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Bales's group has been arguing in recent weeks that the various branches of Soc Rel might be able to get more money from the Dean of the Faculty if they separated into independent departments.
"We have to tighten our organization," Bales said last week. "Each wing of the department must define what it needs and not bite off more than it can chew. That way we might be able to get more money from the Dean to hire more full-time faculty."
The department reached no decision, and Goethals formed a series of committees to look into the issue of whether or not the three branches of Soc Rel- Social Psychology, Social Anthropology, and Personality and Development- should remain together in one department. A decision is expected by the beginning of next...
The department staff was decimated last year when the Sociology wing of the department split off and formed an independent unit. Although this has not affected undergraduate concentrations, as undergraduates in sociology continue to major in Soc Rel, the split separated sociologists in Soc Rel into a separate department.
Although no decision was reached last night on departmental reorganization, department members are working to improve undergraduate education in Soc Rel and to lower the student-faculty ratio of over fifteen to one.