inside higher ed on growth of sociology majors

via inside higher ed:

Sociology departments are successfully attracting students, but without a corresponding growth in faculty lines. That’s the conclusion of a new national survey of sociology departments conducted by the American Sociological Association. The survey — conducted in 2007 and updating a study from 2001 — came before the recent economic downturn that has crunched budgets at many colleges and is probably adding to the pressures documented in “What Is Happening in Your Department?”