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Wmu Board Of Trustees Regular Meeting December 17, 1982, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

• Acceptance of the Agenda
• Minutes
• Correspondence
• President's Remarks
• Academic Personnel Report
• Non-Academic Personnel Report
• Gift and Grant Report
• President's Report re University Staffing Resolution
• Recommendation re Reinvestment of Bond
• Board Committee Reports
• Public Comments

Leadership Styles In Educational Leader Positions: An Investigation Of Some Common Factors In Socialization And Employment Environment Conditions, Gerald E. Lohr

Dissertations

This study examined the leadership styles exhibited by Michigan school superintendents in relation to school district size, birth order, family size, marital status, time served as a teacher before becoming a superintendent, and time served as a superintendent. The subject population consisted of 530 superintendents from which 363 were selected at random. A questionnaire was sent to the random sample with a 65% return. The questionnaire utilized the LBDQ FORM-XII to ascertain the self-perceived leadership styles of these superintendents. The aforementioned other sociological factors were determined by question. No support was found for the existence of any of the relationships …

A Comparative Analysis Of The Role Of The Academic Department Chairperson, Stanley Lawrence Coleman

Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of collective bargaining and the incumbent's bargaining unit affiliation on the role of the academic department chairperson.

A questionnaire, designed to measure perceptions of the chairperson's role, was administered to a sample of 148 chairpersons from 10 mid-sized public institutions. Using the data contained in the returned questionnaires, comparisons were made between chairpersons' responses--grouped according to their inclusion in or exclusion from their faculties' collective bargaining unit affiliation on three aspects of the chairperson's role. These three aspects, and the data analysis procedures employed to evaluate them, were: (1) Expectations …

Wmu Board Of Trustees Regular Meeting November 19, 1982, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

• Acceptance of the Agenda
• Minutes
• Correspondence
• President's Remarks
• Academic Personnel Report
• Non-Academic Personnel Report
• Gift and Grant Report
• Recommendation re General Fund for 1982-83
• Resolution re Pooled Income Fund
• Recommendation re Facility Management Contract
• Resolution re Faculty and Staff Employees with Twenty-Five Years or More of Service
• Authorization to Confer Degrees
• Board Committee Reports
• Expanding with Computers and Information Technology Report
• Public Comments
• Adjournment

Wmu Board Of Trustees Regular Meeting October 15, 1982, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

• Acceptance of the Agenda
• Minutes
• Correspondence
• Remarks by the President
• Resolution re University Staffing
• Academic Personnel Report
• Gift and Grant Report
• Recommendation re Capital Outlay Budget for 1983-84
• Recommendation re Reinvestment of Bond
• Recommendation re Purchase of Property
• Program Revision Requests
• Board Committee Reports
• Public Comments

Wmu Board Of Trustees Regular Meeting September 17, 1982, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

• Acceptance of the Agenda
• Minutes
• Correspondence
• President's Remarks
• Board Committee Appointment
• Academic Personnel Report
• Non-Academic Personnel Report
• Gift and Grant Reports
• Recommendation re Gas Main Easement
• Recommendation re Purchase of Land
• Recommendation re Michigan Association of Governing Boards Assessment - Establishment of a Lansing Central Office
• Recommendation re Honorary Doctorate
• Resolution re Trustee Emerita Mildred L. Johnson
• Board Committee Reports
• Public Comments
• Adjournment

Wmu Board Of Trustees Special Meeting September 4, 1982, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

• Acceptance of the Agenda
• Collective Bargaining Agreement
• Adjournment

A Report Of An Internship In The St. Joseph Public Schools St. Joseph, Michigan, Dennis David Lundgren

Masters Theses

The purpose of this report is to describe a six week internship completed in the St. Joseph Public School System. The intern worked in the area of curriculum and personnel and became familiar with the role of Director of Curriculum and Personnel. Several major tasks related to that role were completed during the internship.

Chapter I contains a brief description of St. Joseph Public Schools. The chapter includes the intern's prospectus, including a description of the internship. The chapter also contains the intern's projected nature of internship experience.

Chapter II describes the experiences and major tasks completed during the internship. …

A Report Of An Internship In The Admissions And Counseling Office At Kalamazoo Valley Community College, Constance M. Speers

Masters Theses

This paper describes an internship which was completed in the Admissions office of a community college in Michigan. A rationale for the internship is presented in Chapter I. An outline of the prospectus objectives is also included in the first chapter. Chapter II describes the experiences encountered during the internship. Administrative experiences with the associate dean of students are related, as are those involved in the accomplishment of two special projects. These projects were: To develop a career guidance program for the college, and to investigate special characteristics of applicants who never matriculated. The third chapter analyzes the internship experience …

Women In Educational Leader Positions: An Investigation Of Some Common Factors In Socialization, Educational Background, And Career Commitment, Elaine Barr Morris

Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to compare the socialization process, educational backgrounds, and career commitments of women in educational leader positions with women in education who had not attained leader positions. The possibility that differences exist in those areas that have set some women apart and have resulted in their pursuit and attainment of administrative positions was explored.

Fifteen hypotheses were constructed to investigate relationships between a woman's attainment of an administrative position and the following variables: (a) career status of her mother during her childhood, (b) childhood experiences similar to males, (c) educational level of her father, (d) …

The Relationship Of Treatment Team Interpersonal Communication To Staff To Client Relationships In A Residential Treatment Setting, Martin L. Mitchell

Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine the nature of the relationship between treatment team interpersonal communication and staff to client relationships in a residential treatment setting. Through the use of the Staff Environmental Survey and the Youth Environmental Survey, questions pertaining to treatment team interpersonal communication were correlated to questions pertaining to staff to client relationships.

The subjects utilized for the study were the staff and clients of The Starr Commonwealth Schools' residential treatment program located in Albion, Michigan.

The responses of subjects from 14 treatment teams were correlated to the responses of subjects from 14 groups of …

The Relationship Between Organizational Structure And Support For Employee Communication Skill Improvement, Roberta M. Supnick

Dissertations

In order to examine the relationship, if any, between an organization's structure and the propensity of that organization to support communication training for its employees, 16 small manufacturing firms located in southwestern Michigan were selected for study. Firms were determined to exhibit organic, mechanistic or mixed structures based on managers' perceptions of centralization, formalization, impersonalization and task specialization within the company. Each firm was also judged to exist in either an uncertain or stable environment. Support for communication training in each company was assessed from personnel directors' responses to questions concerning programs offered, employees involved, frequency of offerings and percentage …

The Power Of The School Business Official In The Decision-Making Processes Of The Boards Of Education In Selected Michigan School Districts, Robert Del Fein

Dissertations

The literature demonstrates that the dramatic growth in school district size and the increased technical complexity within which school systems must now operate have forced local boards of education into dependence relationships with their key administrative personnel. Consequently, school business officials were thought to be in a position to exercise considerable influence in the decision-making processes of their boards of education because of the technical aspects and uncertainties associated with the responsibilities of that particular role function. It is the nature and extent of this potential for influence which was the focal point of this investigation.

The methodology used for …

Wmu Board Of Trustees Regular Meeting July 16, 1982, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

• Acceptance of the Agenda
• Minutes
• Correspondence
• President's Remarks
• Academic Personnel Report
• Gift and Grant Report
• Recommendation re Reinvestment of Bond
• Authorization to Conger Degrees
• Recommendation for Honorary Doctorate
• Western Michigan University Foundation Report
• Board Committee Reports
• Public Comments
• Adjournment

Wmu Board Of Trustees Regular Meeting June 25, 1982, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

• Acceptance of the Agenda
• Minutes
• Correspondence
• President's Remarks
• Academic Personnel Report
• Non-Academic Personnel Report
• Gift and Grant Report
• Western Michigan University Board of Trustees Meeting Dates for 1982/83
• Revision of 1981/82 General Fund Operating Budget
• Resolution re Building Maintenance and Repair Projects
• Continuation of Budget for 1982/83
• Recommendation re Fall Semester 1982 Tuition Schedule
• Recommendation re Student Health Maintenance Fee
• Recommendation re Purchase of Bond
• Recommendation re Signing of Contract for John E. Fetzer Business Development Center
• Mission Statement
• Board Committee Reports
• Public Comments
• Adjournment

Wmu Board Of Trustees Regular Meeting May 21, 1982, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

• Acceptance of the Agenda
• Minutes
• Correspondence
• President's Remarks
• Academic Personnel Report
• Gift and Grant Report
• Recommendation re Tuition Rates for 1982/83
• Resolution re Student Financial Aid
• College Name Change
• Recommendation re Signing of Contracts for the John E. Fetzer Business Development Center
• Recommendation re Reinvestment of Bond
• Recommendation re Change of Board Meeting Date
• Board Committee Reports
• Intellectual Skills Development Program
• Public Comments
• Executive Session

Wmu Board Of Trustees Regular Meeting April 23, 1982, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

• Acceptance of the Agenda
• Minutes
• Correspondence
• President's Remarks
• Academic Personnel Report
• Non-Academic Personnel Report
• Gift and Grant Report
• Recommendation re Student Housing Rates for 1982/83
• Priority Project
• Board Committee Reports
• Adjournment

A Review Of An Internship With The Educational Services Department Of Bronson Methodist Hospital Kalamazoo, Michigan, Krista T. Mckay

Masters Theses

An internship is reported and analyzed with regard to the consulting skills used by the intern during her work with the personnel of a hospital training and development department.

When the intern saw problems of an educational nature in department programs, she attempted to intervene to help department personnel solve these problems. Specific incidents are reported.

The reported incidents are then analyzed in terms of the consulting stages and modes used by the intern during her interventions. The intern's problems with setting the terms of the consulting contract and selecting the appropriate consulting modes are discussed. Alternative consulting behaviors are …

Determining The Skill And Training Needs Of Community Education Directors: An Inquiry Into Methods, Duane Douglas Gates

Dissertations

The primary purpose of this study was to examine different methods of assessing the training needs of community education directors.

Twelve major skill areas used by community education directors were synthesized from the literature and served as a basis for developing the survey instrument. This instrument was used to measure the perceptions of the 12 skill areas by each of the four groups in the study.

Each group was polled on a different dimension of how the training needs of a community education director might be determined: Group 1 (Community Education Directors): Perceived amount of time each of the 12 …

Wmu Board Of Trustees Regular Meeting March 19, 1982, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

• Acceptance of the Agenda
• Minutes
• Correspondence
• President Remarks
• Academic Personnel Report
• Non-Academic Personnel Report
• Gift and Grant Reports
• Recommendation re Investment of Trusts
• Recommendation re Student Housing Rates 1982-83
• Authorization to Confer Degrees
• Honorary Degrees
• Executive Session on Litigation
• Board Committee Reports
• Public Comments
• Adjournment

Wmu Board Of Trustees Regular Meeting February 19, 1982, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

• Acceptance of the Agenda
• Minutes
• Correspondence
• President's Remarks
• Appointment of Board Committees for 1982
• Academic Personnel Report
• Non-Academic Personnel Report
• Gift and Grant Report
• Recommendation re Enrollment Reporting Policy
• Recommendation re Sale of Property
• Naming of Fine Arts Building
• Resolution re University Observance
• International Education Report
• Public Comments
• Adjournment

Wmu Board Of Trustee Minutes Annual Meeting January 15, 1982, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

• Acceptance of the Agenda
• Minutes
• Correspondence
• President's Remarks
• Special Presentations
• Election of Officers
• Appointment of External Auditor
• Academic Personnel Report
• Non-Academic Personnel Report
• Gift and Grant Report
• Adoption of the Universities Priorities Project Appeal Process
• Board Committee Reports
• Michigan Association of Governing Boards
• Faculty Development Report
• Special Report by President Bernhard
• Public Comments
• Adjournment

Wmu Board Of Trustees Regular Meeting December 18, 1981, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

• Acceptance of the Agenda
• Minutes
• Correspondence
• Remarks by the President
• Academic Personnel Report
• Non-Academic Personnel Report
• Gift and Grant Report
• Western Student Association Constitution
• Executive Session on Litigation
• Board Committee Reports
• Research/Sponsored Programs Report
• Public Comments
• Adjournment

A Report Of An Internship In Central Office Administration In The Forest Hills Public Schools, Joyce M. Newhouse

Masters Theses

This is a report of an internship experience in central office administration. It is a study of the Forest Hills School District, Grand Rapids, Michigan, following a millage defeat, and depicts the central office administrators as they accept the challenges thrust upon them. It is an analysis of the roles and responsibilities inherent in the positions of the superintendency and assistant superintendencies of business, instruction and personnel as they emerged during a crisis period. The information is presented from the vantage point of the administrative intern who functioned as an additional staff member.

A Study Of Job Satisfaction Of The Elementary School Secretary, John Raymond Chirco

Dissertations

The importance of the role of the elementary school secretary was established along with the findings that job satisfaction may be related to job performance. It was also pointed out that the relationship between job satisfaction and the independent variables that may be related to or influence it have not been identified. This led to the problem of how job satisfaction may be improved and therefore possibly increase performance. Thus, the purpose of this study was to identify those independent variables that may be related to job satisfaction.

Literature regarding job satisfaction varied greatly and was very scarce in terms …

A Report Of An Internship Experience At Three Rivers Community Schools, Robert E. Sickles

Masters Theses

This report describes an internship experience completed in the central administrative offices at Three Rivers Community Schools, Three Rivers, Michigan, during the summer of 1981.

The purpose of the internship was to enrich the intern's experience and understanding of the role and responsibilities of an assistant superintendent. To accomplish this, the intern was actively involved in the daily activities of the assistant superintendent. Valuable practical experiences were acquired by placing special emphasis on the areas of negotiations, employer-employee relations; employee selection and evaluation; and preparing a school system to be staffed and physically ready for a new School year. In …

Predicting Success In Business Data Processing For Students Enrolling In A College Data Processing Program, Stuart James Travis

Dissertations

The purpose of this investigation was to develop a method for predicting success of students in a B.S. data processing program and data career success in data processing for those graduates.

Data were collected from Ferris State College records for high school rank, SCAT verbal and quantitative scores, all college GPA, data processing GPA, English GPA and sex. An instrument was developed to collect data from graduates' supervisors to measure career success. Multiple regression and correlation analysis, t-test for independent means and the chi square test for independence were employed. The sample population consisted of 271 students who enrolled in …

A Model For Inservice Professional Development Of Educational Administrators, Rofithah Hashim

Dissertations

The factor most influential in the decision to undertake this developmental study was a directive received from the Director General of Education, Ministry of Education, Malaysia. The second factor was the perception that the obsolescence of previously learned skills and understandings dictates a need for a systematic, comprehensive, and task-oriented inservice professional development of educational administrators within the contemporary system.

The purposes of this study were twofold. The first was to develop a model and the second was to propose a set of task descriptions appropriate and necessary for implementing the model.

The model developed has three crucial stages, i.e., …

Wmu Board Of Trustees Regular Meeting November 20, 1981, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

• Acceptance of the Agenda
• Minutes
• Correspondence
• Remarks by the President
• Academic Personnel Report
• Non-Academic Personnel Report
• Gift and Grant Report
• Recommendation re Winter Semester 1982 Tuition
• Naming of the Business Development Center
• Authorization to Confer Degrees
• Board Committee Reports
• Public Comments
• Adjournment

Wmu Board Of Trustees Regular Meeting October 16, 1981, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

• Acceptance of the Agenda
• Minutes
• Correspondence
• Academic Personnel Report
• Gift and Grant Report
• General Fund Operating Budget 1981/82
• 1982/83 Capital Outlay Budget Request
• Departmental Merger and Name Change
• Program Revision Requests
• Proposed Amendment to Faculty Senate Constitution
• Resolution re Incorporation of Michigan Association of Governing Boards
• University Distinguished Service Award
• Board Committee Reports
• Honors College Report
• Public Comments
• Adjournment