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Rain On Tuesday, A Growth Community In Southern California, Lucile Hubbell Anderson

Health, Exercise, and Sports Sciences ETDs

Growth communities have developed throughout the United States in answer to a need to relate to others in close, meaningful ways and to regain a sense of personal identity, threatened by urban life styles. This study reports the events and situations leading to the formation, development and decline of Rain on Tuesday, a growth community in Laguna Beach, California. The community was started as a leisure activity by a group of middle-aged, upper middle class people who had previously been involved in a social action project. The group eventually included over one hundred people. For nearly a year the community …

A Sociolinguistic Study Of Language Maintenance In The Northern New Mexico Community Of Arroyo Seco, Leroy I. Ortiz

Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies ETDs

Since the late 16th century, the Spanish language has been maintained in rural, northern New Mexico communities, largely through a pattern of geographic isolation. Within the past 50 years, however, communities in northern New Mexico have begun to undergo greater sociocultural change and more contact with English.

Arroyo Seco is one Spanish-speaking community in northern New Mexico that has recently experienced increased intercultural contact. The purpose of this study was to examine the existing language situation in Arroyo Seco to determine to what extent the community is maintaining Spanish, to assess the strength of English, and to isolate the factors …

A Comparative Analysis Of The Perceived Functions Of Two State-Supported Universities By Faculty And Administration, John Maurice Pacheco

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

In this study each individual responding to the Institutional Functioning Inventory had the opportunity to express his perceptions of what his own university was like with respect to ten scales. The study tested the following major null hypotheses:

Null Hypothesis 1

There is no significant difference in the perceptions of administrators and faculty members from a large university and a small university on Intellectual-­Aesthetic Extracurriculum as measured by the Institution­al Functioning Inventory (IFI).

Null Hypothesis 2

There is no significant difference in the percep­tions of administrators and faculty members from a large university and a small university on Freedom as …

A Comparative Study Of Therapeutic Environments For Seriously Emotionally Disturbed Children, Loretta Ann Serna

Special Education ETDs

The purpose of the present investigation was to identify the kinds of facilities and rehabilitative opportunities available for children. Further purposes were to determine, more precisely, what New Mexico facilities offer parents and their children displaying emotional problems. The third purpose was to determine how New Mexico’s few existing facilities are similar or different from those of their counterparts in 23 other states (funding staff composition, and programs). It was the intent of the present investigation to provide an overview of the emotionally disturbed child's rehabilitative opportunities and to conceptualize on the resources each setting has to offer a child …

Development Of Environmental Responsiveness In Crib-Bound Profoundly Retarded Institutionalized Individuals Through Play, James Dean Decker

Special Education ETDs

Statement of the Problem

Staffing, facilities, and programming have been continual problems in institutional care of the mentally retarded. Gesell and I lg (1946) examined the institution in respect to developing the “self” of each resident. This study concluded that the institutional setting limited the resident's development because impromptu situations which build love, affection, and the feeling of belonging in the normal child were not present nor provided for in the institution. Bijou and Baer (1965) described the institutional setting as not being conducive to building affection or appropriate behavior. Staff and time are at a premium in most institutions; …

Effects Of A Creativity Program On The Creative Thinking Abilities Of Elementary Emotionally Disturbed Children, Carol S. Pitts

Special Education ETDs

The purpose of this study was to try to determine whether a structured creativity program could improve creative thinking abilities in elementary emotionally disturbed children. The study examined creativity as a process and contended that emotionally disturbed children could profit from learning to think creatively by increasing their repertoire of appropriate responses. The subjects were taken from two special adaptation classes for the emotionally disturbed. The classes were located in two elementary schools in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The eleven students in the experimental group and the eight students in the control group were pre- and posttested with the Torrance Tests …

Group Psychotherapy Effects On Internal-External Locus Of Control, Richard P. Reed

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The Internal-External locus of control construct (Rotter, 1966) has been investigated in a variety of areas. One area that has not received the attention it should is that of psychotherapeutic applications. Until now there has been no research testing the use of therapy with indi­viduals who fall at the extremes of the I-E continuum. The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of short-­term group therapy on changing inmates' expectations of locus of control in a prison population.

The sample consisted of 40 male inmates at the Peni­tentiary of New Mexico. All were self-referred and had been placed …

A Study To Develop Alternative Statewide Higher Education Funding Formula Models For Possible Use In New Mexico, Thomas M. Rawson

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The objectives of this study were: (1) to develop a procedure for categorizing statewide higher education funding formulas; (2) to use that procedure to categorize the statewide funding formulas utilized by fifteen selected states; (3) to simulate the implementation of at least one statewide funding formula from each category using 1972-73 New Mexico data; and (4) to develop several alternative model funding formulas for financing higher education in New Mexico.

The researcher solicited copies of higher education funding formulas (and related documentation) from fifteen selected states. An examination of the procedures used within the funding formulas of these selected states …

An Appraisal Of The Circular Functions Of The Community Colleges In Nine Selected States As Perceived By Their Presidents And The Criteria Of Writers In The Field, Jack May Reynolds

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purpose of the study was to ascertain the perceptions of selected community college presidents concerning the appropriate curricular functions of the community college as advanced by writers in the field, and whether the programs implemented were in agreement with their perceived curricular functions.

A Question Of Power: Indian Control Of Indian Resource Development, Ladonna Harris

LaDonna Harris Native American Collection

This file summarizes information about the Conference sessions on Indian Control and Indian Resource Development held at the Wingspread Conference Center in Racine, Wisconsin, September 21-22-23, 1975. This conference is one of a series designed to explore the options available to tribes as owners of natural resources; consider ways to make existing government programs work for the tribes; recommend changes to existing policies where necessary, learn how to deal with developers, explore new sources of capital, and examine structures for internal decision-making.

American Indian Movement, American Indian Movement

LaDonna Harris Native American Collection

This file contains copies of a letter from the American Indian Movement (A.I.M.) requesting donations and financial support to continue working on their projects, an attachment of the objectives of the A.I.M., communications, and newspaper clippings underscoring Dough Durhnam and other news related to Native Americans.

Native American Studies At Unm, Americans For Indian Opportunity (Aio)

LaDonna Harris Native American Collection

The concept, goals, statistics, and achievements of the Native American Studies Program at UNM College of Engineering are briefly presented in this file. Some additional information and communications are attached.

Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (Sipi) 1975-2000, Sipi

LaDonna Harris Native American Collection

This file contains correspondence of The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), the Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI) Board of Regents and LaDonna Harris concerning the SIPI status report dated March 22, 1982, proposal statement, the SIPI Pilot Program, SIPI Accreditation focusing on technical higher education, SIPI statutes, Collaborative programs at SIPI: Adult basic Education, The National Indian Youth Council, and advertisement of SIPI’s Programs of study. Appendices and copies of proposals-reports are attached to this correspondence.