Class of 2005 Sociology BAs: Where Are They Now?
What did they do with a bachelor’s degree in sociology? In our latest brief, Mixed Success: Four Years of Experiences of 2005 Sociology Graduates, the fifth installment in the Bachelors and Beyond...
View ArticleTeaching Quantitative Skills to Undergraduates
In September, the ASA released Launching Majors into a Satisfying Career, a faculty manual and student dataset, which includes a variety of easy-to-access resources for sociology faculty and their...
View ArticleNew Findings on the Sociology Pipeline
Now available on the website are two new PowerPoint presentations exploring different aspects of the sociology pipeline. Findings From ASA Surveys of Bachelor’s, Master’s and PhD Recipients:...
View ArticleFor Departments Participating in the New Survey of Sociology Majors
The Research Department has begun a new longitudinal study of senior sociology majors from the class of 2012. To conduct this study, the ASA has asked participating departments for the names and email...
View ArticleGender and the Major: Should Anything be Done?
The data from ASA Research Department’s newest study of nearly 2,700 senior sociology majors have just come back from the field, and women represent the overwhelming majority. Three-quarters of the...
View ArticleSociology as a Career: Listen to a Special Podcast!
Recently, College Funding Resource conducted an interview with Roberta Spalter-Roth, PhD–Director of the ASA Department of Research and Development. Listen as Dr. Spalter-Roth discusses what becoming a...
View ArticleHelp with Departmental Assessments
According to the most recent academic Department Survey, more than eight out of 10 sociology departments carry out departmental assessments that are often demanded by college or university...
View ArticleWill you use data from our 2012 Bachelor’s and Beyond survey for assessment...
Are you using or going to use data from our 2012 Bachelor’s and Beyond survey for assessment purposes? If so, how? For what other purposes do or will you use it? Filed under: Bachelor's and Beyond...
View ArticleWhat Do Sociology Departments Do to Increase Students’ Social Capital?
The following table is taken from our latest research brief, Social Capital for Sociology Majors: Applied Activities and Peer Networks, which is based on our 2012 longitudinal study, Social Capital,...
View ArticleStrong ties, weak ties, or no ties: finding career-level jobs
What are you or your department doing to assist senior sociology majors to obtain jobs that reflect what they learned as majors? See Strong Ties, Weak Ties, or No Ties: What Helped Sociology Majors...
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