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Dissertations from 1977
The A-B variable and nursing staff-patient relationships., Susan E. Gottlieb, Psychology
Two-temperature membrane filter method for enumeration of fecal coliform bacteria from chlorinated effluents., Barbara L. Green, Plant and Soil Sciences
Bounded coating flows of viscous and viscoelastic fluids., Jehuda Greener, Polymer Science and Engineering
Interference between stimulus and response processing demands within a cerebral hemisphere., Joanne Green, Psychology
Developing and testing of a comprehensive program of career awareness for fourth-year undergraduates at a selected counselling center., Marvin Harrison Hadsall, Education
Development of a human life science program at a secondary independent school., Parnell Patten Hagerman, Education
Localism in Joseph Chamberlain's Social Politics, 1869-1895., Everett Parker Hall, History
The secular behavior of pulsar integrated properties., D. J. Helfand, Astronomy
Relationship between personality integration and clergy effectiveness., Paul J. Henry, Education
An in-depth study of four divorced working-class women., Jeannette Esther Herrick, Education
Understanding public higher education in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts : a contingencies view., Peter Hess, Education
Generalization of the effects of rewards on high base-rate behaviors., Harold John Honebrink, Education
Training for community control in the human services : a training program for citizen boards of directors of community mental health agencies., Stuart Payne Howell, Education
Effect of scar skin and dapple apple diseases on certain groups of phenolic compounds in apple., Min-Chi Huang, Plant Pathology
Leadership as interaction dialogue., Harold Lorenzo Hunt, Education
The causes of unwanted pregnancy : a psychological study from a feminist perspective., Edith Sparago Irons, Education
The career patterns and personal characteristics of senior level student personnel administrators at Black colleges and universities., Edward Jackson, Education
Learning disorders and the transcendental meditation program : retrospects and prospects (a preliminary study with economically deprived adolescents), Yvonne Jackson, Education
Formal and nonformal education for national development in Indonesia., Charles Lamont Jenkins, Education
Information systems simplification : a demonstration model in higher education., Richards Wenzel Kaiser, Education
Internal versus external self-esteem : a new measure., Lynn Mary Karajala, Psychology
Radio for rural education in developing countries : a critical review of strategies., Muhammad Azam Khan, Education
A case study of learning transfer in cross-cultural teacher training., Dale Eugene Kinsley, Education
The school as family system : a conceptual model for analyzing alternative education using family systems theory., Laurie Jean Klapper, Education
The development and testing of a microtraining program to enhance empathic communication by parents of young children., Elizabeth Miller Klock, Education
A description of the effects of a staff development project on the attitudes and commitment of a selected group of administrators : toward implementing management-by-objectives in an urban college., Mary Batchelder Koch, Education
Public participation and bureaucratic accountability : water resources planning in New England., Stuart G. Koch, Political Science
The effects of depression and sex on aggressive affect and behavior toward the self and toward others., Fred Egon Koerner, Psychology
The constitutional authority of the President to commence hostilities without a Congressional declaration of war., Barry Latzer, Political Science
Civilian military-political leadership in wartime : Roosevelt, the military, and the second front decisions., John Jay LeBeau, Political Science
Preschool individual differences and patterns of television viewing., Stephen Ronald Levin, Psychology
Puerto Rican migrant farmworkers in Massachusetts and Connecticut : a case study of perceived training and service needs., Frank R. Llamas, Education
The value orientation of mutuality and its role in environmental studies and environmental education., Ralph H. Lutts, Education
Perceiving justice and locating causality : the effects of outcome valence, perspective, and privilegedness., Richard Paul Mack, Psychology
Promoting sense of psychological well-being in teachers through in-service education., Dianne Sirna Mancus, Education
Clinical supervision : the key competencies required for effective practice., Anthony Peter Mattaliano, Education
Unionism in academia., Marion Boenheim McCamey, Education
A guidance based curriculum for a life planning/career development program for adult women within an integration model., Marcia C. McCann, Education
A relational model for events-based accounting systems., William Ernest McCarthy, Business Administration
An organismic approach to the development of a comprehensive science curriculum., Leelavathee Cooppan McCullough, Education
An examination of some of the effects of parent participation in the Pittsfield, Massachusetts follow-through program., Howard McEachern, Education
Case study of a secondary school model for special needs students at the Eagle Hill School., Dewey McGowen, Education
Desolation angel : Jack Kerouac in America, 1922-1969., Dennis. McNally, History
A critique of the Integrated Arts Experience : its relation to learning theory and its pedagogical value., Frank John Messina, Education
Complementary functions of formal and non-formal education in Lesotho., Ramoshebi Ishmael Maboee Moletsane, Education
Criteria for the evaluation of U.S. history textbooks for Black students : a usable model for other minorities., Mack Bernard Morant, Education
Animation rurale : education for rural development., Jeanne Moulton, Education
The identification of Black values as they effect [sic] Black students., James Barton Much, Education
Education for moral and spiritual development., Peter Mullen, Education
Nonformal education and the development of self-reliance : third world experiences and implications for urban African-Americans., Colden Murchinson, Education
Critical intelligence and its development., Jon Jørgen Nordby, Philosophy
The socialization of political values : the content of official education in Spain., Richard. Nuccio, Political Science
Self-concept change of secondary school students as a function of exposure to a student-centered English curriculum., Patrick John O'Connor, Education
The nature of the circumstellar envelopes of MR 119 and P Cygni., William Randolph Oegerle, Astronomy
A nominalistic account of mathematical truth., Edward Arthur Oldfield, Philosophy
Curriculum development : toward effecting improvement in Kenya schools., Gilbert Paul Oluoch, Education
Grammar : forward to basics; an analysis of the ineffectiveness of formal grammar instruction with a proposal for changes in grammar teaching and a preliminary feasibility investigation., Chad Clinton Osborne, Education
Wavelengths : a self-study guide for incarcerated youths., Lochie B. Overbey-Christopher, Education
The process of implementation of a city-wide HMO- Newark, New Jersey experience., J. Pernell Parker, Education
An investigation of the dissertation process as a training in will power: will power's relation to spiritual development, and their mutual implications in the educational process., Ginette M. Patch, Education
Search image formation in the blue jay (Cyanocitta cristata)., Alexandra T. Pietrewicz, Psychology
A study of future time perspective and its relationship to the self-esteem and social responsibility of high school students., Jake Alexander Plante, Education
Awareness of discrimination and career decision-making of Black youth., Grace Matthews Pleasants, Education
The crisis of uncoupling., Stephen Howard Portuges, Psychology
Effects of unrecorded pollution from urban storm-water runoff on benthic macroinvertebrates of the Green River, Massachusetts., Joel M. Pratt, Plant and Soil Sciences
Intuitive and intentional change agentry., Nancy McCormick Rambusch, Education
Locus of control, social activism and sex roles among island Puerto Rican college and non-college individuals., Julia Mercedes Ramos-McKay, Psychology
The lotus and the violet : attitudes toward womanhood in Bengal, 1792-1854., Mary Lou Ratte, History
The development of an evaluation methodology for professional training practitioners to evaluate educational training workshops., Thomas E. Raynor, Education
Application of labelling theory to the problems of mental illness., Irvin D. Rhodes, Education
The paradox of helping in human service treatment agencies., Penny Monsein Rhodes, Education
Isolated S sleep as a source of learning deficits induced by D sleep deprivation., Bruce Edward Rideout, Psychology
A study of the relationships among knowledge of leadership theory, behavior, and effectiveness., Maryse Rinfret-Raynor, Education
The effects on interpersonal growth and group leadership skills of a training for trainers workshop., Jack J. Rosenblum, Education
Awareness of adult characteristics by the faculty in the Maricopa County Community College district., Maxine Ellen Rossman, Education
Effects of antiestrogens on eating, female sexual behavior, and the uptake of 3H-estradiol in the central nervous system in rats., Edward J. Roy, Psychology
High-pressure x-ray diffraction study of linear polyethylene., Kenneth Paul Rozkuszka, Polymer Science and Engineering
A training program in peer oriented drug and crisis counseling : design, implementation, evaluation., Lawrence L. Ruhf, Education
Educational revisionism and recent school reform : the case of Rochester, 1960-1973., John Brainerd Russo, Education
Assessment of the young child: preschool screening., Selcuk Tomek Sahin, Education
A study of the effects of Social Literacy Training on teaching effectiveness in recently desegregated urban junior high schools., Nellie Santiago-Wolpow, Education
The design and testing of a portable eye movement camera., Robert A. Sasseville, Education
A factor analytic study of the dimensional structure within stages of moral development and that structure's relationship to specific personality traits., John C. Sawyer, Education
The design and development of a rural community mental health information system., Richard Lawrence Schnell, Education
A case study approach to the analysis of teacher behavior during the implementation of a multicultural curriculum., Susan Schragle, Education
Attitudes and weight reduction., Dorothy Sejwacz, Psychology
The effect of shear on polymer crystallization kinetics., Charles Herbert Sherwood, Polymer Science and Engineering
Feminists and nonfeminists : differences in their sex role concepts and their orientations toward achievement., Judith Shortsleeves, Psychology
A national survey of medium range effects of training in re-evaluation counseling., Marianne P. Simon, Education
Effects of the cultural context of language on the cognitive performance of Black students., Charlesetta Simpkins, Education
Translating philosophy into instructional practices : the development and field testing of an integrative approach to preservice teacher education., Donald Leonard Simpson, Education
The relationships among student maturity, teacher leadership style, and student's evaluations of a teacher : a test of the life-cycle model of leadership behavior as applied to a college classroom., Randall G. Sleeth, Business Administration
Interventions designed to effect conscious changes in teacher behaviors that convey expectations., Earline Sloan, Education
The teaching consultation process : a study of personal and professional development in faculty., Mary Deane Sorcinelli, Education
The Bavarian Kulturkampf : a chapter in government, church, and society in the early Bismarckreich., Gilbert Edwin Southern, History
Synthesis and characterization of polymers of nonanal, decanal, undecanal, and dodecanal/, John B. Starr, Polymer Science and Engineering
A case study of an attempt to implement public participation in the decision making process in a government bureaucracy., Cheryl Stone, Education
The design and evaluation of three competitive bidding models for application in the construction industry., Paul K. Sugrue, Business Administration
Chapter 622: sex discrimination in education implementation in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts., James Francis Sullivan, Education
Reaction kinetics and structure of enzyme macromolecules subjected to hydrodynamic shearing forces: enzyme mechanochemistry., Matthew V. Tirrell, Polymer Science and Engineering