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Dissertations from 1976
How to move a typical high school to one offering consumer choice : an analysis of selected successes and failure., Ralph Emerson McLean, Education
A change strategy in urban education : the design of a career education program for senior high school urban students with an emphasis on the counselor's role., Edwin McMullen, Education
A study of selected features in seventeen community programs for emotionally disturbed students in Massachusetts., Ernest Alexander McNeill, Education
Beyond management by objectives as a supervision technique : an investigation of the effects of applying jointly a situational leadership model and management by objectives in the supervision of student teachers., Geoffrey Clark Miller, Education
Knowing another : a case study in perspective and process., Lillian M. Miller, Psychology
The United States Constitution and the private college and university., Eric Stefan Mondschein, Education
A self-directed exploration-trial-implementation in-service process for a school faculty to use in preparing for variable modular scheduling., John Charles Monnig, Education
Toward humanizing environments : the design and evaluation of a model for agent training utilizing the extension delivery system., Georgina Louise Moroney, Education
A Delphi study to determine priorities for decision making in continuing education in the Massachusetts regional community colleges., William Francis Murphy, Education
Teen learning center : an educational intervention program in the social process of juvenile deviance., Elaine C. Murray, Education
Experiencing as systematic training : its effects on communication between black and white high school students., Winifred St. Mary Noel, Education
A survey of the criteria used by elementary level regular classroom teachers to identify children with special needs., Joyce Carolyn Page, Education
A study of the effects of matched and mismatched teacher and student belief systems on student state anxiety, self-esteem, and academic achievement., Robert Aaron Pauker, Education
Structure and process of human long-term memory., Jane Perlmutter, Psychology
What is memory aging the aging of?, Marion. Perlmutter, Psychology
The conscience and social consciousness of Harriet Martineau., Valerie Kossew Pichanick, History
The creation of an advocacy organization for education., Dorothy Loretta Pilkington, Education
Student affairs research programs : implications for management systems development., Paul Roger Poduska, Education
Art education in transition : a documentation of the merging role of the artist/teacher., Sidney J. Poritz, Education
Characteristics of individuals' control in organizations., Barry Z. Posner, Business Administration
The effect of mobility on the behavior of children in elementary school., Sammie Potts, Education
Attitude toward work-related change and organizational climate., Gary N. Powell, Business Administration
Women in leadership of alternative schools., Greta Story Pruitt, Education
Improving self concept through instruction with subject matter as content vehicle., Lorraine B. Quesada, Education
How highly educated professional people in service occupations experience their jobs : a presentation and analysis of the self-reported feelings and attitudes of public school superintendents., Raymond F. Reisler, Education
A study of the perceptions of selected small Massachusetts manufacturers toward exporting., Ralph A. Rieth, Business Administration
Party leadership fights in the House of Representatives : the causes of conflict, 1895-1955., Maureen Roberts Romans, Political Science
Methods for validating criterion-referenced test items., Richard. Rovinelli, Psychology
Visual search for letters through prose and scrambled prose., Robert M. Schindler, Psychology
The construct of adaptability as aid in the selection of foster families., Jo Ann Schor, Education
A study of an inservice practicum's effects on teachers' attitudes about mainstreaming., Frank Roger Schorn, Education
Crystallization-induced reaction of aromatic copolyesters., Alan N. Schuler, Polymer Science and Engineering
An examination of the elements characteristic of a public school with coexisting alternative programs., Clement A. Seldin, Education
A simulation study of one and two level hierarchical communication networks., Barry H. Shane, Business Administration
The e s t experience : a contextual approach to education., Frank Siccone, Education
Capturing the Adjective, Muffy E. A. Siegel, Linguistics
The cross-cultural approach to reading., Gary Alexander Simpkins, Education
Class and sex : a simulation model in women's history., Joan Skolnick, Education
Observations of the near-infrared solar corona and a new interferometric telescope test., Raymond Newton Smartt, Astronomy
Affirmative action and the New York City public school system., Richard Harvey Smith, Education
A critical analysis of the administrative and organizational implementation of the Massachusetts comprehensive special education law of 1972 during the period from September 1, 1974 to November 30, 1975., Donald R. Snyder, Education
Maintaining increased teacher-praise through principal attention., Judith Souweine, Education
The politics of conscience: a case study of the Tucker Intern Program at Dartmouth College., Joanna Henderson Sternick, Education
Compensatory education and pupil achievement., Benjamin D. Stickney, Education
The planning of an elective-selective learning program for Gateway Regional High School, Huntington, Massachusetts., Harry Teitelbaum, Education
Needs analysis methodology : the first field test of the determining and defining processes., Karen Priscantelli Thomann, Education
Assertion training for professional women : a case study., Ann G. Thomas, Education
Effectiveness of relaxation techniques in reducing anxiety and stress factors in type A, post-myocardial infarction patients., Penelope Barnes Thompson, Education
A macroscopic intrapolicy approach to supplying information to decision makers., Scottie Torres, Education
Leadership training in special education : a case study of theory into practice., Betty Ann Vandersluis, Education
Design and implementation of an English as a second language program in a bilingual college., Clara Virgen Velázquez, Education
Informal helpers : an exploratory study of a role and its contexts., David H. Walker, Psychology
A determination of the efficacy of a number of techniques for reducing the debilitating effects of test anxiety during university mid-term examinations., Richard Kenneth Wallin, Psychology
A method for developing self esteem and authenticity in para-counselors and counselors., Craig Stephen Washington, Education
The images of woman in France on the eve of the Loi Camille Sée, 1877-1880., Lillian Jane Waugh, History
Survey of adult basic education learners' perceptions of teaching skills and behaviors: in Tacoma and Seattle, Washington., Barbara Parks Wesley, Education
The constitutional rights of college students : the principles of the first, fourth, and fourteenth amendments as they apply to higher education., Michael A. West, Education
A critical analysis of mass political education and community organization as utilized by the Black Panther Party as a means for effecting social change., Daniel Joseph Willis, Education
Essentialism in American education., Timothy L. Woolmer, Education
A systems approach to primary prevention in alcoholism., Susan Rosenthal Yancy, Education
Dissertations from 1975
The educational field agent; definition and analysis of a new professional role., Loismay C. Abeles, Education
Assessing the vocational maturity of students in the East Central State of Nigeria., Chinwe Achebe, Education
The current status and future directions of distributive education in New Hampshire., Rafael Santiago Adames, Education
A sensitivity analysis of the Resource Requirements Prediction Model., Roy Ageloff, Business Administration
A generalized longitudinal factor model for the analysis of change., James Algina, Education
New careers in senior black private colleges as a strategy for institutional survival in the 1980s., Anita Ford Allen, Education
The marginal worker : a search for correlates., Claire J. Anderson, Business Administration
Distribution of teacher attention in the preschool classroom : the effects of child sex and child behavior., Christina Perry Appleton, Psychology
An inservice training program for teachers on Dr. Rudolf Dreikurs's approach to discipline : a case study., Diane Elaine Archer, Education
The student council leadershop: a descriptive study., Michael Arenstam, Education
Jesse Collings, agrarian radical, 1880-1892., David Murray Aronson, History
Synthesis of polymeric and oligomeric ultraviolet absorbers., David B. Bailey, Polymer Science and Engineering
Defining computer security needs in a university data base environment., Leslie D. Ball, Business Administration
An approach to redesign elementary schools., Gordon Henry Barker, Education
Improvisation and related concepts in aesthetic education., Bill Barron, Education
Organizational development in non-traditional higher education : two models: institutional and community-based programs., Michael F. Beaudoin, Education
Microwave spectral-line radiation from young and evolved stellar objects., Kenneth Paul Bechis, Astronomy
Black students' perceptions of independent schools : a comparison of scores on the learning atmosphere attitude scale with selected school and student characteristics., Cary Edward Bell, Education
An evaluation of personal, social, and political change through Upward Bound., Frederic Paul Bemak, Education
Government enforcement of morality : a critical analysis of the Devlin-Hart controversy., Peter August Bittlinger, Political Science
A case study of the attitudes of professional employees concerning higher education personnel practices., Frederick Harrison Black, Education
Gregory Bateson and a language for psychotherapy., Frederick Alexander Blount, Education
The development and formative evaluation of a handbook of administrative policies and procedures for directors of adult basic education programs in the state of Massachusetts., Karl Jay Borden, Education
Formal classroom evaluation., William A. Bowers, Education
Education vouchers : foundations and prospects: a critical status report., Gerald Leonard Bresslour, Education
The design, production, and application of a methodology for building humanistic-psychological education curricula., John Philip Brooks, Education
Multicultural press in elementary school classrooms : a function of selected learning conditions., John Robert Browne, Education
Mathematics for physical education undergraduates., Stanley P. Brown, Education
Evaluation quality : an analysis of the Emergency School Aid Act evaluation work plans., Lawrence Bussey, Education
Management of the corporate gift-giving function : an empirical study in the life insurance industry., Dennis W. Callaghan, Business Administration
The peace transformation process : toward a framework for peace education., Susan L. Carpenter, Education
The efficiency of the Ivey taxonomy of group leader behavior for use with classroom teachers., Joan Warrington Chadbourne, Education
A comprehensive case study in the training of residence hall assistants : leadership, process, and outcome., Philip N. Chanin, Education
A simulation model for graduate education planning in the university., Robert Lewis Chew, Education
The effects of organic counselor development on graduate students in counseling and school psychology., Arthur Peter Ciaramicoli, Education
Capital/labor substitution and factor price ratios in a military service : a study of defense resource allocation., Rolf Clark, Business Administration
Financing state electoral campaigns in Massachusetts in 1970 : the case for reform., Guy Chandler Clifford, Political Science
An exploratory study of the relationship between student personality and student success in the Scarsdale Alternative School., Judy Bond Codding, Education
Spectrophotometric characterization of pigment in the identification of "Flavobacteria"., Joel Ralph Cohen, Plant and Soil Sciences
The application of task and role analysis to define the salient elements of mental health technology., Marga Simon Coler, Education