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Reaching Through Teaching

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The Buck Stops Here: Outside Grants And The General Education Process, Sandra Kanter

New England Resource Center for Higher Education Publications

The Buck Stops Here: Outside Grants and the General Education Curriculum Change Process describes the process of general education curriculum change in six New England institutions. All had received money from foundations or governmental agencies to assist them in reforming their general education curricula. The essay is an examination of the importance of outside funds in the process of designing and implementing major changes in the general education curriculum. It explores when outside funds are most helpful and how institutions and funding agencies can improve the change process.

A Comparison Of Male And Female Elementary School Principals' Perceived Instructional Leadership Behavior, Carol Lynn Babcock

Dissertations

This study investigated and compared the perceptions of male and female elementary school principal's instructional leadership behavior. Perceptions were solicited from elementary school principals who held membership in the Michigan Elementary and Middle School Principals Association. The objective of the study was to compare male and female elementary school principal's perceptions of their instructional leadership behavior. The dimensions of instructional leadership compared were: Defining the Mission, Managing the Instructional Program, and Promoting School Climate.

The Principal Instructional Management Rating Scale (Hallinger & Murphy, 1985) sought perceptions on the major dimensions of instructional leadership behavior. The survey was mailed to the …

Administrative And Faculty Development: A Study Of Academic Chairpersons, Mary Ann Bowman

Dissertations

The professional development of academic chairpersons has been neglected both by higher education institutions and as a field of study. This study focused on assessing both the perceptions of chairpersons toward administrative and faculty development and their degree of participation in development activities and roles.

A survey instrument was designed to make this assessment and was mailed to 311 chairpersons at eight midwestern public universities classified as Doctorate-Granting Universities I. The response rate was 75%, with 234 questionnaires returned .

The results of the survey showed that although chairpersons view both administrative development and faculty development as important, faculty development …

Selected Aspects Of The Secretary's Role In The Public Schools As Perceived By Principals, Teachers, And School Secretaries, Patty H. Richards

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to compare principals', teachers' and secretaries' perceptions regarding selected aspects of the school secretary's role in administering the public schools. A questionnaire, developed by the researcher, was sent to 465 principals, teachers, and school secretaries in the First Tennessee Development District, in Spring, 1991. Three hundred ninety-one questionnaires were returned for a response rate of 84%. Six null hypotheses were tested for significance at the.05 level. The one-way analysis of variance and the Student-Newman-Keuls statistical procedures were used to test the responses of the three groups of participants for significant differences. All the null …

Desired And Achieved Elements In The Science Curriculum, Marilyn L. Hawk

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was twofold: Purpose 1 was to determine to what degree the desirable characteristics of a quality science program based upon the national standards as developed by the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) were actually being achieved as perceived by the public school secondary science teachers and supervisory personnel in Tennessee. Purpose 2 was to determine to what degree the quality components of a good science curriculum based upon the national standards as developed by the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) were considered to be desirable components of a quality secondary science program by the public …

Readiness And Achievement Motivation: An Investigation Of The Validity Of The Readiness Scales In Hersey And Blanchard's Situational Leadership, Xiaoping Wang

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of the study was to investigate the construct validity of the two instruments measuring readiness in Situational Leadership: the Readiness Scales--Manager Rating Form and Staff Member Rating Form--developed by Hambleton, Blanchard, and Hersey (1977). The study examined the relationships between readiness and achievement motivation, and between readiness and faculty education and work experience. The study also explored the concurrent validity of the two instruments measuring McClelland's (1961) achievement motivation: The Achievement Orientation Scale and The NachNaff Scale. The respondents were 66 department chairs and 156 faculty from 12 comprehensive institutions in the South. Data on faculty readiness were …

An Examination Of The Leadership Of Administrators In Higher Education As Represented In The American Academic Novel From 1950 To 1990, Laura T. Barnett

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to examine the academic leadership as portrayed in the American academic novel from 1950 to 1990. Leadership positions from higher education (president, vice-president, dean, and chairperson) were examined in this analysis of 40 academic fiction novels. The leader behavior of the selected characters was classified, using the following categories: autocratic (telling), democratic (selling), participative (participating), delegative (delegating), situational (varying) and "other" (unclassifiable due to lack of information or criteria variance). The finding was that the majority of academic leaders, in the novels studied, behaved using an autocratic (telling) leadership behavior. Also, the majority of …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 67, No. 26, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Lawson, Jamie. Private Firms Bidding – Dining Services
• Lyons, Andy & Danny English. Best Feeling I’ve Ever Had – Sean Dollman
• Martin, John. Tight Budget: Tuition Surplus May Cover Most Cuts
• Sigma Alpha Epsilon
• Armes, Anya. Social Work Group Compiles Results – Rape
• Visitation Policy Needs Reviewing – Housing & Residence Life
• Richardson, Patrick. Editorial Cartoon Visitation Policy Ends Suitcasing
• Younglove, Jeff. Exhibition Game Good Season Starter – Basketball
• Mullaney, Terry. Intramural Official Responds to Criticism
• Lyda, Trent. Sorority Dorms are Discriminatory – Meredith Hall …

Friday Report - Vol. 01, No. 05 - November 22, 1991, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1991-1996, Friday Report

No abstract provided.

Ua11/1 On Campus, Vol. 1, No. 17, Wku University Relations

WKU Administration Documents

On Campus newsletter featuring articles about faculty, staff and events at Western Kentucky University. Regular features are:

• College News
• Sponsored Programs
• Hot off the Press
• Personnel File

This issue includes articles:

• Eison, Sheila. Postal Service Offers Tips for Moving Mail
• Faculty Art Exhibit Opens Today
• Karr, Sandra. Visiting Oxford Prof Enjoys WKU - Gerald Howat
• Overby, Carol. John Duff, Music Department Head, Sees Role as Facilitator
• Teleconference Dec. 4 to Focus on Marketing
• Coverlet is Textile of the Month - Jemima Day Gardner Smith
• Faculty Concert Series Presents Elizabeth Volkman, Soprano & Joseph Brooks, Clarinet

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 67, No. 24, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Jordan, Keary. Club Aims to Fill Void – Students Over Traditional Age, SOTA
• Stewart, Nikita. Students List to All That Jazz – Wynton Marsalis
• Armes, Anya. Recycling Effort Hard to Get Off the Ground
• Armes, Anya. Rest & Relaxation at the Bed & Breakfast – Alpine Lodge
• Pike Blood Drive Starts Today – Pi Kappa Alpha
• Ticket Policy a Big Step Forward – Athletics
• Richardson, Patrick. Editorial Cartoon Big Red Giving Athletic Ticket Stew
• Payne, Daryl. Fans Critical of Jack Harbaugh
• Woosley, Mary. Other Floor’s …

Meeting Minutes, Wku Council Of Academic Deans

Council of Academic Deans

Meeting regarding faculty development, faculty workload and budget.

Ua12/2/1 Magazine, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

Special magazine edition of the College Heights Herald:

• Price, Julie. When You Give More Than You Take – Tammy Martin, Non-Traditional Students
• Tatum, Doug. Sunny Side Up – Sun Belt Conference
• Tatum, Doug. What’s the Reason for the Conference Shakeups?

1991 November 18 - Faculty Senate Agenda And Minutes, Faculty Senate, East Tennessee State University

Faculty Senate Agendas and Minutes

No abstract provided.

Wmu Board Of Trustees Regular Meeting November 15, 1991, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

• Acceptance of the Agenda
• Approval of the Minutes
• Observance - Sara Swickard Pre-School Twentieth Anniversary
• Correspondence
• Remarks by the President
• Executive Session
• Presidential Evaluation/Compensation
• Continuing Education Tuition Rates
• Relocation of Battle Creek Regional Center
• Authorization to Confer Degrees
• Campus III Fee
• Grant Report
• Personnel Report
• Gift Report
• Personnel Report
• Contract for Construction Management Services for Recreational Facility
• MAGB Update
• Provost Remarks
• Public Comments
• Adjournment

Meeting Minutes, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

Meeting regarding budget, salary survey, doctorate in education and president's entertainment allowance.

Ua3/8/1 1992 Miss Western Scholarship Pageant, Wku President's Office

WKU Administration Documents

Program for the 1992 Miss Western beauty pageant.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 67, No. 23, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Martin, John. Group Wants Football Deflated – American Association of University Professors, AAUP
• Grundy, Julie. Western Gets Its Club MTV
• Poynter, Chris. Missing Graduate Student Found – Theresa Lubke
• Non-Traditional Student Group Forming – Students Over Traditional Age, SOTA
• Hoff, Meagan. How Would You Like to Be President for a Day?
• Faculty Deserve Open Records
• Richardson, Patrick. Editorial Cartoon Faculty Breaking Into Filing Cabinet
• Hargis, Joey. Cartoon in Bad Taste – Earvin Johnson aka Magic
• Pierce, Richard. Cartoon Reprehensible
• Wallace, Todd. Editorial Art Informed – …

Meeting Minutes, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

Discussion of faculty concerns.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 67, No. 22, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Lawson, Jamie. Major Could be Cut – Anthropology
• Johnson, J.L. Wrong Number Makes Connection – Jim Bradley, April Payne
• Martin, John. I Think It’s Going to Heighten Awareness – Earvin Johnson aka Magic, AIDS
• Western Wants Its MTV
• Fall Break Proposal Passes
• Earvin Johnson’s Bout with HIV Touches Many Lives – Magic Johnson
• Richardson, Patrick. Editorial Cartoon Magic Johnson HIV
• Davis, Terry. Anthropology Program Slated for Extinction
• Lowry, Mark. Budget Suggestions
• Martin, John. Election 1991: Candidates Covered Everything But Issues
• Bailey, Howard. Praises Student Participation …

Meeting Minutes, Wku Council Of Academic Deans

Council of Academic Deans

Meeting regarding fund raising and budget.

Meeting Minutes, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Meeting regarding Women in Transition, president for a day, radio show, teacher evaluations and resolutions.

Ua19/16/5 On-Campus Halftime Program, Wku Athletic Media Relations

WKU Administration Documents

On-Campus Halftime Program featuring Joan Lindsey of WKU International Student Affairs interviewed by Jeff Younglove.

Friday Report - Vol. 01, No. 04 - November 8, 1991, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1991-1996, Friday Report

No abstract provided.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 67, No. 21, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Stewart, Nikita. Students React to Election
• Poynter, Chris. Board of Regents Didn’t Expect Motion – Gender Bias
• Stewart, Nikita. Voters More Students Than Anything
• Lawson, Jamie. Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity Does Anything for Money
• WKYU-FM Wins Awards
• Teleconference for Managers – Institute for Economic Development & Public Service
• Doctorate with University of Louisville Logical Step
• Richardson, Patrick. Editorial Cartoon Big Red & Louie the Cardinal Partnering for Doctorate
• Bunce, Mary. Limited Budget Hinders University Center Board
• Baldwin, Paul. When is a Wetland Not a Wet …

Ua11/1 On Campus, Vol. 1, No. 16, Wku University Relations

WKU Administration Documents

On Campus newsletter featuring articles about faculty, staff and events at Western Kentucky University. Regular features are:

• College News
• Sponsored Programs
• Hot off the Press
• Personnel File
• Coming Up - Calendar of Events

This issue includes articles:

• President Thomas Meredith Says WKU Will Move Forward with Great Strides
• A Budget Message from the President
• Joe Iracane Re-elected to Chair Regents
• Karr, Sandra. Jo Ann Thompson is 1991 Top Business Adviser for Student Publications
• President's Staff Advisory Council Elections
• WKU Achieves Seventh Annual Consecutive Record for FY1991 with $6,099,700
• Overby, Carol. New Director Stresses On-Going Process Through Education Center
• Mathematics Symposium …

Senate Meeting, November 6, 1991, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

Meeting Minutes, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

Discussion of political action committee, travel, newsletter and faculty evaluations.

Meeting Minutes, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Meeting regarding gender bias, budget cuts, president for a day, radio show, red towel give away, garbage cans for recycling program, Adopt-a-Spot, talent show and equestrian team.