-Resident Tuition Hikes, Name Director of Annual Fund; Acting Industrial Ed. Chairman, Abolish On-Campus Housing Policy Raise Tuition $1 Per Credit Hour

Western News, March 20, 1975, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Michigan Jr. College DECA Conference, Residence Hall Policy Change Action By Trustees Expected, Faculty Recognition Dinner April 15, Filmmaker To Visit Western Tuesday, Preservation Hall Jazz Band To Perform April 2 at Miller, Cameron Wins Ludwig Award, Cliff Keuter Dance Company To Visit WMU March 24-26, WMU Bicentennial Committee Must Be Informed of Projects

Western News, March 13, 1975, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Advise Administrators To Refrain From Senate; Council Participation, Final Academic Forum Tuesday, Explain Simplified Registration, Opera Tickets Now on Sale, Offer Tropical Biology Course, To Present Workshop Series For Campers; Hikers; Cyclists, Cagers; Griffin Close on Top, Martin Wins Swim Crown, Dunlop Leads Hockey Broncos

Western News, February 20, 1975, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Inauguration Set for Spring Commencement, Collective Bargaining Vote Next Week, Red Cross Cites Western, Offer Oceanography Summer Assistance, Schedule Summer Seminar in France, Pianist Lorin Hollander Coming To Miller Auditorium Feb. 27, Physics Professor Bradley Dies, Latin American Series Continues, Track Elite Here Friday; Saturday For Central Collegiate Title Run

Western News, February 13, 1975, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Plan Special Affirmative Action Series, Bernhard Says Proposed Budget Is 'Unacceptable', VVestern Trustee YFCA President, Engineering Open House Wednesday, Black History Week Continues, Asian Studies Forum Today, African Archeology Series Wednesday, Track Meet Here Tonight

Western News, February 6, 1975, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: 10 Legislators Visit Western, Asian Series Begins Tonight, Chungnam University Honors Bernhard; Western's Center for Korean Studies, Mann; Singers Here Tuesday, A.W.S. Plans Awareness Week, Set AfraAmerican Chorale Concert, Soprano Presents Solo Recital; University Jazz Band, Trombonist Urbie Green To Perform Friday

Western News, January 30, 1975, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Set Collective Bargaining Vote For Feb. 26-27, Remind Faculty of Student Rights, Travel Abroad Workshop Tonight, Plan Series of Individualizing Instruction Workshops Feb. 3-10, Zambian Educator To Discuss Africa, Named to State Humanities Council, Wrestlers Host Miami Saturday

Western News, January 23, 1975, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Treasury Dept. Official To Give Economics Seminar Here Wed., 1st Distinguished Alumni Award Winner Dies, WMU Considering Multi-Million Dollar Fund-Raising Campaign, Name Johnson Dept. Chairman, Western Trustees Appoint New Placement; Health Center Directors, Sabbatical Leaves Approved for 39 Faculty, Hockey Broncos At Lake Forest, Guest To Discuss Eastern Europe

Bulletin - Western Michigan University: The Graduate Catalog 1975-1976, Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University Course Catalogs (1904-present)

• Graduate Calendar of Events
• Board of Trustees
• Administrative Officers
• The Graduate College
• 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
• Index

The Informant Volume Vii, Number 2, Western Michigan University

Informant (1968-1981)

Volume VII, Number 2

Winter 1975

• "Growth" and "Development" in Language
• Linguistic Phylogeny
• Linguistic Ontogeny
• Ontogeny as a Recapitulation of Phylogeny
• Replacement for Joe Muthiani
• Alumna News
• New Students
• Commencement
• Ceramic Exhibit
• Ardanian
• Journal Article
• Critical Language Minors
• Sabbatical Leaves
• Speakers
• American Indian Languages
• Keio Scholarship
• Mathilde Steckelberg
• Department of Linguistics Fall 1975 Schedule
• An ESL Crossword Puzzle

Faculty Senate Yearbook, 1975-76, Wmu Faculty Senate

WMU Faculty Senate Yearbooks

No abstract provided.

Wmu Board Of Trustee Minutes 1975, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

• MEMBERS AND OFFICERS OF THE BOARD
• TABLE OF CONTENTS
• MINUTES
  • January 17
  • February 21
  • March 21
  • April 25
  • May 16
  • June 20
  • August 22
  • September 26
  • October 17
  • November 21
  • December 19
• APPENDIX A - HONORARY DEGREES AND AWARDS
• APPENDIX B - WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY GRADUATES
  • April, 1975
  • August, 1975
  • December, 1975
• INDEX

Toward A Radical Reassessment Of Social Work Values, Shimon S. Gottschalk

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Social Work's inherited statements of core values are excessively individualistic and politically conservative, posing a false dichotomy of individual versus society. "Maximizing individual opportunities for self expression", is criticized as an outdated, if not dangerous value stance. An alternative position Is suggested which sets as the valued aim of all social work practice the enhancement within and among individuals and society of the capacity for sharing and reciprocity. The promotion of a just society and of individual well being are viewed as being inextricably intertwined.

The Social Psychology Of Small Groups: Relevancy Of Social Work Practice With Groups, Martha E. Gentry

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Inclusion from the social sciences to broaden the knowledge base of social work is an accepted fact. In the professions' experience with group practice such reliance is not new, and extends at least to the efforts of Coyle who saw the usefulness of the small group field in social psychology as early as 1930. More recently, Hartford's book provides a text which bridges small group theory and social work practice with groups. An examination of diverse conceptualizations of group practice reveals differential reliance upon small group findings.

As the small group is increasingly chosen as the context and means for …

Change And Program Evaluation In Social Organization, Alan M. Cohen

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

There is an assumption of an inherent rationality in linking information on program effectiveness to program change. This article briefly discusses three typical evaluation studies and demonstration projects that fail to link information generated on the effectiveness of what people do, to program changes. Perceived inaccuracy of the information and the perceived threat of the information are emphasized as two reasons for this failure of program information to affect change in social organizations. A pre-planning functional information base is proposed as an important prerequisite in the sequence of creating a more receptive environment for organizational change.

It is often assumed …

The Three Evaluations Of Social Welfare Programs, Dean Harper, Haroutun M. Babigian

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

As new and innovative social welfare programs are being attempted, there has been an increased concern with evaluating the effectiveness of such programs. To what degree is a new program effective? For which kinds of clients is each type of program effective? What elements are crucial in a program which has been judged to be effective? These are just a few of the questions that evaluators would like to answer.

There is a large literature on evaluation research--some of it reporting or reviewing the results of specific evaluations (6, 8, 9, 10, 11) and some of it presenting general discussions, …

Behavioral Science Influences On Legislation: The Case Of Delinquency Prevention, Albert S. Alissi

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

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This paper will discuss some of the issues and problems which arise in the field of delinquency prevention where there is over-riding public interest and concern and calls for action to prevent delinquency, but where the problem is elusive and where the variables are not easily isolated and controlled through experimental procedures. What, in fact, constitutes the body of knowledge in the field? What uses can be made of behavioral science materials where there has been little or no experimental successes, or data upon which to build action programs? What credence should be given to …

Journal Of Sociology & Social Welfare Vol. 2, No. 2 Supplemental (Winter 1974)

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

TABLE OF CONTENTS

VOLUME II - NO. 2 SUPPLEMENT WINTER 1974

Issue Editor: Alan M. Cohen, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

• Editorial - pp 208
• Change and Program Evaluation in Social Organizations - ALAN M. COHEN - pp 210
• Behavioral Science Influence on Legislation: The Case of Delinquency Prevention - ALBERT S. ALISSI - pp 227
• The Demonstration Project as a Research and Change Strategy - LEONARD RUTMAN - pp 259
• The Three Evaluations of Social Welfare Programs - DEAN HARPER, HAROUTUM M. BABIGIAN - pp 271
• Evaluation Research and Evaluation: Scientific Social Reform Movement and Ideology - …

Anti-Poverty Policies And Evaluation: A Critique Of The Pluralist Conception Of Politics And Evaluation, Robert D. Herman

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

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The beginnings of U.S. federal evaluation research can, in descriptive historical terms, be located in McNamara's Department of Defense and the later requirement that all federal government agencies adopt a Planning, Programming, Budgeting System. While the formal PPB system was discontinued in 1971, the analytical or policy evaluation activities it required, still live on, especially in agencies dealing with human resource development and/or social welfare programs (Schick, 1973, Wholey, et al, 1970). Given the recent advocacy of increasing and improving federal evaluation efforts, I think it important to examine some of the assumptions and consequences …

Journal Of Sociology & Social Welfare Vol. 2, No. 2 (Winter 1974)

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Letter to the Editor - pp 109
• A Holistic Perspective on Child Abuse and Its Prevention - David G. Gill - pp 110
• Towards a Radical Reassessment of Social Work Values - Shimon S. Gottschalk - pp 126
• Ethics Shock: Technology, Life Styles and Future Practice - Sonia Leib Abels, Paul Abels, Samuel A. Richmond - pp 140
• The Social-Psychology of Small Groups: Relevancy of Social Work Practice with Groups - Martha E. Gentry - pp 155
• The Myth of a Population Explosion in America: Implications for the Social Welfare Profession - Lillian T. Cochran, James M. …

A Holistic Perspective On Child Abuse And Its Prevention, David G. Gil

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

In recent decades, child abuse has come to be considered a social problem of significant scope and has, therefore, attracted intense public and scholarly interest. Yet, in spite of efforts by scholars, professionals, government agencies, concerned individuals and organizations, and the media of public communications, misconceptions prevail concerning the nature, sources, and dynamics of this destructive phenomenon and concerning effective approaches to its primary prevention. Such conceptual shortcomings, and a related persistent failure to design effective policies and programs for the primary prevention of child abuse, seem to be due to a number of obstacles.

Ethics Shock: Technology, Life Styles And Future Practice, Sonia Leib Abels, Paul Abels, Samuel A. Richmond

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

During the past ten years a new movement has developed in the United States which has taken as its major emphasis the study of the future. The futureologists led by Kahn, Weiner, and Theobald, have projected a number of alternatives for the United States. The value of this movement has been: 1) to alert the country to the fact that change is occurring at an extremely rapid pace; 2) to provide a transdisciplinary view, not only utilizing projections from various disciplines, but illustrating the multiplier effect that the combination of developments from many disciplines may have on our society; and …

The Myth Of A Population Explosion In America: Implications For The Social Welfare Profession, Lillian T. Cochran, James M. O'Kane

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

In the past decade, the concern over a hypothetical "population explosion" has become an increasing preoccupation in growing segments of the American public. Terms such as "standing-room-only-world," "demographic catastrophe,' "future doomsday," etc. have become common, and the work of organizations such as Planned Parenthood, Zero Population Growth, and countless other agencies has centered around this supposed threat to continued human existence. Paul and Anne Ehrlich have set forth the general position on "overpopulation" stating: "The explosive growth of the human population is the most significant event in the past million millenia. . . . Mankind itself may stand on the …

The Nonprofessional And The Professional Culture: A Dilemma For Social Work, Edward Allan Brawley

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

A critical shortage of trained social workers, a restructuring of the social services, and a national policy of employing the poor in human service organizations have all led to the introduction of large numbers of minority-group and low-income nonprofessionals into social service employment during the last decade. The social work profession has affirmed the necessity and desirability of this trend, not only as a means of solving the manpower problem but also because these new entrants to the field of social work are indigenous to the client groups which social work seeks to serve and they have attributes and skills …

Transforming The Orientation Of A Health Organization Through Community Involvement, Sharon Pastor Simson, Laura J. Bleiweiss

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Health organizations have been oriented to meeting needs and fulfilling demands which are perceived and defined by physician providers (Freidson, 1970 Stevens, 1971). Organizational goals, services, structures, and processes of operation were formulated in accordance with the interests, values, and concerns of provider-members. Latent to this provider orientation was the assumption that professional members were the ones most qualified to determine what was best for the organization and for its consumers (Freidson 1971). In recent times, however, numerous social changes have occurred on a societal level and within the institution of medicine (Hepner, 1972; Somers, 1971; Rosengren and Lefton, 1969). …