Be a Sociology of Education (SOE) Sponsor

Sponsorship helps us to continue our ability to provide sociologically relevant information on education.

Current Sponsors:

The Education and Child Development department of the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) at the University of Chicago is a proud sponsor of the Sociology of Education Section's website.  NORC is a nonprofit organization dedicated to conducting high-quality social research in the public interest. The ECD department includes over 40 full time staff engaged in study design, data collection, analysis, and reporting.  Please visit our website at http://www.norc.org/issues/edudev.asp for information on the range of current projects. The ECD department is currently recruiting for Research Scientist positions, and strongly encourages sociologists of education and other social scientists with backgrounds in education research to apply; see http://www.norc.org/careers/indexSurvey.asp for application details.  Research Scientists at NORC benefit from our close connections with the University of Chicago 's new Committee on Education (see http://coe.uchicago.edu/ ) and other research groups in the Chicago area. These connections as well as independent funding and publication opportunities are facilitated by the Joint Center for Education Research housed within the ECD department and directed by Dr. Tom Hoffer (hoffer-tom@norc.uchicago.edu ).

Tom Hoffer
Principal Research Scientist and
Director, Joint Center for Education Research
NORC at the University of Chicago

Please Note: The American Sociological Association hosts this site

The Alliance for Applied Research in Education and Anthropology (AAREA) is a multidisciplinary research team comprised of researchers from diverse academic backgrounds who share a common interest in applied educational and anthropological research. This team conducts applied research on current evaluation and policy issues in the area of education from an anthropological perspective. The AAREA provides research opportunities for graduate students interested in the area of educational evaluation and reform as well as educational anthropology.

The AAREA research team is led by Dr. Kathryn Borman who has conducted numerous research studies involving educational reform and policy as well as the evaluation of educational reform programs over the years.

To explore the AAREA interests and activities, go to the website at:

http://web3.cas.usf.edu/main/depts/ANT/AAREA/index.html . There is also a list of contacts for additional specific information.

The American Institutes for Research (AIR) is one of the largest behavioral and social science research organizations in the world. Our largest area of practice is education and human development which spans the continuum of education from early childhood education to workforce development, adult education, and international development. Our research and expertise help teachers, administrators, parents, communities, government officials, and policy makers to nurture the dreams of those they serve.

We offer career opportunities for experienced and new sociologists as well as those in public policy, education, economics, psychology and related behavioral/social science disciplines.

Additionally, the American Educational Research Association (AERA) and AIR jointly sponsor the AERA-AIR (A²) Fellows Program. The Program is designed to support early career scholars by providing intensive research and training opportunities to recent doctoral recipients in fields and disciplines related to the scientific study of education and education processes.

Past Sponsor:

The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) sponsored the inception of the SOE website beginning in 1998 and continued sponsorship for a period of 5 years, until 2003.