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A Comparative Study Of Effectiveness Of Users And Non-Users Of The Management-By-Objectives System In Student Personnel Divisions In Baccalaureate Institutions, Berthold Michael Price

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

An Alternatives Prevention Approach To Drug Abuse, Wilma Joan Busse

Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of a primary prevention alternatives strategy with undergraduate college students. The prevention approach was examined to determine its effect upon the students' drug knowledge, drug attitudes, drug use behavior, and participation in alternative behaviors.

The design used was the pre-test - post-test control group design. There were five groups and two group leaders. The five groups consisted of two reinforcement of alternatives groups, two placebo/discussion groups and one control group. A total of sixtyseven volunteer subjects were randomly assigned across the five groups. The reinforcement and placebo/discussion groups were exposed …

The Effects Of Differential Group Treatments On The Self-Actualization Of Counselors In Training, Pamela Elizabeth

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Study Of The Non-Persisters From The Enrollment Of 1975-1976 Fall And Winter Semesters At A Medium Size Midwestern Public University, Claude R. Thomas

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Orientação Educacional Como Tema De Teses De Pós-Graduação No Brasil [Guidance Counseling As A Theme For Graduate Research In Brazil], Karl M. Lorenz

Education Faculty Publications

O trabalho apresenta informações sumarias relativas a trinta teses sobre a Orientação Educacional registradas no "Catalogo do Banco de Teses" do MEC/CNPQ (1976/1977), e no Boletim do Centro de Documentação da Fundação Getúlio Vargas (1977), elaborados no período 1970-1977.

The paper presents summary information on thirty Master’s theses on Guidance Counseling defended in the years 1970 to 1977, and published in the "Thesis Bank" of the National Counsel of Technological and Scientific Development (1976/1977) of the Brazilian Ministry of Education and the Bulletin of the Center for Documentation of the Getúlio Vargas Foundation (1977).

Establishing An Employee Assistance Program At Checker Motors Corporation, Eileen E. Rogers

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

A Study To Assess The Perceptions Of State And City Coordinators Regarding The Role Of Vocational Guidance In Urban Career Education., Irvine Eldridge Epps

Dissertations (Pre-2016)

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Adventures In Health Careers Education, Lois M. Kloker

Masters Theses

The purpose of the study was to interest students in health occupations and to provide information concerning personal qualifications, education, licensing, remuneration, career mobility and where more information could be obtained.

To accomplish this, health workers were invited to the school during the noon hour to speak to students who were interested. Interest was promoted by means of a prominently placed, permanent bulletin kept up-to-date with a year-schedule and a current-meeting announcement attached. Intercommunication system announcements were made the day prior to and the morning of each meeting. In addition, by means of a sign-up sheet to note attendance, a …

A Guide To Programs In Industrial Education Offering Masters Degrees, Philip Joseph Jenks

Masters Theses

A need existed for a readily available source of information concerning masters programs in industrial education. There was a definite lack of information concerning the types of programs, types of degrees, philosophical bases, disicipline bases, objectives, admission requirements, and the financial assistance available. The problem of the study was to develop an organized and current source of information for the prospective graduate student in the process of selecting a masters program.

A literature review was conducted to gather information that could be utilized when;

(1) Compiling information about the various masters programs in industrial education.

(2) Developing a questionnaire to …

Writing A Grant Proposal For Funding By The Title Iv, Part C Of The Elementary And Secondary Education Act, Elizabeth L. Smith

Masters Theses

STATEMENT OF PROBLEM

This paper deals with the problem of developing and writing a grant proposal following the Title IV, Elementary and Secondary Education Act guidelines.

PROCEDURE

The writer explains the procedure she followed to develop her idea into the final project proposal that was submitted to the Title IV, ESEA office. Included in this narrative are: an explanation of how the proper funding was located, the development of the project, a copy of the evaluation process used by the Title IV office to determine which projects are funded, and copies of the·final evaluations of the project proposal.

CONCLUSIONS

The …

A Study To Identify And Analyze Problems Experienced By International Students Enrolled In Eastern Illinois University, Ru-Ing Hwang

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

The Relationship Between Interpersonal Perception And Psychological Adjustment, Barbara A. Dambach

Dissertations

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An Examination Of The Effectiveness Of A Junior High School Career Exploration Program In The Hopkins County School System, Cynthia Mason

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The problem investigated in this study was a comparison of the effectiveness of a career exploration program in a junior high school curriculum versus a traditional curriculum with regard to increased career competence and positive attitudes toward the world of work as measured by Form A-1 of the Career Maturity Inventory.

The population for this study consisted of the ninth-grade classes of two Hopkins County Schools. The subjects for the control group (South Hopkins) consisted of 25 ninth-grade students who had not been exposed to a career exploration program and the subjects for the experimental group (Madisonville Junior High School) …

An Internship Experience At The Office Of International Student Services, Chantra Nimityongskul

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

The Validation Of An Instrument To Measure Hourly Worker Acceptance Of Counseling In Industry, Frank H. Jeremy

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Perceived Role Of The University Residence Hall Director, Jan Akers

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This study was concerned with locating areas of differences in residents' perceptions of the role of the director --either a young professional or a "dorm mother" type--in their own residence halls on the 'estern Kentucky University campus. The perceptions were obtained through the use of a twenty-one item instrument (developed by the researcher) to which 1,111 students responded. The data were tabulated by sex, by residence nails, by halls with young professional directors, by halls with older "dorm mother" directors, and by a total overall. Slight differences were found between male and female students and between the various groups. However, …

An Internship Experience At The Specialty Products Division Brown Company, Ronald L. Freemire

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

The Development Of A Child Abuse And Neglect Detection Instrument For Use By Michigan Elementary School Educators, Anthony K. Citrin

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Pioneering Professionals Nvga's Career Guidance Leadership In America, 1913-1976, Dr. Vernon L. Sheeley

Counseling & Student Affairs Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Multimodal Behavior Therapy Vs. Reality Therapy In The Treatment Of Chronic Delinquency, Anita J. Lara

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

An Experimental Investigation Of The Effectiveness Of Various Recruitment Methods, Glenn Robert Miller

Masters Theses

This study uses field research to compare and evaluate the major recruitment initiatives of the Illinois Air Force ROTC (Reserve Officers Training Corps) counselor/recruiter. Following a definition of recruitment and a discussion of related literature establishing the complexities of recruitment and the need for the study, the experimental design is set forth. Under investigation are:

1. Personal contact efforts such as interviews, phone conversations and encounters at the recruitment booth during registration
2. High school visitations
3. Advertisements
4. Literature sources and mail correspondence

The major findings of the study may be summarized as follows:

The single, most influential factor determining recruitment is the …

The Development And Validation Of A Vocational Interest Survey Instrument With Audio-Visual Format, Paul Gene Elliott

Dissertations

Problem. Many present day vocational interest surveys rely exclu­sively on printed reading materials to assess youngsters' vocational interest . The use of printed reading materials alone may not best serve the youngsters who are unable to read or who learn best through a different kind of learning structure . There needs to be a variety of valid assessing techniques that explore the youngster's vocational interest. These techniques should not raise side issues of academic skills, but provide a pure measure of interest . The purpose of this research was to develop and test an instrument using photographs as choice stimulants …

Counselor Perception Of The Need And Role Of Guidance Consultants In Iowa’S Area Education Agencies, Lauren Simonson

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

While Area Education Agencies (AEA's) have hired consultants in many curriculum areas, few guidance consultants have, at the time of this study, been hired.

The research of literature showed that counselors, at all stages of their career, have need of consultative help. Much of this need arose from an environment in which counselors work. They needed help in reaching their potential. Guidance consultants were seen as a help in reaching this potential.

A survey of Iowa school counselors was made to determine present need and role of guidance consultants. Data was received from one-hundred sixty-four counselors (78 percent of the …

A Longitudinal Study Of The Effects Of Eighth Grade Career Counseling And Guidance On Eleventh Grade Occupational Interests As Measured By The Ohio Vocational Interest Survey., Norma Jean Gates

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Students have reacted positively to personal contact with school counselors in regard to learning about themselves in relationship to potential career goals. There appears to be a need, however, to ascertain the effect of career counseling at the upper elementary grades upon career awareness and development at a later secondary grade. In addition, there is a need to study the effects of individual versus group career guidance at the upper elementary grades with reference to the career choices selected at a later secondary grade.

A Comprehensive Career Guidance System For Southeastern Illinois, Richard Dale Murbarger

Masters Theses

The Illinois Office of Education, Department of Adult, Vocational and Technical Education, made available on a competitive basis in November of 1977, grant funds for the establishment of nineteen Career Guidance Centers. The twofold mission determined for the centers was to assist public and private educational agencies in the improvement of vocational guidance services for students and to provide specialized guidance services for out-of-school individuals.

The impetus for improving vocational guidance and counseling services, including the "Center" approach and the funds available for grants, emanated from Section 134 of the Amendments to the Vocational Education Act of 1963, Public Law …

Assisting The Re-Entry Woman: The Role Of The Community College, Shirley Jean Nettnin

Masters Theses

The woman who wishes to re-enter the worlds of work and education can be effectively assisted by the community college. The open admissions policies and the availability of counseling for community members make the two year college systems unique. They provide access to in-house opportunities in both academic and job oriented areas. Women appear to view them as being less threatening than a four year institution, while retaining the prestige of college.

Women who wish to alter their life-style are often apprehensive about beginning. They may be realistic and effective in making decisions within a familiar milieu, but unsure and …

A Comparative Study Of Student Personnel Work In Higher Education Between Usa And China (Taiwan), James Ching-Wen Chen

Masters Theses

As a professor of psychology, also as the Dean of Students of Taiwan Provincial Kaohsiung Teachers' College, I ( the writer ) know quite well the student personnel work in Taiwan, Republic of China. Later I have a chance to study at the Eastern Illinois University in the United States, it is suitable for me to make a comparative study of student personnel work between our two countries.

From this study, the writer has found some similarities and some differences in student personnel work between USA and China.

The similarities is that all the student personnel work is a service …

Student Profiles And Factors Affecting Student Attrition And Persistence At The University Of Guam, Lorraine Constance Yamashita

Dissertations

The purposes of this study were to delineate several dimensions of the attrition problem at the University of Guam, to identify factors which were potentially contributory to the attrition problem and to provide information which could be used as a basis for institutional direction and planning.

Two subproblems were addressed in the study. The first subproblem was to develop a student profile, both academic and demographic, of those who withdrew and those who persisted. The second subproblem was to obtain and evaluate student views on attrition.

Two hypotheses were posited. The first hypothesis was that students who left the University …

The Effects On Self Of A Twenty-Three Day Experiential Wilderness Program For Adults: Implications For Counseling, Robert S. Doud

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Guidance-Related Services Performed By Selected Classroom Teachers In Jefferson County, Kentucky, Joseph Riley

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

A selected sample of classroom teachers from the Jefferson County, Kentucky, school system, some of whom were also certified counselors, were surveyed to determine the extent to which they participated in certain teacher-pupil relationship activities.

From the survey, it was determined (1) that of the teachers surveyed those with counselor certification participated in seventy-seven percent of these selected activities; (2) that those surveyed classroom teachers that do not have counselor certification also participated in these activities although generally to a lesser extent than those with certification; (3) that both teachers without and those with counselor certification felt that a master's …