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Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 21:31:08 -0600 (MDT)
From: Jay Watterworth <watterwo@sobek.Colorado.EDU>
To: "Stephen F. Steele" <ssteele@clark.net>
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Subject: Re: Discussion of job market for scientists today on NPR's 
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I would strongly suggest that you contact SAS, the Society for Applied 
Sociology, which is devoted to the application of sociology in the "real" 
world.  Stephen Steele is a good person to contact for information.  
Jay Watterworth

On Mon, 28 Apr 1997, Jeff Janosko wrote:

> At 09:27 AM 4/26/97 CDT, you wrote:
> >Jim, I heard something like that too, on the rumor mill.  Our 
> >university (Our Lady of the Lake University) is instituting an M.A. 
> >in Sociological Practice.  There is also a bill in our House and 
> >Senate (statewide) to initiate examination and certification of 
> >Sociological Practitioners.  Our Department Chair, Dr. Thomas 
> >Langham, has been instrumental in this.  He believes that 
> >Sociological Practitioners with an M.A. will soon be earning more 
> >than Ph.D.'s in Sociology.  In case he's not on target, I'm going for 
> >the Ph.D.  I can always pick up a Sociological Practice M.A. and 
> >certification if needed later.  
> >Kathi Rangel-Wrono
>        Hi Kathi,
>         Thanks for the info...the push for a "practical" graduate program is
> being felt here at Virginia Tech also.  Although there is no legislative
> initiative to certify sociologists, the university administration (at the
> behest of the State Council on Higher Education) is "encouraging" the
> faculties of social science departments to development graduate programs
> that are not exclusively oriented to careers in academia.  The political
> science department here recently developed an interdisciplinary MS program
> that focuses on international policy.
> At your school, what is the difference between a sociologist and a
> Sociological Practitioner?
>         Jeff
> *****************
> Jeff Janosko
> Center for Public Administration and Policy
> Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
> U.S.A
> 
>