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Dissertations from 1996
Perinatal Loss: An Exposure Based Approach to Alleviating Feelings of Grief in Bereaved Parents, Michele Lee Rosa
Evaluation of a Home-School-Community Liaison Scheme in Irish Elementary Schools, Sandra Ryan
Random Cayley Maps, Michelle Schultz
An Investigation of the Relationship Between Homework Assignments in Counseling and Perceptions of Specific Counselor Characteristics, George T. Starrett
The Association of Five Therapist Characteristics with Therapists' Suspicion of Childhood Sexual Abuse in Adult Client Cases, Sherri I. Terrell
Integrity of Digraphs, Robert Charles Vandell
Fluency Training on Quantitative Skills Tested by the Graduate Record Examination, Pamela L. Vunovich
Statistical Graphics: Applications to the R and GR Methods in Linear Models, Mei Huang Wang
An Assessment of the Characteristics of Catholic School Boards in the State of Michigan, Frank C. Wippel
Ionization and Charge Changing in 0.5 - 8 qMeV Li^q+ + He (q=1,2,3) Collisions and Setup of an Electron Spectrometer Control System, Oliver Woitke
A Comparison of Youth Living Environment in Small and Large Communities of Michigan, Huilan Yang
Dissertations from 1995
Effect of Participation in Design on Trainee Satisfaction, Abdullatif S. Al-Abdullatif
An Analysis of Saudi Arabian Employee Performance in Selected Public Sector Service Organizations, Yousif Mohamad Saad Al-Hendy
Teachers' Perception of Instructional Leadership and Student Achievement, David Anspaugh
Assessing Pediatricians' Diagnostic Practices: An Analogue Study of Responses to ADHD-Like Presentations in Preschoolers, Helle Augustesen
State Terrorism in the Arab-Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Social Constructionism and the Question of Power, Amani Michael Awwad
Parallel Process in Psychotherapy Supervision and its Relationship to Empathy, Gary E. Beyer
A Study of the Effectiveness of the Michigan Certified Boardmember Award (CBA) Program, Henry Bothwell III
The Level of Management Support Behaviors and the Effect on Participation Rates in Corporate Fitness Programs, Diane Braatz
Sisters in the Hood, Deborah Burris-Kitchen
Factors Influencing the Hiring of Women as Community College Chief Executive Officers, Diane Chaddock
A Study to Determine the Relationship Between Perceived Communication Practices of Leaders and Subordinate Response to Change, Catherine L. Chevalier
An Exploration of the Relationship Between Critical Thinking Skills and Preferred Learning Styles of First Year Nursing Students, Gloria J. Clocklin
Intrinsic Motivation for Learning of the Adult Graduate Student at Western Michigan University, Phyllis Crandall
Leadership Practices and Job Satisfaction: An Examination of the Relationship between Academic Deans and Department Chairpersons, Vera Kay Dauffenbach
The Effects of Background Music on Initial Counseling Sessions, Stella Elaine Dial
Special Service Needs of Adult Students Attending Weekend College at Western Michigan University, Patricia A. Dolly
A Descriptive Study of the Implementation Process for All-Day Alternate Day Kindergarten Schedules in Michigan Public Schools, Kenneth G. Drenth
The Teachers' and Principals' Perceptions of the Impact of Operation Physics on the Teaching of Elementary Science in Michigan Schools, Brenda Prater Earhart
A Study of the Effect of Developmental Kindergarten Placement on Student Achievement: Issues and Other Alternatives for the "Unready" Child, Sandra F. Earley
Semi-Strongly Regular Graphs and Generalized Cages, Cong Fan
A Grounded Theory in the Development of the Tantric Proposition in Leadership Education, Marsha Wislocki Goin
Differentiated Drug Use and its Relationship to Locus of Control and Personality Factors Among Women of Low Socioeconomic Status, Aubrie Catheryn Gordon
A Study of Active Participation Instructional Strategies Increasing Student's Higher Order Thinking Skills, Scottie J. Griffin
The United Center: A Community-Based Corrections Project, William George Hinkle
The Effects of Professional Disclosure Statements on Counselors-in-Training Perceptions of Supervision, John Richard Howie
A Study of the Relationship Between Transformational Leadership and School Climate, Christine L. Jensen
A Study of Teachers’ Perceptions of Principal Effectiveness Among Secondary School Teachers in Malaysia, Ariff B. Kasim
The Role of Elites in the Quality of Life in Kalamazoo and Calhoun Counties, Sam S. King
Interdisciplinary Collaboration in the Elementary School a Case Study, Kathryn Kinnucan-Welsch
Public Choice or Public Spirit: Toward a More Comprehensive Theory of Regulation, Gary R. Kitts
Learning Expectations and Learning from Problem Situations in Occupational Education, Michael Alexander Krischer
Adult Male Assaultive Behavior and Correlates with the MMPI-2, Tom G. Lanning
A Study of the Awareness and Understanding of Distance Education by Leadership Roles at Community Colleges in Michigan, Douglas H. Lape
The Use of Analogies in an Industrial Environment to Facilitate Status Changes for Radiation Science Concepts, Charles Thomas Lohrke
A Wellhead Protection Study of a Small Agricultural Community in Glaciated Terrain, as a Model for Wellhead Protection Efforts by Similar Communities, Cole Kevan Lovett
The Relationship of Teacher Attitudes Toward Evaluation and School Building Climate, Timothy James Lowe
The Acceptance of Computers by Administrative Leadership at Baker College, William McCormick Luczyk
Classroom Personalities of Effective Teachers within a Technical College Setting, Fred Manley
Attitudes of Black Secondary School Teachers Toward School Guidance in the Potchefstroom Area, South Africa, Elias H. Masibi
The Song of Lies: A Collection of Poems, James Scannell McCormick
Autocorrelation in Single-Subject Data: A Meta-Analytic View, Laura L. Methot
The Effects of Intensive, Structured Study on GRE Verbal and Quantitative Scores, Jan Marie Miller
A Study of Support for Transfer and the Alignment of the Training with the Strategic Direction of the Organization, Max U. Montesino T.
The Impact of Mentoring on Leadership among Young African-American Females, Joyce A. Montgomery
Toward a Biocritical Sociology, John Neuhaus
Facilitative Characteristics of Supervisors, Elizabeth A. Olson
Contingency-Shaped Behavior and Rule-Governed Behavior: A Comparison in Terms of Speed of Acquisition, Generalization and Maintenance, Ronald Ramirez-Henderson
Toward a Comprehensive Model of Parent-Teen Socialization: The Antecedents and Consequents of Parent-Teen Interaction, Gregory L. Sanders
Step Domination in Graphs, Kelly Lynne Schultz
A Study of the Correlation Between Per Pupil Funding and Student Achievement in the State of Michigan, Douglas Harold Snyder
Beliefs and Perceptions of Michigan Superintendents Toward Females Advancing in the Ranks: Perspectives to Increase the Minority Pool, Dennis J. Stanek
Evaluation of a Computer Simulation to Assess Subject Preference for Different Types of Incentive Pay: Part Two, Stephen Mark Sundby
The Separation of Aqueous Iron Species Found in Stepwise Complexation by Capillary Electrophoresis with Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy Detection, Robert E. Sutton
Participative Management and Productivity: Partners or Adversaries?, Michael Heenan Swearingen
Women and the Public School Superintendency: An Integrative Review of the Dissertation Research, Carol A. Swingle
Probability Polynomials for Cubic Graphs in the Framework of Random Topological Graph Theory, Esther Joy Tesar
Lesbian Identity Development and Career Experiences, Mary Jo Thiel
The Treatment Utility of the Therapeutic Reactance Scale in Relation to Single Session Hypnosis for Smoking Cessation, Gregory N. Vaughan
An Investigation of Teachers' Beliefs Concerning Evaluation Procedures and Criteria and their Willingness to Assume an Active Role in the Process, Terina Walker-Harvey
Multiple Personality Disorder and Major Depression: A Comparative Study, Mary L. Wassink
An Analysis of Local Response to State Initiated School Reform Legislation: Michigan Public Act 25, A. Bruce Watson
Stress and Healthwellness, a Longitudinal Study, Howard Allen White
Lost in the Fifties: A Study of Collected Memories, Janelle L. Wilson
Asymptotic Diagonalizations of a Linear Ordinary Differential System, Feipeng Xie
Efficient Dominating Sets in Oriented Trees, Quan Yue
Recombination In Kr^34+ + H2 And 0^6+ + He Collisions, Konstantinos Zaharakis
Dissertations from 1994
The Unprepossessing Mr. Ryan: Understanding Exemplary Legislative Leadership, Barbara A. K. Adams
The Role of Administrators and Teachers in the Selection and Implementation of Computer Technology in the "Classroom of Tomorrow" Program, Ahmad Al-Obiedat
A Descriptive Study of Programmatic and Curricular Components of Regular and Developmental Kindergartens, Stephen A. Anderson
The Relationship Between Codependency and Kohlberg's Stages of Moral Development, David L. Arkesteyn
Mystical and Out-of-Body Experiences as Perceived by Counselors: Difference in Attitude Toward Self and Client, Douglas W. Bentley
Interim Outcomes and Change Processes: A Case Study of School Restructuring, Meg V. Blinkiewicz
A Causal-Comparative Study of the Relationship of Mathematics, Science, Athletics and the Career Expectations of Adolescent Women, Elwood Martin Bowers
"I’ll Do It Tomorrow." A Radical Behavioral Analysis of Procrastination, Cassandra Ann Braam
Assertive Communication: Its Effect on Conflict, Trust, Hostility, and Productivity in the Organization, Jacqueline J. Brayman
Sensitivity of the Comp Objective Test to Structural Differences Among General Education Programs in Liberal Arts Colleges and Comprehensive Universities, Christine Ann Brooks
Guiding the Wild Heart: Steering the State Safely Between Scylla and Charybdis, Robert P. Brown
An Analysis of the Relationship of Achievement, Attitude, and Sociological Element of Individual Learning Style of Students in an Interactive Television Course, Thomas A. Burkman
A Study of Retention Intervention Programs Used in Rural Michigan Schools, Randall E. Busscher
An Extension to the AVC Discrimination Test by the Addition of One Level Above AVC Level VI, Charles P. Butler
Reducing Dietary Fat and Cholesterol Consumption: An Evaluation of a Behaviorally Focused Nutrition Education Program, Peter F. Carey
High Breakdown Rank-Based Estimates for Linear Models, William H. Chang
An Exploration of Students’ and Business Persons’ Ratings of the Importance of Writing Skills for Business Success, Miriam P. Coleman
The Writing Response in Studies of Topography-Based and Selection-Based Verbal Behavior, Osborn Cresson
A Study in Correctional Leadership and Conflict within the Informal Organization of a Correctional Setting: A Paradigm Shift in Correctional Treatment, Francis L. Crowe