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Publication Date: 2002
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Employment in Non-Academic Setting. Report on 65th Annual Meeting Session.
Tanaka, Keiko
Rural Sociologist, v22 n4 p17-19 Dec 2002
A panel at the Rural Sociological Society's (RSS) 65th annual meeting (2002) identified challenges to pursuing rural sociology careers in nonacademic settings: lack of career guidance and knowledge of nonacademic opportunities, limited graduate training in nonacademic areas, and devaluing of nonacademic work. Recommendations to universities and the RSS focus on career guidance and employment services. (TD)
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Education Work Relationship, Educational Needs, Employment Services, Faculty Advisers, Graduate Study, Higher Education, Labor Market, Professional Associations, Relevance (Education), Rural Sociology, Sociologists
RSS Business Office, 104 Gentry Hall, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211-7040, Tel: 573-882-9065, Email: ruralsoc@missouri.edu (annual subscription: $18.00).
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Language: English
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