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Planning For A National Social Policy For The Family, John T. Pardeck

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The American family performs two important functions for family members - providing physical care and socialization, and meeting psychological needs. Current family trends suggest that the American family may be having difficulty in carrying out these basic functions. Since the United States lacks a comprehensive family policy, it is argued that a national social policy should be created to better support the American family. A social policy is presented which would assist the American family in performing its basic functions. A suggested strategy for implementation of this family social policy has also been developed.

The Transition To Medicalized Views: Alcoholism And Social Workers, H. Paul Chalfant, Dorinda N. Noble

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

More deviant behaviors in our society are coming to be defined as medical rather than criminal, so that more control of such behavior is coming under medical and helping professions. Some conditions, e.g., alcoholism, seem to be caught "in between," with serious consequences. This paper looks at social worker perception of the alcoholic as "sick," in terms of a sociological conception of sickness as a social role. A bi-mdal distribution is found for acceptance and nonacceptance. Also, a significant number are ambivalent. The implications of this lack of consensus are discussed.

Women And Leadership: Strategies For Social Workers And Clients, Abigail C. Nichols

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

An examination of recent research on women and leadership yields several strategies that women, both clients and social workers, can use to facilitate success in administration and other traditionally male work domains.

Western News, October 25, 1979, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: United Way Drive Begins, Parents' Day Reservations Due, U. Dames Plan Christmas Auction, Personnel Action Approved, New Associate Dean Appointed For Research; Sponsored Programs, MultiClinic Here Friday, $46.7 Million Capital Outlay Budget Okayed, Complete Text of Remarks By Bernhard to Trustees

Western News, October 11, 1979, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Energy Expo On Campus, University Entertains 1,000 Prospects, Dick Gregory Lecture Oct. 18, Grad Assistantships Available, Plan Workshop On Dwarf Trees, Dane To Research Stuttering Here, Women's Commission Plans Programs on Sexual Harassment, Personnel Department Memo

Western News, October 4, 1979, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Parade Saturday Morning, Faculty Research Review Board Seeks Nominees, A.K.P. Career Day Is Today, 5 Teaching Excellence Awards To Be Given, Parking Regulations Changed, Minority Alumni Honored Saturday, Career Contracting Is Workshop Topic

Eric Hoffer And The Significance Of Reading, Mark E. Thompson

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Eric Hoffer is a most unusual person. He was born in 1902 in New York City and taught himself to read English and German at the age of five. When he was seven years old, he suddenly and inexplicably went blind (Tomkins, 1968). At the age of 15, he mysteriously recovered his sight and became a voracious reader. Hoffer had no mentor or formal education during his youth or in his adult years, but he had books to read from the public libraries of California. After the death of his father in 1920 (his mother died when he was seven), …

Western News, September 27, 1979, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: 260 Faculty Get Salary Adjustments, University Researchers Cited, Gianakaris New Associate Dean, Western To Offer Doctorate In Public Administration, Emeritus Status Granted Griggs; Lindstrom; Cardenas, Kaufman To Direct New Environmental Affairs Center, Faculty Research Travel Fund Deadlines Set, Moscow State Symphony Returns

Western News, September 20, 1979, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Industrial Engineering Accredited, Service Award Created, Tri-Beta Dedicates Trail for Blind, Service Award Created, Fine Arts' 4 Departments To Perform Orff Cantata, Noted Psychotherapist Highlights WMPA Conference Friday, Western Co-hosts Health Symposium, Bernhard Discusses Mission; Research; Student Enrollment, 'State of University' Text, Zupko Wins Composition Competition

Western News, September 13, 1979, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: V.P. Search Is Underway, Kite Flite IV Saturday, Insurance Deductions Explained, Distinguished Faculty Scholar Awards To Chartrand; Hunt; Curtis-Smith, Mission Statement Discussed, New Cordial Corps Coordinator Wants Applicants, Womensports Festival Here

Work Place Collectives: A Strategy Toward Decentralized Democratic Socialism, David G. Gil

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

I explore in this essay a possible strategy for the transformation of democratic, capitalist states into decentralized, democratic, socialist societies. The strategy suggested here can be pursued now within the United States and similar nation-states whose formal legal frameworks provide for certain civil and political rights including freedom of speech, press, assembly, association and life-style, due process, etc. More specifically, I will examine the notion of voluntary, social, economic, and political collectives, and networks of such collectives, organized in and around existing urban and non-urban places of work -- fresh cells of participatory democracy and socialism within the aging, crises-ridden …

Journal Of Sociology & Social Welfare Vol. 6, No. 5 (September 1979)

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Work Place Collectives: A Strategy Towards Decentralized Democratic Socialism - DAVID G. GIL
• Behavior Modification in the Classroom: Education or Social Control? - IRWIN EPSTEIN, CHRISTINE HENCH
• Applied Sociology and Social Work Manpower and Theoretical Issues - CARLTON E. MUNSON
• The Causes of Turnover Among Social Workers - F.M. LOEWENBERG
• The Social Construction of Ages and the Ideology of Stages - VICTORIA FRIES RADER
• Baseline Evaluation: Evaluating Consistency Between Federal Standards and Local Provisions - JAMES R. SEABERG, DAVID F. GILLESPIE
• The Economic Status of the Elderly: Is the Problem Low Income? - JOHN B. WILLIAMSON
• Lessons …

On The Creation Of Truth, David Howe

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

No abstract provided.

Applied Sociology And Social Work: Manpower And Theoretical Issues, Carlton E. Munson

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Applied sociology and social work are compared and contrasted historically. Significant literature is reviewed that illustrates chronologically past cooperative efforts. Academic and practice integration of the two disciplines are identified in their modern context as well as trends are identified. Manpower issues that parallel and separate the two disciplines are explored. It is argued that current changes in funding of educational programs could have much impact on both disciplines and determine future differentiation.

The Social Construction Of Ages And The Ideology Of Stages, Victoria Fries Rader

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

It is the thesis of this paper that the images and beliefs about any age group in a society indicate the kind of social order prevailing in a particular time and place. This paper critically analyses the developmental life cycle model from a sociology of knowledge perspective. It is argued that life's major activities and individuals' basic needs have increasingly become compartmentalized according to chronological age in modern Western society. This separation of basic activities and needs into specialized age roles is explained and legitimated by a popular belief in a model of inherent progressive life "stages", a model largely …

The Economic Status Of The Elderly: Is The Problem Low Income?, John B. Williamson

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The thesis of this paper is that poverty among the elderly is increasingly becoming a problem of relative as opposed to absolute economic deprivation. Many of the elderly (persons age 65 and over) are oppressed by the absolute poverty they must endure, but for most of those for whom inadequate income is a source of concern, the real problem seems to be relative economic deprivation. If present trends continue this will be increasingly the case in future years.

Heroin--Myths And Knowledge: Impact On Public Policy, Robert Salmon

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Public Policy in the United States towards the heroin user and addict has been punitive as well as unsuccessful in deterring drug use or in treatment of the addict. Bias, myths, and prejudices have influenced our policy stance and have made heroin addiction a more serious problem than it otherwise would have been. This is explicated in the article, and contrasted with the British system which in attitude and practice tends to view the addict as ill rather than evil.

Western News, August 31, 1979, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Western Welcomes Newcomers, Campus Strike Settled, Board Approves Personnel Changes, Loew Resigns as V.P., Program Looks At 'Burnout', Bronco Bus Service Begins Wednesday, 'Eubie' Opens Miller Series, Creative Living Series Here

Western News, August 16, 1979, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: A "First" for P.A. Program Here, Commencement Moved to Read Fieldhouse, Paper Course Attracts Twenty-Nine, Paper Industry Leaders Coming Here, "Burnout" is Symposium Topic, Services Held for Dr. W. David Kuenzi, Announce Program for International Students, Fans Invited to "Meet Your Team" Day

University Magazine Vol. 5 No. 2, Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University Magazine (1963-1980)

• How Many Turns In The Road Ahead For Higher Education.
• On Campus
• Periscope On People
• Bronco Sports
• Alumni News
• Who Needs A Will?
• Class Notes
• In Memoriam

Changing Student Perceptions Of Police (1968-1974) And An Evaluation Of The Impact Of Police-School Liaison Programs, Rodney J. Mulder

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Interpretation Of Generic Language As Male Or Male/Female By Nine And Ten Year Old Children, Jane H. Vander Weyden

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Cross-Cultural Comparison Of Correlations Of Self-Concept Of Academic Ability And Self-Esteem, Sukaesinee Subhadhira

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Social Workers, Social Activism, And The Community Mental Health Center, Sandra J. Potter

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Report Of An Internship In The Office Of Instructional Development Western Michigan University, Emmanuel Mariampillai

Masters Theses

The major internship for the Specialist Project was served in the Office of Instructional Development on the Western Michigan University Campus. This Office has established a variety of programs and services to improve the University's educational programs and to aid other institutions of higher education. The Supervisor of the internship was Dr. Howard Poole, the Head of the Office of Instructional Development, and the University advisor was Dr. Kenneth E. Dickie. The major goal of the internship was to experience the role of an instructional developer and to participate in the activities of a university level instructional development program.

The …

Forces In The Criminality Of Women, Doris J. Cubbernuss

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Habilitation In Michigan’S Developmental Centers Since The Enactment Of The Michigan Mental Health Code, Janet Maccormack

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

The Characteristics Of Home Rule Supporters In Seven Pennsylvania Municipalities, Shafie Bin Haji Mohd. Salleh

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Faculty Recognition Dinner 1979, Western Michigan University

Faculty Recognition

Faculty Recognition Dinner

June 2, 1979

Honored Guests:

• Elaine A. Albert
• Margaret Jane Brennan
• Elmer Brune
• Mary Burns
• Elwyn F.Carter
• Eleanor N. Douglass
• Lindsay G. Farnan
• Mary Gillham
• Herb B. Jones
• Margaret Large-Cardoso
• Kenneth Macrorie
• Jerome G. Manis
• E. L. Marietta
• Richard H. Schmidt
• Arnold E. Schneider
• Beth Schultz
• Leo C. Stine
• William C. Vandeventer
• Gertrude Van Zee
• William P. Viall
• William A. Wichers

Bulletin: Western Michigan University Undergraduate Catalog 1979-1981, Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University Course Catalogs (1904-present)

• University Calendar • Accreditation • Councils • Admission, Registration, Advising • Degrees • Degree Requirements • General Education Requirement • Student Planned Curriculum • Undergraduate Curricula and • Approved Majors • Major and Minor Requirements • Teacher Certification • Student Fees • Academic Regulations • Student Academic Rights: Policies and Procedures • Student Services • Student Financial Aid and Scholarships • Miscellaneous Information • The Honors College • Librarianship • College of Applied Sciences • College of Arts and Sciences • College of Business • College of Education • College of Fine Arts • College of General Studies • …