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Western Official News, February 8, 1973, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: General Education Requirement, General Education Requirement, Process for Selection, External Curriculum

Western Official News, January 11, 1973, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Text of President Miller's Retirement Letter, Senate Revises Principles; Guidelines for Western's Faculty Research Fund, Retirement Equity Sought for Western; Needed Legislation to Be Reintroduced, Environment Chief

Perspectives Vol. 5 No. 2

Perspectives (1969-1979)

No abstract provided.

Ten-Second Reviews, Blanche O. Bush

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

No abstract available.

Reading Horizons Vol. 13, No. 2

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Complete issue of Reading Horizons volume 13, issue 2.

A List Of Basic Sight Words For Older Disabled Readers, Jerry L. Johns

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

The Dolch basic sight vocabulary of 220 words has generally been recognized by reading authorities as a valuable asset to reading instruction. Research by Dolch (1941), Fry (1960), and Zintz (1966) and Johns (in press) has shown that the 220 words comprising the Dolch list represent 50 to 75 per cent of all school reading matter in the elementary grades. According to Dolch, these 220 words are recognized instantly by good second-grade readers and by average third-grade readers.

A Reading Development Course, Angela M. Labmeier, Edward L. Vockell

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

The effects of speed reading courses have been widely researched (cf. Berger, 1968). Stevens and Orem (1963) have suggested that the superior reader entering such a course with a more rapid reading rate, is an average or above average student, and likes to read. Rauch and Weinstein (1968) and Combs (1966) stress "read, read, read" as the best method for gaining speed. However, the National Association of Secondary School principals (1965) has warned that speed and comprehension do not necessarily go hand-in-hand, a finding which challenged earlier research by O'Brien (1921). A study of Air Force personnel (Brim, 1968) suggests …

An Interdisciplinary Humanities Program As An Approach To Literature, Frederick F. Ritsch

Perspectives (1969-1979)

Let me conclude with a statement from Maxwell Goldberg, the author of Design in Liberal Learning: "Without becoming amorphous or aimless," writes Professor Goldberg, "we are trying to replace the static, mechanical, closed-system, monistic, and self-contained routine thinking of conventional liberal learning with the open-structured, pluralistic, multilinear, multilectic thinking of the new liberal learning." He provides us with an excellent metaphor here: the concept of "freedom flowing into form."* And I might add, in our case we do not seek a "new humanism," but rather seek to revitalize the presentation of that humanism which is an integral part of …

Perspectives Vol. 5 No. 3

Perspectives (1969-1979)

This issue of Perspectives is devoted entirely to the proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Association for General and Liberal Studies which was held at Oklahoma State University, October 18 through October 20, 1973.

University Magazine Vol. 31 No. 2, Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University Magazine (1963-1980)

• Our University
• Retired Professors
• David Quint Was Not A Name
• The Healing Generation
• WMU Sports
• Alumni News
• Class Notes
• In Memoriam

Developing General Studies: Recollections Of A General Studies Chairman, Benjamin P. Mehrling

Perspectives (1969-1979)

1) General Studies as Introductory Studies

2) General Studies Courses as Common Studies

3) General Studies as Survey Studies

4) General Studies as Nondepartmental Studies

5) General Studies as Interdisciplinary Studies

Perspectives Vol. 5 No. 1 And Supplement No. 1

Perspectives (1969-1979)

Volume 5 No. 1 Spring 1973

Supplement No. 1 Summer 1973

Creating A Climate For Learning (A Human Relations Approach), Robert W. Hayes, William E. Davis

Perspectives (1969-1979)

Studies seem to indicate that the traditional aptitudinal criteria for predicting academic success are severely limited in their ability to predict those who will succeed and those who will not succeed at the college level.

Underpinnings For A "University Education", Charles O. Houston

Perspectives (1969-1979)

Environmental Essays on the Planet as a Home, by Paul Shepard and Daniel McKinely (editors), Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1971, 307 pp., Illus.

Imbedding Problems In Graph Theory, William Goodwin

Honors Theses

For some years there has been interest among mathematicians in determining the different ways in which certain graphs can be imbedded in given surfaces. M.P. VanStraten in 1948, determined that it is possible to imbed the graph K_3,3 (which is the graph representing the famous three houses, three utilities problem) in the torus in only two ways. She then used this fact to show that the graph representing the configuration of Desargues (containing K_3,3 as a subgraph) has genus two. One major source of motivation for the work on imbedding problems has been their relation to coloring problems …

A Bibliographical Survey Of The West Indian Novel, Ruta Mara Sani

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

L' Homme Robbe-Grilletien: Une Vision Subconsciente Du Monde, Monica E. Nahm

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

The United States House Of Representatives And The Military: A Study Of Congressional Behavior In National Security Matters, Robert Wilford Boylan

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

The Effects Of Reading A Report Of Racial Conflict And Non Racial Conflict On Baseline Hostility Levels, Michael D. Mcclenic

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Perspectives Vol. 4 No. 3

Perspectives (1969-1979)

This issue of Perspectives consists of papers and discussions from the Annual meeting of AGLS of Rochester Institute of Technology, Oct. 26-28, 1972.

Black Studies And The Enhancement Of Self-Concept As It Relates To Achievement Level In Negro High School Students, David L. Fisher

Dissertations

This study had as its primary purpose the investigation of the effect of black studies courses upon the self-concept of Negro high school students, Specifically, it was intended to determine if selfconcept enhancement followed completion of black studies courses and if this enhancement effect was further related to prior academic achievement, A secondary purpose was to determine if self-concept enhancement was related to the sex of the student, There were two subsidiary purposes. One was to see if different black studies courses had different effects upon the self-concept of the students and the other was to determine if the four …

A Comparative Study Of The Labor Movements And Legislation In The United States And South Korea, Ki Yop Lim

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

An Experience With Student Personnel Services At Kalamazoo Valley Community College, Ivan Klinesteker

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Operant Aspects Of Auto-Maintenance: Conditioned Reinforcement And Superstitious Behavior, Michael B. Granat

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Imitation: Some Theoretical Issues, Charles Richard Spates

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Human Visual Observation As A Function Of Stimulus Change, Richard L. Crandall

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Western Official News, November 16, 1972, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Trustee Action Delineates Western's Role in Michigan's System of Higher Education, Faculty Position Reductions Listed for Colleges, Board Sets '73-'74 Budget Request at $46,308,990; Up by $5,092,000, Smoking Regulations

The Informant Volume V, Number 1, Western Michigan University

Informant (1968-1981)

Volume V, Number 1

November 1972

• Indian English
• Majors and Minors
• Student News
• Alumni News
• Faculty News
• Proposals and Handbooks
• Course Changes

Western Official News, October 12, 1972, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Faculty Reduction Committee Sets Criteria and Guidelines, Applications for sabbatical leaves, The University curriculum committee, Outside speakers invited by student organizations, Course offerings; office hours; meeting classes, Traffic, parking and pedestrian ordinance, Free inquiry in the classroom

The Effect Of Ph On Retention Aids: A Study Of Retention, Optical Efficiency And Filler Distribution, David H. Soule

Paper Engineering Senior Theses

This paper was designed to develop insights on the retaining, optical efficiency and filler distribution properties of retention aids at various pH levels. Three leading retention aids; Cato 15, Natron 86 and Nalco 623 were studied in the normal papermaking pH range 3.5 to 6.5 to determine the effect of pH.

The results indicated pH played an important role in producing conditions of optimum retention and optical efficiency. pH also contributed to the distribution of the filler in the handsheets. The results further indicated, when using retention aids, optimum retention of titanium dioxide does not always yield the highest scattering …