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1975

Teacher Education and Professional Development

University of New Mexico

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Group Psychotherapy Effects On Internal-External Locus Of Control, Richard P. Reed May 1975

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

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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 May 1975

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 Apr 1975

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.