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The Business of Higher Education In recent years, colleges and universities have encountered increasing pressure to operate like businesses. As the logic goes, businesses must survive in a cutthroat climate of unfettered competition and thus these organizations need to be…
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In the aftermath of the 2008 financial meltdown, Ben Bernanke, America’s leading scholar of the Great Depression, has been credited with saving the nation’s economy. As a reward for his sterling work, on August 25, 2009, President Obama appointed Ben…
[amazonify]0745326889:right[/amazonify] A Century of Spin: How Public Relations Became the Cutting Edge of Corporate Power . There are now a range of academic disciplines which have been indelibly marked by — indeed produced by — the interests and actions of…
I just put my kids on the school bus. I had to talk to to the bus driver this morning about some of the other kids. Turns out my kids are being picked on by others on the bus. One…
The following pages contain sociology courses provided by various institutions. These courses are free to view online, but links are provided to the institutions should you be interested in the courses and associated credentials. Please feel free to browse the…
Objectives At the end of this unit, students will be able to: 1. Define culture, counter culture, high culture, mass culture, ideal culture, real culture, and so on. 2. Describe ethnocentrism, eurocentrism, and reverse ethnocentrism with examples. 3. Have considered…
Objectives At the end of this unit, students will be able to: 1. Distinguish between absolute and statistical definition of deviance. 2. Be able to discern the intersection of power and deviance. 3. Understand the importance of social resources in…
The following course, Sociology 100: Introduction to Sociology (currently Sociology 287) , is a junior level sociology course provided by Athabasca University’s Center for Global and Social Analysis. Together with Sociology 100 this course forms a standard 6 credit introduction to…
The Socjourn is a new media sociology journal. We accept submissions from sociologists, graduate students, and multidisciplinary practitioners with an interest in sociology and its issues. The Socjourn is looking for researchers, students, and instructors who are also writers. Writing…
