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Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 08:51:26 +0600
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From: Jeff Janosko <jjanosko@vt.edu>
Subject: Re: Discussion of job market for scientists today on NPR's 
Jay,
        That's a great idea...does SAS publish a journal?


At 09:31 PM 4/28/97 -0600, you wrote:
>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
>> 
>> 
>