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The Perceptions Of Faculty Concerning The Role Of Student Services In A Comprehensive Community College, Russell Louis Curley

Graduate Research Papers

The comprehensive community college is a complex organization which serves a diverse population including liberal arts/transfer, career vocational, and continuing education students. This diversity of students requires a diversity of student services. The student affairs subunit, which is generally referred to as "student services" is assigned the task of managing the affairs of students from pre-enrollment through graduation and alumni affairs.

The Assessment Of Client Satisfaction With Mental Health Services: A Review For The Practitioner, Mervin Michael Carnahan

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In the last several years, mental health providers have realized the importance of assessing the consumer's (client or patient) satisfaction with their services (Loff, Trigg, & Cassels, 1987). This is in part due to a legislative change regarding Community Mental Health Centers. The 1975 amendments to the Community Mental Health Center (CMHC) Act require centers to assess and evaluate (among other topics) the "acceptability of services" (Windle & Paschall, 1981). While governmental programs have been mandated to become more accountable, even private agencies have felt some pressure to show whether clients are satisfied with the counseling provided (Royse, 1985). Today, …

Current Effects And Consequences Of Tracking, Beverly A. Oppold-Blessman

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Tracking and ability grouping have long been controversial topics in American education. Researchers have been collecting data on their effects for almost three quarters of a century and still disagree about their merits (Kulik and Kulik, 1987). Educators and policy makers have argued about the effects of ability grouping and tracking for an even longer time. Reviewers of research cannot reach an agreement about the value of homogeneous grouping, yet in 1985 it was determined that in 77 percent of all American schools, ability grouping and tracking were practiced to some degree (Dawson, 1987).

Impact Of Parental Divorce On The Lifestyle Outlook Of Young Adult Children, Beverlye J. Nelson

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One of the more disturbing social phenomena in recent years has been the escalating divorce rate. It is estimated that one-half of all marriages initiated in the 1980 1s will end in divorce (Cherlin, 1981). Out of these marriages and divorces, 60% of the couples who divorce each year have at least one child 18 or younger (Glick, 1979). Glick also predicted that by 1990, 33% of North American children will experience their parents' divorce before their 18th birthday.

An Assessment Of Selected Health Occupation Students' Attitudes About Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Jo Ann Jensen

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Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome is a rapidly growing public health concern. The purpose of this original 1988 study at the University of Northern Iowa was to determine by questionnaire if there was a difference in attitudes of thirteen Dental Assistant, thirteen Medical Assistant, and one hundred nineteen Nursing students at a selected midwestern Community College toward Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. Questionnaire scores were analyzed using analysis of variance at the .05 level. The groups differed on six of the fifty four items on the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Attitude questionnaire. Results suggest minimal differences among the groups. Identification of attitudes …

Nursing Home Admission: Effects, Predictors Of Well-Being And Implications For Counseling, Carla Pletsch Janssen

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Admission to a nursing home is a stressful life event demanding changes in all aspects of living. Becoming a nursing home resident was perceived by subjects in Gordon's study (1985) to be the third most stressful life event preceded only by death of a spouse and divorce and followed by pregnancy and retirement. Researchers have disputed the direct relationship of relocation trauma to mortality (Borup 1983), but agree that certain factors increase the older person's vulnerability to the stresses of relocation.

Implications For The Use Of Peer Counselor/Facilitators With At-Risk Students Of Secondary School Age, Andrew Joseph Doyle

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Theorists of human personality have stated the importance of environment in the development of one's self-concept beginning at the earliest age. Mosak (Corsini, 1984) stated, in describing a basic assumption of Adlerian Psychotherapy, that all human behavior happens within a social context which has been established at birth and which requires reciprocal relationships of the individual. By necessity, adults must serve as the significant humans caring for the physical and emotional needs of a child. Adults influence the initial development of a child's personality. In describing .Jung's concept of psychic propensities, or archtypes, Kaufmann (Corsini, 1984) related that these potentialities …

Oral History: A Curriculum Guide, Nancy Lee Geiken

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The subject of this paper ls the development and design of a curriculum guide which facilitates teaching students how to complete an oral history of another person. The purpose of the research was to design an Oral History Unit for the Composition II course at Washington High School in Vinton, Iowa. Extensive research was done to determine that no curriculum guide existed which would meet the needs of the course and students.

Data were collected on a •typical• class at Washington High School. The school philosophy and objectives were studied, along with the course objectives. Based on research of the …

Factors Influencing Minority Access And Participation In American Higher Education, Kathy Jean Meyers

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Minority participation in higher education has been an issue of major concern and controversy over the last forty years. President Harry Truman, in 1946, established the first federal commission designed to study the societal functions of higher education. The President's Commission on Higher Education (1947) was also instructed to delineate the responsibility of the federal government as it applied to postsecondary educational opportunities. The Commission recommended that 50 percent of all high school graduates obtain a two-year college education. This recommendation has been expanded to provide universal access to all students who might seek, or benefit from, postsecondary education. The …

Employment Interviewing Options For College Students Who Have Physical Handicaps, Barbara Eileen Weeg

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College students who have physical handicaps, like most college students, can benefit from student services designed to help them cope with the transitions in their lives. Students who have physical handicaps are concerned about the transition from being a college student to becoming a professional employee. They are anxious about interviewing for their first professional full-time positions. An issue that job applicants who have physical handicaps should resolve before they interview for employment is whether, how, and when to disclose their handicaps to the interviewers (Huvelle, Budoff, & Arnholz, 1984). However, little information is available to assist applicants who have …

An Emerging Female Management Style, Mary Jo Souhrada

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In 1840 Elizabeth Caty Stanton attended the World's Anti-Slavery Convention in London, England. Although women were members of the society their delegations were not seated on the convention floor. This experience led her along with Lucretia Mott eight years later to organize the first women's rights convention in Seneca Falls, New York to remedy the oppression she saw everywhere and to improve the legal status of women.

Job-Related Stress And Satisfaction As A Function Of Experience Level In The Critical Care Setting, Sharon J. Graber

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This study was undertaken to explore the relationship of job-related stress and job satisfaction to the experience level of the graduate nurse in the critical care setting. A comprehensive review of the related literature was implemented. Job satisfaction and job-related stress were defined and found to be important to the practice of nursing in relation to job turnover and quality of patient care. Several strategies aimed at reducing job-related stress and enhancing job satisfaction of the new graduate in the critical care area were identified and discussed. Implications for further study and implications for educational practice were also discussed.

Women And Self-Esteem, Ruth Carolyn Tierney

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Self-esteem, the condition wherein one feels both competent to live and worthy of living, enables people to provide for their own needs as well as those of others. People with high self-esteem relate to others in a healthy manner (Branden, 1981; Laskey, 1982). Self-esteem predominantly depends on the extent to which women can attain their ideal self-concept (Krausz, 1986). Sanford and Donovan (1984) stated that women's self-concept is the set of beliefs and images they all have and hold to be true of themselves. By contrast, their level of self-esteem is the measure of how much they like and approve …

Cooperative Learning: A Way To Build Social Skills Into Classroom Instruction Without Jeopardizing Achievement, Barbara Elaine Moine

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Over the years there has developed a dilemma between instructional strategies that promote achievement and instructional strategies that promote social development. 1 The primary aim of schools is to prepare students for success in careers and adult responsibilities. An assumption is made that students will be able to successfully apply what they learn in school to future situations.

A Proposed Student Development Program For The Residence Hall At Emmaus Bible College, Janice Annette Goodwin

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This proposed student development program is designed specifically for implementation in the residence hall at Emmaus Bible College. Described in this paper are a concept and a plan that will enable administrators, faculty, staff, and students to become involved citizens of the Emmaus Bible College community. As goals, responsibilities, and communication are shared and eventually owned by all at Emmaus, individuals will increase their self-awareness, will collaborate with others in student task development, and will realize joint responsibility. In order to understand fully the uniqueness of this proposal to this particular school, it is important to understand some of the …

Teacher Induction Programs, Chris Smith

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Helping first year teachers adjust to the reality of the classroom is an important concern of our educational system. A 1984 Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Task Force Report on Teaching and Teacher Education reveals that the most academically able are among the first to leave education. About 50 percent of those who take jobs as teachers leave the profession within 5 years. Looking at the nation as a whole, approximately 15 percent of the new teachers leave after their first year of teaching. Compare that with the overall teacher turnover rate of 6 percent.

Merit Pay In Education, James M. Miller

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The voices of the "merit pay" controversy disagree even when they are discussing the same offer or plan, which is not often the case. As politicians, administrators, teachers, and the general public discuss the need for merit pay offered in the National Commission on Excellence in Education's report NATION AT RISK, the simple issue of merit pay continues to antagonize the public education system to the same degree as mediocre teaching.

Group Process With Mildly Mentally Retarded Adults, Cynthia Sue Bombella

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The purpose of the paper was to examine the basic stages of group process as it pertains to the mentally retarded adult. As a group develops, there are noticeable differences in individual behavior and the structure and functioning of a group. Theorists have found it useful to perceive the group as moving through a number of stages during its life (Northen, 1969; Yolam, 1985). The identification of stages provides diagnostic clues for the counselor. That makes it possible for the counselor to understand where a group is in its development and what the counselor can expect in the future (Northen, …

Training Of Student Services Paraprofessionals, Jennifer M. Kloberdanz

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More publications have been devoted to paraprofessional training within the last five years (Ender and Winston, 1984), an indication that higher education is becoming more aware of the need to utilize paraprofessionals and that training programs must be developed to adapt to this trend. A student paraprofessional is an undergraduate or graduate student without extended professional training who is specifically selected, trained, and given ongoing supervision to perform some designated portion of the tasks usually performed by the professional (Delworth, Sherwood, Casaburri, 1974). The paraprofessional is generally involved in the central activity of the agency with which he/she is associated.

The Development Of Student Leadership Through Student Government And Student Organizations, Oren R. Griffin

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According to Wilton Pruitt (1965), Dean of Student Personnel Services at Trenton State College, "leadership is a functional complex of attitudes, sensitivity, and skill, rather than a special ability held by an elect few" (p. 35). Too often, people are elected to an office and are quickly, without question, identified as leaders. Whether it is on a college campus or in city government, winning an election does not qualify one as a leader. A leader is one with the ability to function effectively in groups and to motivate others. More specifically, leadership is, as defined by Mabey (1985), "... being …

Communication Between Administrators And Staff, Timothy Robert Bell

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The purpose of this paper is to highlight the importance of communication between administrators 1 and staff. Shortt {1987) suggested that historically there has been a communication gap between school administration and staff. He asserted that effective administrators have many qualities; however, communication skills are the ones that may have the most direct impact on positive school climate. It seems apparent that closing the communication gap between administrator and staff has an impact upon positive school climate.

A Study Of Contemporary Practice In Teacher Evaluation, Dennis Laverne Washington

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With the passage of the Stull Act in California, the race to evaluate was on! Assembly Bill 293 called for the following provisions: Boards of education must have written guidelines which contain (a) standards of expected student progress, (b) assessments of certificated personnel competencies as related to the standards for each classification, (c) assessments of other duties as adjuncts to regular assignments, and (d) the establishment of procedures and techniques for ascertaining that the employee is maintaining proper control of the learning situation. (California Board of Education, 1972). This bill gave impetus to the already well developed trend toward quantifying …

Variables Affecting The Deaf Student's Achievement In Reading, Rebecca A. Budensiek

Graduate Research Papers

Reading and writing skills are generally considered to be the primary educational needs of deaf children. Although the field of deaf education is fraught with controversy regarding the most desirable communication mode for the deaf (i.e., oral or sign language or a combination), on one thing the experts agree: The deaf need to learn to read and write the language of their peers with normal hearing. It may appear on the surface that reading and writing instruction would be obvious tools in helping these individuals develop language proficiency. However, years of experience have shown that typical deaf individuals do not …

Mathematics And The Young Child, Colleen Christiansen

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Educators are continuously searching for better techniques for working with young children and establishing developmentally appropriate curricula. We have witnessed a great surge of interest in the work of Piaget, and its many implications for educating young children. His investigation into development of a number of logical, physical, and mathematical notions contains several ideas which, if suitably explored and developed, could prove valuable to educators and instructional planners (Ginsburg and Opper, p. 218). There are indications from Piagetian research, relevant to both affective and cognitive development of children, that a mathematics program for young children should be one of exploration …

Empathy Instruction In The Effective Practice Of Nursing, Jo L. Elberg

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Empathy is vital component of Nursing education programs include iv nursing care. many affective skills which students need to learn efficiently and quickly. Empathy is a first step in improving teaching affective nursing skills. This paper defines characteristics of empathy and relates to the effective practice of nursing. This study also demonstrates that instructional strategies will increase empathy in nursing students.

Cerebral Dominance And Its Implications For Education: A Look At Hemisphericity, Judith Fossell

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This paper reviews research on cerebral dominance and considers the relevance of this research to education. Conclusions from research are outlined and the implications of hemisphericity are discussed for educators. The research cited reviews the findings of neuroscientists that specifically relates to the functioning of the two hemispheres of the brain. Materials selected for inclusion in this paper speak to the research that either implies or states strategies that teachers may apply to classroom practice. To facilitate an understanding of the functioning of the two hemispheres, a portion of the paper speaks to the generalized functions of each hemisphere on …

The Relations Among Students' Performance On Phonic Tasks, Phyllis Dedrick

Graduate Research Papers

This research paper describes a proposal for a substantial investigation in the area of phonics tasks. This paper contains an in-depth examination of the history of phonics instruction and assessment, plus six phonic tasks that are to be implemented with second graders.

Direct Instruction In The Writing Process With An Emphasis On Planning: An Action Research Project, Renee J. Deberg

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Writing has become a major focus ln classroom teaching. Writing calls for active participation from all students. thus encouraging learning. It focuses thought, makes thought available for inspection, and allows for more complex thought.

Performance Technology: The Role Of The Training Professional, Marie L. Grabenbauer

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According to Gary Worley (1988) in his article "Improving Productivity Through People" modem businesses face three major challenges: improving product quality, improving worker productivity, and competing in a globel [sic] marketplace. If the economy of the United States is going to continue to prosper, efficient worker performance is one of the primary concerns for the business world. This means increasing pressure for people to perform in jobs and increased emphasis on performance technology.

Classroom Writing: Understanding The Writing Process, Mary Jane Mccollum

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The writing across the curriculum movement began in the 1960s with a study conducted by James Britton and his associates (Britton, Burgess, Martin, McLeod, Rosen, 1975) on the kinds and uses of writing in the British schools. They studied over 2,000 pieces of writing collected from students aged 11 to 18. In the United States, during the 1970s, teachers realized that the standard approach to teaching writing skills did not seem to be producing desired results (Gray, 1988). A large percentage of young people seemed to lack the motivation needed to learn to write well. They weren't persuaded that writing …