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Dissertations from 1980
Professionals, Bureaucrats, and Radicals: A Study in the Sociology of Social Workers, David Russell Joslyn
The Effects of Progressive Cigarette Smoke Dilution Upon Smoking Pattern and Stress Responses in Humans, David M. Keenan
A Descriptive Study of the Leadership Styles of Michigan Juvenile Court Administrators Utilizing the Application of the Managerial Grid Theory, Zigmund S. Kryszak Jr.
A Comparison of Three Operational Definitions of Job Satisfaction, Thomas J. Kuieck
The Validation of a Programmed Text: Behavioral Counseling for Alcohol-Related Problems, Suzanne Carol Leiphart
Stereochemistry and Circular Dichorism of Some Cobalt(III) Complexes with Ethylenediamine-N, N’-Diacetic Acid and N, N'-Dimethylethylenediamine-N ,N'-Diacetic Acid, Godfrey Chinenye Mbah
Programmed Review Tests in a PSI Course, Terry E. McSween
An Analysis of Cadmium and Lead Uptake in Hydroponically Grown Corn Seedlings, Julie Jones Medlin
The Effects of Two Training Procedures on the Acquisition and Retention of a Sight-Word Vocabulary in Remedial Readers, Marilyn Monteiro
Development of a Model of Technical Education for the Country of Malawi, Tommy H. Nkungula
The Development and Use of a Film on Public Art in the City of Kalamazoo, Michigan, for the Purpose of Building Community, Sesta V. Peekstok
Effect of Participation in Cooperative Education on Level of Career Maturity Attitudes of Senior Students in Selected Muskegon County High Schools, William Howard Pendell
A Comparative Study of the Trust Territory Students’ Perceptions of Factors Affecting Satisfaction of College Life at Selected Institutions of Higher Learning, Vicente-Roman Leon Guerrero Perez
The Repeated Acquisition Procedure as a Means of Analyzing Rule-Governed Behavior, Margaret E. Peterson
An Analysis of the Decision-Making Process Used by Chief Student Personnel Administrators, Lawrence Anthony Pfaff
Grievance Procedures in Teacher Negotiated Contracts in Selected School Districts in the State of Michigan and Frequency of Grievances Filed, Patricia Carr Portwine
Status Inconsistency and Attitudes toward Collective Bargaining at Western Michigan University, Thomas R. Radecki
Feasibility Study for a Comprehensive Community College System in the United Arab Emirates, Kadhim Abdul Rassool-Ali
A Study of Four Year State University Related Foundations, Timothy Arthur Reilley
Standard Setting in Accounting and Auditing: Considerations for Educational Evaluation, Jeri P. Ridings
The Effects of Hypnosis and Mastery Imagery on Task Performance, Robert J. Russell
Self Reported Job Functions of Psychologists and Other Mental Health Workers in Michigan's Community Mental Health Settings, David J. Sluyter
Preference Reversal: Effects of Ratio and Reinforcement Parameters, Kenneth Ray Stephens
Teaching Health-Related Behaviors to Young Children through Social Skills Training, Mary Louise Stevens
Needs Assessments for Technical Assistance: A Conceptual Overview and Comparison of Three Strategies, Tanya M. Suarez
Developing a Verbal Repertoire Using Sign Language and Skinner's Analysis of Verbal Behavior, Mark L. Sundberg
The Interrelationship of Leader Self-Actualization and Life Stressors to the Resultant Incidence of Reported Medical Problems of Middle Management Educators, John S. Thatcher
The Relationship between Selected Demographic Characteristics and Mental Health Board Members' Endorsement of Community Mental Health Ideology, Kathryn S. Thiel
Creating Deviance: The Collective Stigmatization of Cigarette Smoking, Ronald Jay Troyer
A Discrete-Trial Choice Procedure and the Psychophysics of Amount of Reinforcement: A Preliminary Analysis, Frans van Haaren
The Effects of Sex-Role Attitudes on Womens' Self-Actualization and Life Satisfaction, Mary Ann Vigilanti
The Effects of "Perceived Success" and "Union Militancy" on the Opinions of School Principals, Michael Roy Williamson
Impact of Federal Legislation on Coaches' Salaries for High School Athletic Teams, Frank Joseph Wisniewski
Effects of Thioridazine (Mellaril) on Titrating Delayed Matching to Sample Performance in Mentally Retarded Adults, Timothy Theodore Wysocki
A Comparison of Computer-Generated Advising and One-to-One Advising for Community College Students, Chris G. Zichterman
Dissertations from 1979
Capitalism and Brain-Drain: A Dialectical Analysis of the Migration of Highly Qualified Manpower from Less Developed to More Developed Capitalist Countries "Iran and the U.S.", Mohammad Abdollahi
Community Education Directors in Michigan; A Systematic Study of Their Attitudes Relative to Section 96 of the State School Aid Act, Geoffrey E. Balkam
A Social Psychological Model of Drug Use, Gregory A. Blevins
Spermatogenesis in Limnodrilus Hoffmeisteri (Clap); A Morphological and Environmental Study of the Development of Two Sperm Types, Edward Michael Block
The Use of Advance Organizers in the Teaching of English Grammar to Emotionally Impaired Adolescents, Garrett Boersma Jr.
Markovian Multiserver Queueing Systems with Servers in Series, Nancy Jean Boynton
Knowledge and Attitudes Expressed Toward the Mainstreaming Process by Preservice and Certified Elementary Teachers, R. Wayne Buletza
Uniform Factorizations of Graphs, David Burns
An Alternatives Prevention Approach to Drug Abuse, Wilma Joan Busse
Comparison between Inpatients, Outpatients, and Normals on Three Self-Report Depression Inventories, Floyd C. Byerly
Stimulation of Concern Levels for Students Preparing to Teach Handicapped Children Using Systematic Feedback of Practicum, Roger N. Carlsen
Effects of Decreasing Financial Support on Student Affairs in Selected Midwestern Colleges and Universities, Betty C. Chang
Personality Correlates of Endometriosis, Mary Lou Collins
The Attitudes of Students toward the Social, Political, and Economic Development of Guam, Franklin S. Cruz
A Descriptive Analysis of the Characteristics and Achievements of Black Upward Bound and Black Non Upward Bound Students at Western Michigan University from 1971-1976, Luther Roseman Dease
The Use of Sensory Extinction in the Treatment of Self-Injurious Behavior, Michael F. Dorsey
The Effects of Differential Group Treatments on the Self-Actualization of Counselors in Training, Pamela Elizabeth
The Content of Consumer Education Teacher Preparation as Reported by Business Education and Home Economics Professors in Michigan, Michael Thomas Glenn
Traceability in Graphs, Ronald J. Gould
A Study of an Administrator's Use of Authority as it Relates to Teacher Loyalty, Job Satisfaction, and Alienation in the Public Schools of Guam, Jose S. Leon Guerrero Jr.
Cognitive Clusters and the Phenomenology of Depression in Psychiatric Populations, Steven A. Harris
The Revision and Validation of an Instrument Designed to Assess Spatial Conceptual Abilities in Visually Impaired Children, Everett W. Hill
Degree of Client Manifest Anxiety as a Function of Interaction Distance: An Investigation of the Female-Female Counseling Dyad, Philip H. Knight
The Perceived Practicability of Human Skills in Expanding Community Education Settings: Selected Descriptors and Environmental Conditions, J. Patrick McMahon
A Staff Development Model for Student Affairs Administrators at Private Colleges, H. Bart Merkle
The Relationship Between Cognitive Style Match and Observer Ratings of Cotherapy Teams, Philip R. Mitchell
A Descriptive Analysis of Bilingual Education Teacher-Training Programs in the State of Michigan, Gilbert L. Montez
Changing Student Perceptions of Police (1968-1974) and an Evaluation of the Impact of Police-School Liaison Programs, Rodney J. Mulder
An Evaluation of Cued Speech Training on Lipreading Performance in Deaf Persons, Nancy A. Neef
The Relationship between Intellectual Development and Ratings of Teaching Effectiveness, Carol Ann Norman
Evaluation and Training of Behavior Modification Skills in Institutional Staff: An Indirect Approach, Terry J. Page
Social Workers, Social Activism, and the Community Mental Health Center, Sandra J. Potter
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
Differences in Encoding and Decoding of Emotion via Facial Expressions among Normal and Mildly Emotionally Handicapped Boys, Thomas M. Reed
Myths of Madness: An Essay on the Science of Soul, Thomas William Ross
Teacher Employment Follow-Up Survey of the 1976-1977 Graduates at Western Michigan University, Ricardo T. Santuyo
The Effects of Standardized and Personalized Hypnotic Induction Techniques on Depth of Trance, William C. Schirado
The Effect of Self-Concept Enhancing Activities on Students in Classrooms for the Emotionally Impaired, Pamela Neal Britton Schutz
A Delphi Study to Identify Possible Futures of Community Education in Michigan, Ilene Gail Sheffer
Community Educational Leaders: A Demographic Description and Investigation of Marital Status, Lynwood Earle Smith
The Development and Validation of a Set of Procedural Guidelines for Preplanning an Evaluation of the Process of College Advisement, Mary-Maureen Snook-Hill
Cross-Cultural Comparison of Correlations of Self-Concept of Academic Ability and Self-Esteem, Sukaesinee Subhadhira
Preparation and Properties of Benzotropones and Benzohomotropones, Robert E. Suder
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
A Parametric Study of Geometric Progressive Ratio Performance, Ali Uzunoz
The Effect of Progressive Relaxation Training upon Empathy, Edo Weits
Dissertations from 1978
A Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Modern Mathematics in Comparison with Traditional Mathematics in the American Educational System, Kuriakose K. Athappilly
Characteristic Differences and Similarities of Part-Time Persisters and Part-Time Nonpersisters, Neva A. Bartel
A Study of a Baccalaureate Degree Completion Program Conducted at a Community College Facility, James William Bear
Early Gender-Role Socialization: Possible Consequences for the Older Woman, Marilyn J. Bell
Development and Implementation of an Entry Point Methodology for Community Education Needs Assessment, Craig Cameron
The Development of a Child Abuse and Neglect Detection Instrument for Use by Michigan Elementary School Educators, Anthony K. Citrin
A Descriptive Study of Community Education Models According to Selected Dimensions, Dale L. Cook
The Relationship between Interpersonal Perception and Psychological Adjustment, Barbara A. Dambach
Persuasive Communications: A Study of the Theory and Practice of the Role of the Elementary School Principal, Laurence Dickie
Pharmacological Effects on Aggression and Manual Responding Generated by Tail Shock in the Squirrel Monkey, Grace S. Emley
The Relative Contribution of Perceived Parental, Science Teacher, and Best Friend Evaluations of Science Ability on the Self Concept of Science Ability Held by Eighth Grade Females, Virginia Kemp Fish
The Decision- Making Process in Fertility and Family Planning: A Quasi-Experimental Study, Rose Marie T. Franklin
A Study of Precausal Thinking in Non-Retarded and Mildly Mentally Retarded Children, Sandra Sue Gagie
The Development and Pilot Operation of an Assessment Center with Implications for the Selection of School Principals, Margaret Gallagher
The Normative Integration of the American Divorce Chain, Ann Goetting
DNA Replication in Mesophilic and Thermophilic Bacteria, Pawan K. Gupta