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Richard Drake Interview, March 4, 1988
Get PDFRichard Drake talks about his studies in international terrorism and how he first became interested after the kidnapping and assassination of Aldo Moro in Italy in 1978. Drake talks about focusing his study on groups like the Red Brigades, the right-wing Malmo International, and other organizations that only become important in times of crisis. He also remarks on America’s bombing of Libya in 1986 and its contributions to the Gaddafi regime, U.S.-Israel relations, and general Middle Eastern terrorism.https://scholarworks.umt.edu/internationaltopics_oralhistory/1001/thumbnail.jp
Oral history interview with Richard Drake
No full textOral history interview by Anne P. Peterson with Richard Drake. Topics include: Businesspeople, Entrepreneurship, Economics and business, Social life and customs, Business, Industry, Labor, Commerce, City and Town Life, Salt Lake County Fair, Dairy farms, Goat milk, Utah\u27s Own, Slow Food, Dairy products, Marketing, and Drake Family Farms; West Jordan (Utah)
Attitudes Toward Women as Administrators in the Des Moines, Iowa Public Schools
Get PDF113 leaves. Advisor: Dr. Richard LampshireThe problem. In a profession dominated in numbers by women, few women find their way to the top. There are relatively few women in positions of leadership or administration in education. The purpose of this study was to determine the attitudes of the school related community toward women as administrators in the Des Moines, Iowa public schools.
Procedure. Five segments of the Des Moines community were the population for this study. Sample groups were taken from: (1) students in fourth, eighth, and eleventh grades;
(2) parents of children in these grades; (3) teaching faculty from the schools attended by these students; (4) present administrators in these buildings; (5) personnel from the College of Education, Drake University. Sample groups were given an opinionnaire prepared by the author and consisting of twelve statements which describe tasks, roles or characteristics of administrators. Results were tabulated and the data analyzed. Textual summaries and tables appear in numerical and percentage form for ease of interpretation.
Findings. The study shows that men and women are considered equally able at public relations, at having ambition and a career commitment, at having insight into the needs of people. Women are perceived as working as well under women as under men, as being able to satisfy the community in assuming principalship of a school. Men and women are viewed as being equally able to make decisions and to organize effectively. Males are believed to be better disciplinarians by parents, students and older teachers, not, however, by the majority of the teaching faculty nor by administrators. Women are considered to be more sensitive, taking things more personally than men. Most segments of the study believed that young girls need successful women as models to emulate, and most segments also do not perceive the Des Moines schools as having a particular problem of sex bias or discrimination.
Conclusion. The findings of this study, when viewed as a whole, do not show any consistent negative attitudes toward women as administrators in the Des Moines, Iowa public Schools. On most of the questions asked, men and women were regarded by the subjects as equally able to perform tasks of leedership
A Study of the Feasibility of Reorganization of the Collins-Maxwell School Districts
Get PDF72 leaves. Advisor: Dr.a Charles RowleyThe problem. Since the 1968 study by Drake University, the Department of School Administration, College of Education, and the 1970 survey by Richard Dexter, no action
has been taken to reorganize any of the five school districts in East Story County which includes the Collins and Maxwell School Districts. The purpose of this study was to
determine the feasibility of a Collins-Maxwell reorganization.
Procedure. A questionnaire was mailed to the board members of the Collins and Maxwell School Districts and an interview was held with their respective superintendents.
Findings. Enrollments are decreasing in the Collins and Maxwell School Districts according to projected enrollments. The curriculums of both districts stress academics and do not offer enough units of credits in order to provide students with a comprehensive education. A majority of the board members indicated that they thought reorganization is
needed and that it would benefit the students' possibility of a better education.
Conclusions. Enrollments in the Collins and Maxwell School Districts will continue to decrease. A reorganization of the Collins and Maxwell Schools would create a substantial
increase in the amount of units of credits the
students could be offered, therefore providing a comprehensive education.
Recommendations. Each district must face the reality of declining enrollment and the effect it will have on its educational program. Reorganization should be considered as
a means to improve educational programs and not to cut costs. The Collins and Maxwell School Districts should reorganize in the very near future with consideration given to the
possibility of including a third district
The Juvenile Laws of Iowa : Compilation and Analysis
Get PDF217 leaves. Advisor: Dr. Richard BrooksThe problem. The problem of developing an adequate and consistent juvenlle justice system commensurate with adult justice systems has been the concern of people for more than a century. Recent attempts have included review and recodification of laws by most state legislative branches of government. On the national level, recommended legislative models have been developed tor the purpose of providing uniformity of juvenile laws between states in interstate compact agreements and procedures. In addition, interested groups have studied various specialized areas of juvenile justice resulting in models at segmented current practices. This study resulted from the need to develop a compendium of the ohapter and section numbers of the juvenile laws of Iowa from which an analysis would be made to identify the inconsistencies, contradictions, and inadequacies of these laws.
Procedure. The method for obtaining a compendium of the 583 juvenile laws of Iowa consisted first of a personal search by the investigator of the 1973 Code of Iowa to identify as many of the juvenile laws as possible. Verification of the completeness of this result included an additional search of the code by the 1973 Drake University Law Class and by a computer search for juvenile laws utilizing terms commonly used synonymously with the word, juvenile. The results of all three of these investigations were used as cross references in verifying that all juvenile laws were included.
The initial treatment of the data was the sorting of these laws into twenty-four topics for the purpose of providing a compilation that would lend itself to analysis. Individual laws were identified that necessitated their classification under more than one topic. There were 198 such statutes. An alphabetical index of juvenile laws of Iowa was developed, as a result of this compilation, providing descriptive titles and cross referencing.
Findings and conclusions. As a result of this study, a total of ninety-nine examples were cited, encompassing eighty laws, illustrating that inconsistencies and contradictions did occur, that inadequacies did exist in the form of antiquated laws, duplication of laws, discrimination by laws, and inconsistencies in design; and that gaps were found relating to existing juvenile laws of Iowa and to non-existing laws
An Assessment Of The Climate At Greenwood Elementary School, Des Moines, Iowa
Get PDF78 leaves. Advisor: Dr. Richard BrooksThe problem. There are a number of varied populations that a single school community finds itself attempting to serve. Students, parents, central administration, teachers
and other staff members have different perspectives, thoughts and concerns regarding their school. This study is designed to
determine present group perceptions in a given school community.
Procedures. The CFK Ltd. School Climate Profile was administered to students, parents, central administration, teachers and other staff members associated with or served by
this school. Responses to the profile questionnaire by these various groups comprise the data for this study. An analysis of variance for the differences between means of the five groups on both "What Is" and "What Should Be" was run by the Computer Center at Drake University. Differences between means of "What Is" and "What Should Be" in the combined
groups with the t being the test statistic was also run by the Center. The Scheffe Method was used to compare differences between pairs of means in the area where the analysis of
variance was significant.
Findings. In comparing the mean differences between groups in responses to climate characteristics for "What Is" there appeared to be eight pairs of means that were significantly different. The Scheffe Method of Comparison was used to compare the eight significantly different pairs of means
and for the item characteristic of effective teaching and learning strategies "What Is" there was a significant difference between means for teachers and students with the students viewing this characteristic more positive than teachers. The results or comparing differences between means for "What Is" and "What Should Be" across all groups indicate that there is a significant difference between the "What Is" and "What
Should be". The direction of difference is that the "What Should Be" mean across all groups was greater than the "What Is" mean across all groups.
Conclusions. There is very little difference in how the previously mentioned groups perceive the climate at Greenwood School. The climate is perceived by the various groups as being good but not ideal. Teachers are more critical of their effectiveness than any of the other groups and administrators are the most positive about the school's climate
Richard Dorson (interview)
No full textThis interview is included in the American Folklore Society Oral History Project held at the Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. In this item, Richard M. Dorson is interviewed by Richard Reuss at the American Folklore Society annual meeting in Nashville, Tennessee for the American Folklore Society Oral History Project. Biography/History note: Richard M. Dorson, folklorist, author, and educator, was born in New York City in 1916 and died in 1981. He earned his B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. at Harvard University and taught at Harvard and Michigan State University before becoming professor of history and folklore at Indiana University where he founded its Folklore Institute in 1963 and became the first director and first chair of the Folklore Department at Indiana University in 1978. This collection consists of 1 sound tape reel (40 min.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono. ; 7 in. It was originally recorded on November 2, 1973 at the American Folklore Society annual meeting in Nashville, Tennessee by Richard Reuss on a Sony audiocassette. This is a first-generation copy
Time Utilization of Selected Male Students in Indianola High School, Spring, 1962
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Junior High School Interschool Athletic Programs In Iowa Cities With Populations Of Over 2,000
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