At the 1998 CSA meetings, he organized an excellent session on the Promise Keepers movement. Plan now to join in honoring these two highly accomplished California sociologists and to engage in dialogue with them on the future of American institutions and American society. Tickets for the keynote luncheons must be purchased in advance and space will be limited. Our main goal was to create a depository of instructional materials that faculty anywhere could use in their classrooms, particularly those who are teaching research methods and statistics or using quantitative data in substantive courses. Another goal, which is now underway, is to have faculty from all over the country, or world, contribute to the depository.
Data are from a wide variety of sources.
Those of particular interest to sociologists include the General Social Survey, the National Election Study, the California Field Poll, the 1990 U.S. Census, and the Standard Cross-Cultural Sample. In the spirit of honoring Wally Koppelman, I would like to propose an honor we consider giving in the future. I propose we consider giving the Clark Kerr Award to the University Administrator who best exemplifies the tradition of the Master Plan for Higher Education established by former University of California President Clark Kerr in creating and developing great universities and colleges by positively supporting the strength of academic departments, student opportunities for accessible, affordable, quality higher education, and unstinting backing of the faculty against deleterious outside forces that would undermine California colleges and universities. The dues year for CSA runs from August 1 through July 31 of each year. On your mailing label, your name is followed by two digits that indicate the year for which you have paid dues.