High School Sociology on the Endangered Species List in Michigan

In the 1957 landmark United States Supreme Court, Sweezy v. New Hampshire, academic freedom for university professors was established. Sweezy, a visiting scholar at the University of New Hampshire, was accused of engaging in subversive activities by teaching Marxism, a leading sociological theoretical perspective. The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Sweezy. Chief Justice Earl Warren declared: “…the essentiality of freedom in the community of American universities is almost self-evident…teachers and students must always remain free to inquire, to study and to evaluate, to gain new maturity and understanding; otherwise our civilization will stagnate and die.”

The American Sociological Association is pleased to announce the slate of candidates for ASA Officers, Committee on Committees, Committee on Nominations, and Committee on Publications. The candidates for Council Members-at-large will be announced at a later date. Ballots for the 2008 ASA election will be mailed in early May 2008. The candidates are:

In their senior year in 2005, the majority of sociology majors either dove into filling out graduate school applications, began planning the job search process, or both. During this period the ASA Research and Development Department began collecting the first phase of survey data on the experiences and future plans of these undergraduates.