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2008 ASA Job Bank Study
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We are the field to follow-up the 2006 ASA Job Bank study (see Too Many or Too Few PhDs? Employment Opportunities in Academic Sociology). This year, we are surveying employers to learn how many positions were filled and how many were canceled.
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What Can I do with a Master’s Degree in Sociology? |
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We are currently in the field with the first phase of a new longitudinal study of Master's candidates in sociology.
[Click here] to learn more about this study, purchase the report from the Task Force on the Master's Degree, download findings, and preview the 2009 student survey.
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What Can I Do With A Bachelor's Degree in Sociology? |
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[Click here] visit our new webpage on the Bachelors and Beyond survey and learn more about the student, download briefs and questionnaires, and listen to workshop podcasts.
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Podcasts:
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Workshop Podcast: "What Are They Doing With a Bachelor's Degree in Sociology?"
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Workshop Podcast: "Curricular, Departmental and Pedagogical Implications"
PPT [2.5MB]
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Decreasing the Leak from the Sociology Pipeline: Social and Cultural Capital to Enhance the Post-BA Sociology Career.
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AY 2006/07 Department Survey |
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We are currently analyzing findings from the Survey of Baccalaureate and Graduate Programs, AY 2006-07. |
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Click on the titles below to view the first two briefs in the series, What's Happening in Your Department?:
A Comparison of Findings From the 2001 and 2007 Department Surveys [PDF, 1MB]
Who's Teaching and How Much? [PDF, 1MB]
What's Happening in Your Department with Assessment? [PDF, 1.32MB]. |
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PhD +10 |
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The latest follow-up to a longitudinal survey of the cohort of 1996-97 sociology PhDs examines career trajectories, scholarly productivity, family formation, and use of work-family policies. New findings are available in the research brief, PhDs at Mid-Career [400KB]. |
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Earlier findings are available in the following briefs: |
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Resources or Rewards? The Distribution of Work-Family Policies
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The Best Time to Have a Baby: Institutional Resources and Family Strategies Among Early Career Sociologists
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Gender in the Early Stages of the Sociological Career
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New Doctorates in Sociology: Professions Inside and Outside the Academy
[203 KB]
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Satisfaction Among Doctoral Recipients |
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Currently analyzing data from two waves of the National Science Foundation's Survey of Doctoral Recipients to compare measures of professionalism and job satisfaction among academic and non-academic PhDs in sociology and other social and natural science disciplines.
Download related working papers from the Statistical Information section.
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