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Some Thoughts On Interdisciplinary Studies, Sidney F. Parham, Peter W. Graham

Perspectives (1969-1979)

The vogue for interdisciplinary courses has led our more crusty and conservative colleagues to complain that such programs represent a mere repackaging of traditional courses, a process that diminishes the value the student receives from traditional courses without broadening or integrating his knowledge. Too often this criticism is just. We should like to argue that a genuinely interdisciplinary approach does not repackage but restructures knowledge in such a way that students are led to consider the nature of knowledge itself and thus, we hope, to think about their own thinking. Such reflection seems to us a decidely traditional goal of …

Faculty Senate Yearbook, 1978-79, Wmu Faculty Senate

WMU Faculty Senate Yearbooks

No abstract provided.

Social Control Or Social Wage: On The Political Economy Of The "Welfare State", Paul Adams

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Discussion between liberal apologists for the "welfare state" and their radical critics has tended in recent years to focus on the question of "social control." In this area the corporate liberals and social democrats (the "welfare statists") are weak. They talk of the "welfare state" as if, at least in principle, it represented the collective assumption by society of responsibility for the basic needs and dependencies of its members. Insofar as "social control" is relevant for them, it has to do with society's exercise of restraint over the selfish pursuit of private profit.1 Radical critics of the "welfare state," on …

Journal Of Sociology & Social Welfare Vol. 5, No. 1 (January 1978)

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

• Editorial - pp i
• A Political Economy Critique of the American Welfare State - GERBEN DeJONG - 1
• Social Control or Social Wage: On the Political Economy of the "Welfare State." - PAUL ADAMS - 46
• The "Casework Notebook": An Analysis of Its Content - LESLIE B. ALEXANDER & PHILIP LICHTENBERG - 55
• The Measurement of Personal Influence in Organization and Community - ROGER A. LOHMANN - 66
• Receiving Help: Management Strategies of the Handicapped - NANCY A. BROOKS - 91
• The MSW and the MPA: Confrontation of the Two Professions in Public Welfare - THOMAS H. WALZ & HARRY …

Receiving Help: Management Strategies Of The Handicapped, Nancy A. Brooks

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The social act of helping is presented from the recipient's viewpoint. Interview material from handicapped adults and contributions from the literature on helping provide insight to the helped person's management and interpretation of being helped. Techniques employed in the management of help are described. Alternative strategies and interpretations are available to the helped person; receiving help is not necessarily demeaning as social norms suggest. The interaction between helper and helped person is the central concern.

The Msw And The Mpa: Confrontation Of Two Professions In Public Welfare, Thomas H. Walz, Harry J. Macy

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

From its inception in the 1930's, public welfare has emerged as a major service industry commanding a sizeable portion of the public tax dollar. Concomitant with growth and size and expenditure has come the federalization of the program. In the face of a series of changes--the growth of welfare, added administrative complexity, and the emergence of new economic function--public welfare's identification with social work was weakened. Correspondingly, and perhaps logically, its identification with public administration has been strengthened. In this paper, there is exploration of the changes leading to the confrontation between social work and public administration within public welfare. …

Wmu Board Of Trustee Minutes 1978, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

• MEMBERS AND OFFICERS OF THE BOARD
• TABLE OF CONTENTS
• MINUTES
  • January 20
  • February 17
  • March 17
  • April 21
  • May 19
  • June 16
  • July 21
  • September 15
  • October 20
  • November 17
  • December 15
• APPENDIX A - HONORARY DEGREES
  • DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARDS
• APPENDIX B - WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY GRADUATES
  • April 22, 1978
  • June 21, 1978
  • August 18, 1978
  • December 16, 1978
• INDEX

The Measurement Of Personal Influence In Organization And Community, Roger A. Lohmann

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Discussions of personal influence in situations in communities and organizations are ordinarily abstract and theoretical. In this paper, a practical method for the measurement of influence in interactional terms is developed. The approach combines the use of Likert scales, sociometric techniques and a simplified version of "blockmodeling" using mathematical matrices. The method is outlined using a hypothetical social service agency with a seven-member staff.

Parity, Family Size Preference And The "Value Stretch", Virginia Aldige Hiday, Steven Polgar

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

A two-wave survey of women in their reproductive years living in poverty areas of New York City is used to investigate family size preferences among the poor. The hypotheses that parity affects family size preference and that current parity affects future parity are supported. Implications for future trends in family size preference and for family planning programs are discussed.

The Guns Or Butter Issue: Trends In American Public Opinion, 1935-1976, Darrel Montero

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This paper examines the responses to national opinion surveys taken between 1935 and 1976 on questions related to the federal government's role in providing social welfare programs and recent survey findings on defense spending. The paper's major findings are that: 1) in general, the public supports the basic concept of providing aid to the needy through the government but shows less consistent support when specific spending proposals are mentioned: and 2) as theshareof the federal budget allocated for defense spending has been decreasing, polls have shown an increasing proportion of the public expressing support for greater delcense spending. The paper …

Western News, December 15, 1977, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Millionth Book Acquired by WMU Libraries is Rare Edition, Fire Alarms to Be Tested, After 38-Year Interruption; Man; 61; Completes Degree, Plan Campus Information Center on Child Abuse & Neglect, Persell Most Valuable Again, 7,000 Mile Phone Call for Ed.D. Exam

Western News, December 8, 1977, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Report Tonight on Women's National Meet, Explain Job Posting Policy, DeLuca Has Grand, Rapids Exhibition, Patron’s Choice Act II, Features 10 Events, Two Symphonic Bands to Perform, Two Metallurgy Students Cited, Fall Reading Horizons Out, MENC Selects WMU Orchestra, Linguistics Issues 'Informant'

Western News, December 1, 1977, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Persell Named All-American, Student Fees Due December 12, Racism Fighter Visits Western, Remind Campus to Save Energy, New Math Process Is Workshop Topic, Two Professional Development Leaves Approved by Trustees, Whitney Young Deadline Monday, Women Cagers in Ontario Tourney

A Study Of The Attitudes Of The Non-Science Major Toward Science And Its Importance In Curriculum Design, Larry J. Fairbanks

Dissertations

The purposes of this study were to: (1) Identify and explore the non-science majors' attitudes toward science; (2) Use the results of the investigation to design a course to be used by instructors of Earth and Space Science.

Two major instruments were developed to collect data for the study. The first was an Attitude Inventory and the second was a Course Content Inventory. A major goal of the Attitude Inventory was to collect data with which to develop an Attitude Index which could be used to predict those non-science majors who have some "negative" attitudes toward science. The course design …

Old Age In The Rural Philippines, Trina I. Jacob

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Social Structure, Significant Others, And Self-Concept In A Changing Society: High School Students In Karachi, Pakistan, Arshad H. Rizvi

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Women's Liberation Ideology And Union Participation Among Michigan Women, Marilyn Boyd

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

A History Of The Guam Public Library System 1947-1975, Mary Sue Caldwell

Dissertations

This historical study ascertained that, between the years of 1902 and 1941, there were libraries on Guam which served the local civilian population. Early library development on Guam (prior to 1947) did not seem to have followed the same pattern of development as libraries in the United States. This may have been due, in part, to the individuals responsible for the two library movements on Guam. The Guam Public Library System and its predecessors were established by individuals from the continental United States, where libraries had already undergone a developmental process. Thus, the library on Guam seems to have been …

Student Profiles And Factors Affecting Student Attrition And Persistence At The University Of Guam, Lorraine Constance Yamashita

Dissertations

The purposes of this study were to delineate several dimensions of the attrition problem at the University of Guam, to identify factors which were potentially contributory to the attrition problem and to provide information which could be used as a basis for institutional direction and planning.

Two subproblems were addressed in the study. The first subproblem was to develop a student profile, both academic and demographic, of those who withdrew and those who persisted. The second subproblem was to obtain and evaluate student views on attrition.

Two hypotheses were posited. The first hypothesis was that students who left the University …

Assimilation: An Empirical Test Of Milton Gordon's Model On Mexican Americans In Holland, Michigan, Denise L. Tyiska

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Western News, November 3, 1977, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Solar Energy Talk Tuesday, Sexuality Values Lecture Thursday, Gerontology Offers Undergraduate Aid, British Attorney Discusses Juvenile Justice Monday, Plan Campus Observance of National Education Week, Western Debaters Post Victories, Remind Foreign Students of Service, Fred Waring Returns Nov. 15, Miami Redskins Here Saturday

Journal Of Sociology And Social Welfare Vol. 4, No. 8 (November 1977)

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Table of Contents • Letter to Editor - i • Reply - iii • Introduction - 1134 • Social Welfare as a By-Product: The Effect of Neo-Mercantilism - DAVID MACAROV - 1135 • The Individual and the Society: A Needed Reexamination of Social Legislation and Policy • RALPH SEGAIMAN - 1145 • Sex Roles and Work Roles in Post-Industrial Society - DIANE BARTHEL - 1171 • Third World Women, World Population Growth: A Case of Blaming the Victim? ELIZABETH W. MOEN - 1186 • Government Spending and Welfare Employment - MARTIN D. LOWENTHAL - 1203 • The Interests of Children …

Journal Of Sociology & Social Welfare Vol. 4, No. 3 And No. 4 (Jan. - Mar. 1977) Part 1

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

• Hon. George McGovern, United States Senator - 302
• Chauncey Alexander, National Association of Social Workers - 303
• Warfare-Welfare as a Serious Social Problem for Study and Action - L. K. NORTHWOOD, Editor - 305
• Eighteen Leading Social Critics Comment: What is the Real Threat to World Peace and Social Security?
• KENNETH A. KIRKPATRICK and L. K. NORTHWOOD - 323
• A Moment of Truth in the Warfare-Welfare Debate: The Transfer Amendment - HON. ELIZABETH HOLTZMAN - 339
• New York City and the Economic Crisis - JOSEPH HARRIS - 351
• The Warfare-Welfare Tradeoff: Health, Public Aid, and Housing - KATHLEEN PEROFF - …

Journal Of Sociology & Social Welfare Vol. 4, No. 3 And No. 4 (Jan. - Mar. 1977) Part 2

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

• The Welfare State Within the Military - CHARLES MAYNARD and ANN BLALOCK - 494
• The Military Establishment and Social Welfare, Past, Present and Future? - GEORGE W. AYERS - 522
• Social Work in Relief and Rehabilitation After Wars, at Home and Abroad - WALTER A. FRIEDLANDER - 530
• Alienation of Youth as an Unintended Consequence of Military Assistance in Africa - QUENTIN F. SCHENK - 534
• Human Security or National Defense: The Question of Conversion - BRUCE BIRCHARD - 543
• Economic Conversion, Productive Efficiency, and Social Welfare - LLOYD J. DUMAS - 567
• The Soft Spot: How to Attack the …

Western News, October 27, 1977, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: College Automotive Instructors Meeting Here Today; Friday, Erickson Chairs National Meeting, Recover Stolen; WMU Property, National Learning Improvement Center Director Visits WMU, Study Sex Role Stereotyping, Plan Christmas Trip to Mexico, 'Cordial Corps' Formed Here, Guest Lecturer Looks at Future Market Opportunities; Life Styles, O'Connor Joins Development Staff in Corporation/Foundation Relations, Western's 5-Year Capital Requests Totals $63.4 Million, Personnel Department Memo

Western News, October 13, 1977, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Homecoming Events Ready, American Indian Religions Lecture Here Tonight, Seek Labor '75 Project Ideas, Arctic Research Lecture Tonight, Campus Fire Tips Given, Visitor to Discuss Research; Privacy, WMU Films on CBS-TV, Broncos Visit Toledo at Night

Western News, October 6, 1977, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Arbitration Briefs Due November 1, Students Assist with Phonathon, Chicano/Latino Day Friday, University Foundation Meets, Western Hosts Aviation Energy Conservation Conference, Grant Supports Library Training, 'Hippolytus' Opens Arena Season, Peter Rabbit Visits Here Today, Children's Film Produced Here

University Magaizine Vol. 3 No.3, Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University Magazine (1963-1980)

• Letters • Earning while Learning • On Campus • Periscope on People • Distinguished Alumni Awards • Jubilee 75 WMU • Wm. John Upjohn – A Modern Renaissance Man • Bronco Sports • Estate Planning Ideas • Alumni News • Diary of a WMU Tourist • Class Notes • In Memoriam

The Informant Volume X, Number 1 Diamond Jubilee Year, Western Michigan University

Informant (1968-1981)

Volume X, Number 1

Diamond Jubilee Year

Fall 1977

• Aspects of Tibetan Phonology
• Dialects of the Tibetan Language
• New Program Students in Linguistics
• Recent Graduates
• Student and Alumni News
• Onward and Upward
• Faculty and Staff News
• Dedication
• The Language and Linguistics Forum
• Re-Informant
• Naws Hall, Spraw Tower
• Name That Tome
• Linguistics Department Winter 1978

Western News, September 29, 1977, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Appoint Salary Committee Reps, Genetic Screening Specialist to Visit WMU Next Week, Bernhard Urges GKUW Support, Business Observes Diamond Jubilee, Alumnus Van Buren Heads Paper Technology Foundation, Workshop for Couples Set, Gridders Visits Bowling Green, Visually Impaired Transcribers Meet Here