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Review Of Dividing The Child: Social And Legal Dilemmas Of Custody. Eleanor E. Macoby And Robert H. Mnookin With Charlene E. Depner And H. Elizabeth Peters. Reviewed By Terri Combs-Orme, University Of Tennessee., Terri Combs-Orme

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book review. E. Maccoby and Robert H. Mnookin with Charlene E. Depner and H. Elizabeth Peters. Dividing the Child: Social and Legal Dilemmas of Custody. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1992. $39.95 hardcover.

Review Of Vision And Aging: Crossroads For Service Delivery. Albert L. Orr. Reviewed By James A. Leja, Western Michigan University., James A. Leja

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Orr, Alberta L., Vision and Aging: Crossroads for Service Delivery. New York: American Foundation for the Blind. 1992. $29.95 papercover.

Review Of Adolescents And Aids. Ralph J. Diclemente. Reviewed By Ronald Mancoske, Southern University., Ronald Mancoske

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Ralph J. DiClemente. Adolescents and AIDS. Newbury Park, CA: Sage, 1992. $17.95 papercover.

Review Of The Coming Health Crisis: Who Will Pay For Care For The Aged In The 21st Century. John R. Wolfe. Reviewed By James Midgley, Louisiana State University, James Midgley

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

John R. Wolfe. The Coining Health Crisis: Who Will Pay for Care for the Aged in the 21st Century. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1993. $22.50 hardcover.

Review Of Social Security And Medicare: A Policy Primer. Eric R. Kingson And Edward D. Berkowitz., James Midgley

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Eric R. Kingson and Edward D. Berkowitz. Social Security and Medicare: A Policy Primer. Westport, CT: Auburn House, 1993. $59.95 hardcover, $18.95 papercover.

Review Of Old Age Security In Comparative Perspective. John B. Williamson And Fred C. Pampel., James Midgley

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

John B. Williamson and Fred C. Pampel. Old Age Security in Comparative Perspective. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993. $49.95 hardcover.

Review Of Families And Schools In A Pluralistic Society. Nancy Feyl Chavkin. Reviewed By Steven R. Rose, Louisiana State University., Steven R. Rose

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Nancy Feyl Chavkin (Ed). Families and Schools in a Pluralistic Society. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1993. $59.50 hardcover; $19.95 papercover.

Review Of Elders Living Alone: Frailty And The Perception Of Choice. Robert L. Rubinstein, Janet E. Killbride And Sharon Nagy. Reviewed By Martin B. Tracy, The University Of Iowa., Martin B. Tracy

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Robert L. Rubinstein, Janet E. Killbride and Sharon Nagy. Elders Living Alone: Frailty and the Perception of Choice. Hawthorne: NY: Aldine de Gruyter, 1992. $35.95 hardcover; $18.95 papercover.

Disabling Barriers: Enabling Environments. John Swain, Vic Finkelstein, Sally French And Mike Oliver.

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

John Swain, Vic Finkelstein, Sally French and Mike Oliver (Eds). Disabling Barriers: Enabling Environments. London: Sage Publications, 1993. $22.95 papercover.

Partners In Care: Hospices And Health Authorities. David Clark.

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

David Clark. Partners in Care: Hospices and Health Authorities. Aldershot, England: Avebury, 1993. $58.95 hardcover. (Distributed in the United States by Ashgate Publishing Co. Brookfield, VT).

Leaving Home Before Marriage: Ethnicity, Familism And Generational Relationships. Francis K. Goldscheider And Calvin Goldscheider.

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Frances K. Goldscheider and Calvin Goldscheider. Leaving Home Before Marriage: Ethnicity, Familism and Generational Relationships. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1993. $27.50 hardcover.

Western News, April 14, 1994, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story Highlights: University to award record number of degrees April 23, NPR news correspondent on campus April 15, Micklin awarded NATO funds for workshop, LaRoy pursues dream of running in Boston Marathon, Sunseeker 93 selected for tour through Arkansas, Gary Fund campaigners hope to raise $315,000, Two economists complete study for Ameritech

Western News, April 7, 1994, Western Michigan University

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Story Highlights: Haenicke issues letter on sexual assault awareness, Undergraduate researchers to gather here for conference, Expert on linguistics, author of romance novels to make four presentations as Visiting Scholar, Haberman to discuss teacher education trends, Final lecture set in underground economy series

Gatherings No. 6 Spring 1994, Friends Of The University Libraries

Gatherings: Friends of the University Libraries Newsletter

Complete issue of Gatherings no. 6. Edited by Laurel Grotzinger.

Direction—Continuity—Accomplishment—A Friends’ Personality, Gordon Eriksen

Gatherings: Friends of the University Libraries Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Investigation Of Past Performance And Sources Of Motivation On Team And Self-Efficacy Of Collegiate Soccer Players, Kevin P. Demers

Masters Theses

This study investigated the relationship between past performance and sources of motivation on team and self-efficacy of collegiate soccer players. The subjects of this study were 92 male collegiate soccer players who participated in MIAA competition in the fall of 1992. Data were collected from team and self-efficacy questionnaires modified for this study. A sport motivation scale from Butt's (1987) Sport Protocol was also used to collect data. The findings of this study indicated that (a) past performance is the primary variable in predicting team efficacy; (b) the coach's rating of player ability was a stronger source of self-efficacy than …

The Effects Of Organizational Culture On Quality Of Life For Older Veterans, Michelle Diane Stone

Dissertations

The organizational culture in a Veteran's Administration Medical Center (VAMC) was described using triangulated methods which included both secondary quantitative survey data, and internal documentary data sources. The initial survey data collected, from staff and elder veterans revealed an overall positive perception from both samples regarding the quality of life for elder veterans living on extended care wards. The study investigated the extent to which the VAMC's organizational culture affected these perceptions of quality of life.

Documentary data were collected from a variety of VAMC sources regarding behaviors, ideologies, leadership trends, mechanisms of control, and the formal organizational structure. A …

Guiding The Wild Heart: Steering The State Safely Between Scylla And Charybdis, Robert P. Brown

Dissertations

Organizational life and social culture compel individuals toward more radical manifestations of individualism as bureaucracy and society increasingly define personal relationships by rules, regulations and rights. Otherwise incompatible with individualism, this actually contributes to individual and group differentiation when individuals function simply as technicians without the opportunity to gain fulfillment, and they experience existential isolation, becoming detached from their moral and spiritual side. For identity in and control over their own lives, people engage in even more individualistic behavior: working, planning, attaining, or rebelling. The true meanings of freedom and individual rights are perverted and trivialized by this radical individualism …

Mystical And Out-Of-Body Experiences As Perceived By Counselors: Difference In Attitude Toward Self And Client, Douglas W. Bentley

Dissertations

The major purpose of this three-part study was to contribute to the body of knowledge concerned with mystical and out-of-body experiences (OBE) in the counselor relationship. The first part of the study was descriptive in nature. The study evaluated through a survey, designed by the researcher, the likelihood of client reporting to a counselor having had a mystical or out-of-body experience. Additionally, the descriptive part of the study asked counselors to report their own personal mystical and out-of-body experiences. Next, the study counted important demographic variables of both the counselor and the clients of the counselor.

The second part of …

A Socio-Historic Analysis Of The Multicultural Education Movement And Its Relationship With Higher Education, Barbara D. Muncey

Masters Theses

The focus of this thesis is a socio-historic analysis of the multicultural education movement and its relationship with Higher Education. This research has four objectives: (1) to identify the multicultural education movement as a social movement; (2) to identify the historical background of the multicultural education movement and explain its relationship to the social movements of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s; (3) to identify and discuss the social theories developed to explain and understand these movements and their relationship to each other; and (4) to review and analyze data gathered concerning the impact of the multicultural education movement on higher …

Elderly Hispanics In The United States: Their Use And Non-Use Of Social Services, Paulina X. Ruf

Masters Theses

The Commonwealth Fund Commission on Elderly people Living Alone (1988), conducted the National Survey of Hispanic Elderly, 1988. Using data from this survey, the present descriptive work, examines the use and non-use of selected social services by general demographic characteristics of the elderly Hispanic sample. In addition, general characteristics of this sample are discussed. A summary of the findings and recommendations for future research conclude this thesis.

The findings indicate that although the elderly Hispanics in the United States reported needing the selected social services used in this thesis, many of them reported not using these services. Additionally, as the …

Western News, March 31, 1994, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story Highlights: NSF staff member to conduct presentations on funding, Departments needed to provide information for master calendar available on the VAX / VMS, Speaker to compare experiences of blacks; Jews, WMU staff member pens book on noted social reformer, WMU part of national effort to improve water education, April 4-8 Clothesline Project symbolizes airing of society's dirty laundry

Western News, March 24, 1994, Western Michigan University

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Story Highlights: Trustees table room and board rate increase, discuss recommendations to reduce costs, Sessions to focus on diversity in teaching and learning, Ferguson heads Paper Technology Foundation, Hannah to direct public affairs and administration, Totals reach $9.5 million in grants, $2.8 million in gifts, Expert on educational underachievers slated for several addresses during March 30-31 visit

Western News, March 10, 1994, Western Michigan University

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Story Highlights: Partnership with company leads to new research center, College Bowl team wins regional title; qualifies for nationals, Political comedy troupe takes satiric jab at those who claim feminism is a dirty word, Renowned anthropologist to discuss race; culture, Shakespeare Festival will span a month with lectures; productions and films

Review Of Citizenship And Employment: Investigating Post-Industrial Options. Jocelyn Pixley. Reviewed By James Midgley, Louisiana State University., James Midgley

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Jocelyn Pixley's book uses the concept of social citizenship to examine the issue of structural unemployment in post-industrial societies. She is not entirely sympathetic to Marshall's conceptual schema, but she recognizes its significance as an organizing concept when writing about chronic unemployment. Pixley challenges the view that the separation of income from work offers a solution to chronic unemployment and that the destruction of the work/cash nexus offers a liberating alternative to the drudgery of daily work. She is emphatic in her claim that citizenship can only be meaningful in capitalist societies when people have access to secure and renumerative …