Sociology 1 - Education and Employment
Instructor: Jeff Basham

Web sites developed by Judy Baumgardner
and Kathie Lewis                Spring 2009

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California Research Bureau Reports  The California Research Bureau (CRB) provides nonpartisan research services to the Governor and his staff, to both houses of the legislature, and to other state elected officials.  In the search box type your key words:       education    employment    careers   workforce

California  Department of Education     Be sure to check the link to Data and Statistics

California Educational Opportunity Report 2007  This report covers: Achievement, graduation, and college preparation; California's racially disparate schools; Inadequate and unequal learning conditions and opportunities; Restricted flow through California's K-12 mathematics pipeline

The Public Policy Institute of California:   (PPIC) is a private nonprofit organization dedicated to informing and improving public policy in California through independent, objective, nonpartisan research.

California Community College Collaborative   C4's mission is to improve community colleges, including the quality of student learning in California's community colleges, by providing influential data-driven policy research that addresses the growing diversity of students and complexity of mission.

Great Central Valley Publications  A nonprofit organization supporting the economic, social and environmental well-being of California's Central Valley.   Check the link to Publications

Pacific Research Institute:   The mission of the Pacific Research Institute (PRI) is to champion freedom, opportunity, and personal responsibility for all individuals by advancing free-market policy solutions. Notice that it does not claim to be nonpartisan.
 

Weekly Board report: written by Bill Scroggins, President – COS College:   some local statistics http://cos.edu/ImageUpload_Links/TrusteeReport011708.doc

Institute for Higher Education Policy  The Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) is an independent, nonprofit organization that is dedicated to access and success in postsecondary education around the world.

Postsecondary Education Commission:        Be sure and check the tabs for Quick Data 

Excelencia in Education  Your information source on improving Latino educational success

U.S. Census Bureau American FactFinder

Careers in the Valley:   is provided to you by the Central California Workforce Collaborative (CCWC). The CCWC represents the eight local Workforce Investment Boards across the San Joaquin Valley. Funding for the CCWC and Careers in the Valley.com was provided through a grant from Governor Schwarzenegger for the California Partnership for the San Joaquin Valley. This website provides easy access to career information and training availability in each county and the region.

Tulare County Home Page:   Be sure to check the link to Job Opportunities

Kings County Home Page:  Be sure to check the link to Employment

Kern County Home Page:   Be sure to check the link to Jobs

Fresno County Home Page:  Be sure to check the link to Employment Opportunities

COS Databases

   Some suggestions for key word searching:

Fresno Bee:   Full-text of articles for 1985 on.

ProQuest National Newspaper Core  includes: LA Times, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Christian Science Monitor and The Washington Post.

Visalia Times Delta:   Full-text articles from local California newspapers are available through the Tulare County Library web site.   http://www.tularecountylibrary.org/     Click on the link to Online Resources. You must have a Tulare County Library card.

Citation Guides – some online examples

Schwartz' Guide to Citation Styles - Long Island University
TeleCollege citation guidelines - Dallas County Community College District Dallas
Citation guides - UC Berkeley

Double-check any online examples with the MLA Handbook for writers of research papers. Gibaldi, Joseph. R808.027 G437. Copies are in Reference and on Reserve at the COS Library.