Examines women's place in academic sociology, describing situations ostensibly structured to provide equal opportunities, but function to penalize female players. Discusses mentoring, role models, career and family responsibilities, tenure, promotion, dual academic career families, and research issues. Concludes there are still many barriers…

The shift from a predominantly rural American society to one where three-quarters of the people reside in urban areas has been largely the result of migration. Migration has been and will continue to be the key population process in rural America. The relationship between migration and the other components of population change, and their joint…