The SSSR announces 2009 Distinguished Book Award
[10/1/2009]
Sociology professor, Paul Froese is honored with prestigious Society for the Scientific Study of Religion book award for 2009.
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Killeen Daily Herald: Central Texas lags behind in education
[9/24/2009]
Killeen Daily Herald, September 24, 2009 (Sociologists with Baylor's Center for Community Research and Development are quoted: Dr. Larry Lyon, Dr. Carson Mencken, Dr. Robyn Driskell and Dr. Charles Tolbert) Nearly one-fourth of Waco adults age 25 or older do not have a high school diploma, lagging behind state and national levels as well as McLennan and Bell counties and the city of Killeen, according to a Baylor University analysis of new U.S. Census Bureau data.
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Waco Tribune-Herald: 1 in 5 McLennan County residents lacked health insurance in 2008, Census survey finds...
[9/23/2009]
Waco Tribune-Herald, September 213, 2009 (Dr. Charles Tolbert, chairman of Baylor's sociology department, comments on the survey results.) A first-of-its-kind U.S. Census Bureau survey has found that one in four Texans and one in five McLennan County residents lacked insurance in 2008.
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Central Texas lags behind in education
[9/23/2009]
Killeen Daily Herald, Sept. 23, 2009 Article quotes Baylor University sociology researchers about census analysis of educational attainment.)
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KWTX-TV: Central Texas Lags Behind U.S. In Education, Census Data Show
[9/22/2009]
KWTX-TV, September 22, 2009 (Dr. Larry Lyon, Professor of sociology and director of Baylor's Center for Community Research and Development, is quoted) A Baylor University analysis of new U.S. Census Bureau data shows that much of Central Texas lags behind the rest of the U.S. in education attainment.
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KWBU-FM: 6 consecutive years - Texas is nation's repeat birth-rate leader
[9/16/2009]
KWBU-FM, Sept. 16, 2009 (Baylor sociology professor Martha Sherman is quoted about the repeat teen birth rate in Texas) ChildTrends, a Washington based research group, reports that 23% percent of Texas girls who become pregnant will become pregnant a second time, a troubling statistic to many in a state that regularly is near the top in the nation in teen birth rates to begin with.
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Consumer Affairs.com: Texas Has Highest Rate Of Uninsured
[9/9/2009]
Consumer Affairs.com, September 9, 2009 (senior research analysts Debbie McMahon and Wes Hinze of Baylor's Center for Community Research and Development are quoted on findings from the study they conducted.) As the debate over health care reform intensifies this month, Texas is the state that appears to have the most to gain or lose, depending on how things turn out.
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Waco Tribune Herald: EDITORIAL: Forget past perceptions; Baylor, Waco are hand-in-hand in the 21st century
[9/8/2009]
Waco Tribune Herald, September 8, 2009 For those who have long thought McLennan County residents and Baylor University held each other at arm's length and were fated to never quite appreciate each other, banish the thought.
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LiveScience: Teachers More Religious Than Other College Grads
[9/4/2009]
LiveScience, Sept. 4, 2009 (results of a study of more than 1,600 scientists from elite U.S. universities showed biologists and economists were slightly less religious than other scientists; the study was conducted by Baylor sociology professor Jerry Park and a colleague at Rice) The highly devout steer toward college majors in education and the humanities, a new study finds. But while the teachers-in-training tend to become more religious over their college careers, religiosity wanes for those majoring in the humanities.
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Waco Tribune-Herald: Bill Whitaker: Baylor survey results striking considering campus controversy
[9/4/2009]
Waco Tribune-Herald, Sept. 4, 2009 (editorial about the findings from a survey on community perceptions of Baylor) If Baylor University administrators have more bounce in their step these days, it goes beyond a newly released "town-gown" survey that shows locals have strikingly favorable views of the Big 12 campus.
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Suburban Journals (St. Louis): Like a good neighbor
[9/1/2009]
Suburban Journals (St. Louis), September 1, 2009 (Baylor sociology professor Larry Lyon is quoted about relationships in communities and the "good neighbor model" - the active volunteer, the caring friend, the helpful watcher - as St. Louis communities honor their neighbors) They share our streets and see when we're late for work, take the trash out and cook extra-smoky barbecue. They're the ones who know we're on vacation even though we stop the mail and leave town without telling anyone. They're the ones who watch the house anyway to make sure everything's OK.
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