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Dissertations from 1977
The Effect of Two Proxemic Variables upon Counselor and Client Evaluations of a Counseling Relationship, Daniel R. Klainer
Task Group Structuring, a Technique: Comparison of the Performances of Groups Led by Trained Versus Nontrained Facilitators, Paul A. Lang
A Study of Selected Administrative Functions in Recreation Performed by Community Education Directors and Recreation Directors in the State of Michigan, Patrick T. Long
The Development of a Community Education Pre-Retirement Program Model, Sidney Lynn Miller
A Study of the Role of the Liberal Arts Department Chairman in Selected Michigan Universities, Michael William Nicholson
Status Inconsistency and Alcohol Consumption, Michael R. Nusbaumer
Congruence Between the Perceptions of Community Education Professionals and Participants on the Importance and Achievement of Community Education Goals, Carolyn A. O'Donnell
Simulation Activities as a Means of Changing Attitudes and Transmitting Knowledge of Adaptations and Techniques for Handicapped Individuals to Teacher Trainees, Jo-Alyce K. Peterson
The Development and Empirical Validation of a Concept Analysis Program to Teach the Concepts in B. F. Skinner's Verbal Behavior, Norman McLeod Peterson
Science Curriculum Change as it Occurred in a Small Rural Community: A Case Study, William J. Pollard
Social Structure, Significant Others, and Self-Concept in a Changing Society: High School Students in Karachi, Pakistan, Arshad H. Rizvi
An Exploration of the Sociocultural Involvement of Faculty, Staff, and their Families of a State University in an Urban Community, Lawrence E. Scott
A Study to Identify the Demographic Profile of the Public School Assistant Superintendent in the State of Michigan, 1976-1977, Duane Scott Seastrom
The Professional Improvement of Teachers Through Positive Appraisal Techniques, Anthony J. Shinkfield
A Survey of Inservice Training Practices in Police Departments of a Selected Size Range, Arthur G. Stoner
Partitions of the Vertex Set or Edge Set of a Graph, H. Joseph Straight
Student Profiles and Factors Affecting Student Attrition and Persistence at the University of Guam, Lorraine Constance Yamashita
Components of the Technical Skills Inherent in the Role of the Community Educator, John S. Zemlo
Dissertations from 1976
Perception of Counselors: A Function of Culture, Victor I. Alvarado
Life Stress and Drinking Behavior of Veterans Following in Patient Treatment, Marilyn J. Becker
On Ramsey Numbers Defined by Factorizations of Regular Complete Multi-Partite Graphs, James M. Benedict
The Relationship between Personality Traits and Treatment Outcome in a Therapeutic Environment, William G. Birch II
A Model for Developing Goals and Objectives for a Programmed Goals Budget System, Randall D. Bos
An Investigation of Selected Characteristics of Elementary Principals and Their Relationship to Teacher Education, Stanley R. Bushouse
An Analysis of Perceptions, Attitudes and the Understanding of Pertinent Articles of the Teacher Tenure Act Held by Teachers in Selected School Districts in Michigan, William W. Carmody
An Investigation of the Interaction of Educational Cognitive Style, Teaching Style, and Instructional Area for Selected Community College Instructors, Francis W. Crookes
Self-Concept and Achievement: A Cross-Cultural Validation Study in Germany and the United States, Donald F. Depew
Elementary School Effects: An Explication of Theory and Methods, John William Fox
An Exploratory Study of the Relationship between Counselor Trainee's Implicit and Explicit Personality Theory, E. G. Frizzell
Biota and Environment of the Muskegon, Michigan, Combined Industrial and Municipal Wastewater Storage Lagoons, W. Randolph Frykberg
A Study of the Michigan Property Tax Collection Procedures and Distribution of the Tax Revenues to Public School Districts, James J. Gallagher
The Impact of Community Mental Health Programs in Southwestern Michigan on Social Indicators: A Demonstration and Evaluation of the Time Series Method, John T. Gallagher
Cayley Graph Imbeddings and the Associated Block Designs, Brian L. Garman
The College-Level Examination Program: A Survey of Attitudes of Selected Populations at Western Michigan University, Robert W. Gordon
Attitudes toward Mental Health Work in a Selected Community Mental Health Service Organization, Frederick G. Greaves
The Use and Transferability of Systematic Human Relations Training in a Paraprofessional Associate Degree Program, Terrance Albert Hagan
The Relationship between Styles of Super Vision and Needs Satisfaction of Two Levels of Management Employees, John Hodge
A Study of the Acceptance of the Community Education Philosophy by Superintendents in the State of Michigan, Frank J. Manley III
A Study of Student Evaluations of Science Instructors in Small Liberal-Arts Colleges, J. Philip McLaren
A Study of the Use of the Computer as a Problem-Solving Tool in an Introductory Course in College Physics, Roland L. Meade
A Study of the Relationships of Personality Characteristics to Performance on Programmed Instruction, Fredrick A. Michels
A Comparison of the Kuder Richardson Formula 20 and Kappa as Estimates of the Reliability of Criterion-Referenced Tests, Judith E. Moyer
A Study of Instructor Grading Philosophies and Practices in Undergraduate Courses at Western Michigan University, Eun Kyung Oh
A Study of the Relationships Among the Variables of Sex, Attendance, Standardized Achievement Test Scores, and Suspensions, Donald Leslie Osborne
Sodium-Initiated Polymerization of Alpha-Methylstyrene in the Vicinity of Its Reported Ceiling Temperature, Shuenn-long Ou
Effect of Descriptive Information on Accuracy of Interpersonal Perception, Sung Soo Park
Political and Social Attitudes among the Unemployed: A Marxist Analysis, Richard Henry Ropers
A Dramaturgical Model for Analysis of Social Control through Conflict Management: The Case of a University Ombudsman, Kenneth L. Stewart
Videotapes: An Aid in Teaching Behavior Identification and Techniques for Behavior Management, Florence M. Taber
The Relation of Personal Values and Value Disclosure to a Faculty Member's Influence on Students, Donald T. Van Hoeven
A Study of Competitiveness between Sexes and the Effect of Communication Messages upon the Building of Trust, Shirley A. VanHoeven
Development of an Institutional and State Planning Programming Budgeting Model for Michigan Higher Education, Loyal Archie Vannette
A Psychological Investigation of the Relationship of Empathy, Self Awareness and Telepathy in the Counselor Client Dyad, Jeanne K. Wagenfeld
A Comparison of Background Profiles, Career Expectations and Career Aspirations of Men and Women Public School Administrators, Joyce W. Way
A Study of Ribosome Stability as a Function of Ionic Conditions, Thomas G. Wood
A Study of the Relationship of Cognitive Similarity to Communication Accuracy, Shirley C. Woodworth
Dissertations from 1975
A Study of Variables Influencing the Selection of Counselors for Jobs in the Southwestern Michigan Area, Richard L. Bellingham
Similarities and Differences in the Leadership Styles and Personal Characteristics of Women in Educational Administration and Women in Business Administration, Clara R. Benedetti
Acceptance of Community Education's Preferred Role for the School and its Relationship to Exemplary Community Education Programs in Southwest Michigan, Steve E. Bojorquez
Recommendations for the Future Development and Organization of Professional Materials Libraries in Educational Planning Region 12 of Michigan Based upon the Perceived Needs of Administrators and Teachers, Florence Irene Bournazos
A Study of Supplemental Incomes of Male Teachers in the Public Schools of Van Buren County, Michigan, Norval S. Bovee
The Relationships among Student Ratings of Teachers, Principal Ratings of Teachers, and Student Achievement, Alvin Brossette Jr.
A Survey of Selected Institutional Goals by Presidents in Michigan Community Junior Colleges, Dorothy Jane Buchan
Related Factors in Organizing Instructor Manpower Needs in the College of Education in Thailand, Thawat Burirug
An Initial Study to Validate the Michigan Behavioral Skills Assessment Scale, James Jackson Coleman
Student Attitudes toward Authority in Three School Systems with Reference to Dogmatism, Stanley Fortuna Jr.
Student Accessibility to School Library Media Center Resources as Viewed by Media Specialists and Compared to Students in Southwestern Michigan Secondary Schools, Alida L. Geppert
An Exploratory Study of Selected Relationships among Counseling Orientations, Theoretical Orientations, Personality and Counselor Effectiveness, Edward B. Gibeau
The Effects of Feedback and Remediation Treatment on Student Ratings of Instructors, Linda H. Goldsmith
The Effects of Intermittent Feedback on the Verbal Communication Skills of Therapy Supervisors, Silva Goncalves
An Examination of the Leader Behavior of Community Education Directors in the Advisory Council Setting, Gloria A. Gregg
A Study of Relationships between Three Measures of Self-Esteem and Several Variables, Marilyn K. Houston
An Analysis of the Intentions of Community College Students from a Selected Number of Community Colleges to Transfer to Four-Year Colleges or Universities, Richard Duane Hughes
A Comparative Study of Teacher Acceptance of the Community Education Philosophy in Southwest Michigan, John B. Jeffrey
Symmetric Maps of S^3 onto a Homotopy 3-Sphere, Kenneth P. Johnson
Teacher Roles in England: A Study of Differential Teacher Socialization, James D. Jones
A Study of the Admitted Non-Enrolled Students at Kalamazoo Valley Community College for the 1974 Fall Semester, Laurence Bruce Kocher
Vocational Personality Type, Personality Characteristics, and Satisfaction with College Major: An Investigation of Holland's Theory, Kent Allen Laudeman
The Use of Evaluative Information in Administrative Programmatic Planning, Caryl Ann Levleit
Computer-Assisted Instruction in Teaching College Physics, Hsi-chiu Liu
A Study of the Effects of the 1969 Tax Reform Act on Private Grant-Making Foundation Support of Charitable Activities, John S. Lore
A Study of Factors Related to Attitudes toward the External Degree at Three Agencies of Higher Education, Michael D. McClenic
A Study of Community Attitudes to Ward a Two Year College Involved in Labor Disputes, Thomas Patrick McCourt
Library and Media Competencies Needed by Teachers in Primary Schools, Lawrence H. McGrath
Institutional Research, Development, and Evaluation in Michigan Community Junior Colleges, Margaret James Neill
The Effects of a Time Limited and a Non Time Limited Mode of Counseling on Producing Therapeutic Change, Joseph S. Oldz
A Study of the Effects of Selected Variables on the Scope of Community Services Programs of Public Community Colleges, Michael T. Oravecz
Attitudes of Students, Faculty and Administrators toward Collective Bargaining at Two Public Colleges in California, Richard M. Oxhandler
The Revolving Door Syndrome Comparing Service Versus Private Patients in a Psychiatric Hospital, Alcid M. Pelletier
A Stereochemical Study of Some 2,2'-Bridged Biphenyls, Alan J. Quarfoot
Indegrees, Outdegrees, and the Hamiltonian Theme, John Roberts
A Comparison of the Leadership Styles of Superordinate and Subordinate Community School Directors in Selected Southwestern Michigan School Districts, Donna Marie Schmitt
Nursing and the Management Function, V. Clayton Sherman