FACULTY GOVERNANCE

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  The UW Board of Regents
  The Wisconsin Administrative Code Refer to the University of Wisconsin System. You will need a copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you need to download a copy, go to the Table of Contents
  UW Colleges Human Resources Page
  UW Colleges Travel Info./Downloadable Forms
  UW System 2000-2001 Budget "Red Book." See also, the 2000-2001 Red Book for the UW Colleges
  Preparing Future Faculty---sponsored by the Council of Graduate Schools and the Assoc. of American Colleges, together with the Pew Charitable Trust. The UW-Rock County and UW-Washington are both participating members and affiliates of this faculty 'mentoring' program.
  Parliamentary Procedure: Toward the Good Order of the University--by Dr. John A. Cagle, Parliamentarian of the Academic Senate of Calif. State University at Freshno. It features FAQ section, a good sketch and outline of parliamentary procedure, and very useful guidelines on proper performance of university committee functions.
  National Assoc. of Parliamentarians--features Parliamentary law guides. It features an excellent summary and outline of the key elements of parliamentary procedure, including a sample meeting agenda; procedures for handling a main motion, and thirteen ranking motions.

PERSONNEL

UW System Campus Directories
FACULTY HANDBOOK/CHAPTER IV: U.W. Colleges Faculty Personnel Policies and Procedures (1993-1994)
FACULTY HANDBOOK/CHAPTER V: General Policies and Procedures (1993-1994)
TAUWP/WFT--The Association of University of Wisconsin Professionals; an affiliate of the Wisconsin Federation of Teachers.
AAUP--The Association of American University Professors

BENEFITS AND RETIREMENT PLANNING

Wisconsin Dept. of Employe Trust Funds---Benefits and retirement planning for state employees
State of Wisconsin Investment Board
TIAA-CREF Information on the WWW--Benefits and retirement planning
Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
The Social Security Administration--You can request Personal Earnings & Benefit Estimate Statements on-line, and get other benefit information (including Medicare).
Flexible Spending Accounts---from the Association of Federal, State, County and Municipal Employees. A "Cafeteria Plan" under Sec. 125 of the IRS Code allows the purchase of medical and dental benefits on a before tax basis.
Benefits Links---Employee benefits complicance information.
A Complete Glossary of Insurance Explanations--by Lewis-Chester Associates. The terms are listed alphabetically and searchable.
Insurance and Planning Resource Center--Lewis-Chester Associates
Delta Dental's Benefits Net--a leading dental insurance carrier.

EMPLOYMENT LAW LINKS

This is a partial list of employment law links to the Wisconsin Statutes, 1995-96. The hyper-text link is to the Table of Contents of the Wisconsin State Statutes, 1995-96, available through the Wisconsin State Legislature. The files are readable only with Adobe Acrobat Reader. To download a copy, you must do so through the Adobe Acrobat (not through your browser print feature). Accessing the relevant statutes through the Table of Contents will ensure you the opportunity to download a copy of the Adobe Acrobat Reader, if you do not already have one. At the table of contents, simply select the hyper-text link to the Chapter Number you wish to review, using the list below as a guide to some of the many employment-related links.

Wisconsin State Statutes, 1999-2000/Table of Contents

Chapt. 19--Wisconsin's Open Record Law
Chapt. 36--The University of Wisconsin System
36.07(6)--University of Wisconsin Regents Records
103.10--The Medical and Family Leave Law
103.37--The Medical Examination of an Employee or Applicant
103.13(2)--Personnel Records Open to Employees
111.31 to 111.395--The Fair Employment Act
230.44--The Wisconsin State Personnel Commission, Hearings & Appeals
The Wisconsin State Government Portal
WashLaw WEB, f/k/a REFLAW--The Virtual Law Library Reference Desk of Washburn Univ. School of Law is a good head start on any question of employment law, or any other law matter.
FindLaw--a one stop shop for legal resources.
U.S. Code of Federal Regulations--Through the G.P.O. access
The Freedom of Information Act--A User's Guide
U.S. Dept. of Justice Americans with Disabilities Act Page
Civil Rights Law--compiled by the Cornell Univ. Legal Information Instit.
LawMemo.com, f/k/a Ross Runkel: Labor/Employment Law---it developed originally from the Willamette Law School.
Heiros Gamos: Employment Law--This is an excellent source of information on every aspect of employment law, not only in the United States, but world-wide. It has links to civil rights law; discrimination law; medical and family leave laws, and much more. The links are often to statutes, federal regulations, etc.
The Wisconsin Bar Association--an award winning bar association site with lots of links to Wisconsin law, legal forms, the Wisconsin court system, and much more.
Wisconsin Worker's Compensation Homepage--just in case you are ever injured on-the-job.
Equal Rights Decision Digest--Includes employment law decisions of the Wisconsin Personnel Commission which handles equal rights complaints of state employees.

ASSESSMENT AND ACCREDITATION

Accreditation Visits and Reports/UW System Policy (6/97)
The Higher Learning Commission, a Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools--the Association which accredits the UW Colleges.
Council for Higher Education Accreditation
American Association for Higher Education--This is an organization with individual membership. Good links to assessment policies; teaching; and peer review.
Distance Learning Information Program--by the North Central Association.
The Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc.
Institutional Effectiveness Resources on the Internet--by Dixie College
Internet Resources for Higher Education Outcomes---at the University of N. Carolina. Good links to other universities engaged in "outcome assessment."
Re-Inventing Sociology: An Annotated Bibliography---by Dr. Philip Groth of the UW-Rock County. The annotation compiles a collection of articiles used by Prof. Groth in conjunction with texts that have global, scientific, and critical thinking aims. The articles are used by Prof. Groth to enhance student proficiencies like reading with critical perception, distinguishing knowledge from values and cogently analyzing data. The collection represents one contribution to the department's curricular assessment plan.
Assessment and Evaluation on the Internet--ERIC Clearinghouse
University Electronic Fact Books---A good compendium of University sites which features "institutional research" in an electronic format. These "fact books" often include accreditation and assessment reports or plans, and other useful information about the organization, its faculty and students.

TEACHING RESOURCES

Sociology WEB HAWG--Internet Links of this academic department.
Anthropology WEB HAWG--Internet Links of this academic department.
The Idea of a University--The University of Northern British Columbia. This site has a good on-line history of the evolution of the university, and its changing role in modern society. It features "interviews" with faculty members about what they think the contribution of their field is to the university and its relevance to students (this site was used as a marketing tool by the university!). NOTE: The site creator is on sabbatical 2000-2001 and the site is on temporary hiatus, but we're hopeful it will be fully online in one year.
Berkeley Compendium of Suggestions for Teaching Excellence--University of California, Berkeley
Explorations in Learning and Instruction: The Theory into Practice Database--50 major theories of learning and instruction.
Teaching & Academic Resources--American Sociological Association. It includes publications and course syllabi.

TRAMSS: Teaching Resources and Materials for Social Scientists----Tutorials to help develop methodological skills and knowledge of data base resources. It is aimed primarily at Masters level graduate students. A project of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) of Great Britain.
UW Madison Social Science Resources--The Institute for Research on Poverty, U.W. Madison.
Critical Thinking in the College Curriculum--Center for Critical Thinking, Sonoma State University
Mission: Critical--- From San Jose State. An excellent tutorial and introduction to critical (logical) thinking, including the fallacies and strengths of arguments. Recommended.
Teaching Resources for Sociology--University of Colorado, Boulder. Excellent links to Guidelines for evaluating teaching; fair use guidelines; textbook publishers; and course syllabi.
Re-Inventing Sociology: An Annotated Bibliography---by Dr. Philip Groth of the UW-Rock County. The annotation compiles a collection of articiles used by Prof. Groth in conjunction with texts that have global, scientific, and critical thinking aims. The articles are used by Prof. Groth to enhance student proficiencies like reading with critical perception, distinguishing knowledge from values and cogently analyzing data.
WWW Virtual Library of Sociology---SOCNET: Courses and Curricular Resources
Anthropology Tutorials--by Dennis O'Neil of Palomar College. Topics deal with Physical/Biological Anthropology and Cultural Anthropology

1. ON-LINE SYLLABI/ANTHROPOLOGY

Archaeology Course Syllabi--University of Colorado, Boulder. This includes courses on the Maya; Middle America and Mexico; and Lithic Analysis. All of the outlines are from Prof. Payson Sheets, the archeologist who excavated the Ceren site.
Anth. 207: An Introduction to Archaeology--by John Jones
Ancient Middle America/ANT 3618---University of Minnesota at Duluth. This is an incredible on-line course outline and syllabi with lots of links to excellent MesoAmerican resources. Highly recommended!
Anthropology of Sex and Gender--by Peggy R. Sanday
Prehistoric Cultures/ANT 1602---University of Minnesota at Duluth. Another incredible on-line course outline and syllabi with lots of active links. Highly recommended!
Biological Anthropology--Dr. Relethford of SUNY-Oneonta
Anthropology/Archaeology Web-based Courses--The World Lecture Hall, University of Texas. This includes an impressive selection of courses to which you can link, examine course outlines, and other aspects of the instruction.
ANT/SOC 311: Social Science Writing---Univ. of South Dakota.

2. ON-LINE SYLLABI/SOCIOLOGY

Sociology Course Syllabi---University of Colorado, Boulder. It includes classes on Deviance; the Sociology of Ideas; and Criminology, to name only a few. Recommended.
Radical Pedagogy (i.e., Socialist/Marxist)--Teaching materials and assignments.
Sociology Dept. Course Pages--Iowa State Univ.
ANT/SOC 311: Social Science Writing--Univ. of South Dakota
Sociology Web-based Courses--The World Lecture Hall, University of Texas. There is an impressive selection of web courses presented, with links, so you can examine course outlines, materials, and other aspects of the instruction. Recommended.
Teaching & Academic Resources--A.S.A. Course syllabi are available for order through this site.
ExamsUnlimited--Sociology Course Preparation Pages (FOR SALE); downloadable software. You might give it a look-see for a commercial version of academic course preparation.

3. WEB-BASED RESEARCH AND TEACHING

American Studies Resources for Teaching & Development--University of Colorado, Boulder. The emphasis is upon American Studies/history, but the author has good tips on integrating the web into your college teaching (one step at a time). There are also some interesting historical web sites too that are very diverting.
Collection Management & Scholarly Electronic Publishing Resource---by C.J. Armstrong. A bibliography featuring references on licenses and copyrights, preservation and practical aspects of electronic publishing.
Creating a Web Page for University Instruction--By Brian Schwimmer, et al. of Univ. of Manitoba. This looks like a good, practical guide for instructors. Brian's Kinship Tutorial is pretty well known on the web.
Teaching with Technology Today---Innovative Teaching Technologies within the UW System. It features articles in a newletter format.
"Distance Learning and Copyright: Is a Solution in Sight?" by Laura N. Gasaway in Cause/Effect, Vol. 22(3) 1999.
"Faculty Ownership and Control of Digital Course Materials," by Glenda Morgan in Teaching with Technology Today Newsletter, Vol. 5, No. 4, Jan. 25, 2000.
Great Excavations---John Romer's History of Archaeology
Teaching with Course Home Pages---by Dr. Chris Toulouse, Dept. of Sociology & Anthrop. at Hofstra Univ. It was an August, 1997 Working Paper presented at the Roundtable of Society and Computers, Amer. Soc. Assoc., 08-13-97 in Toronto, Canada.
Designing Accessible Web Sites--by the City Univ. of London. It has good tips and suggestions on avoiding common problems, and a nice list of references.
"Evaluating Implementation of Web-Based Teaching in Political Science," by G. David Garson on PS Online (Amer. Pol. Sci. Assoc.) Reprint from PS: Political Science and Politics, Step. 1998.
Using the Internet as a Newsmaking Criminology Tool--by Dr. Cecil Greek of Florida State Univ. Presented to the American Soc. of Criminology, San Diego, CA on Nov. 20, 1997.
"Anthropology on the Internet: A Review and Evaluation of Networked Resources," by Brian Schwimmer (Univ. of Manitoba), from Current Anthropology, 37(3): p. 561 (June, 1996).
"The Future of the Past: Archaeology and Anthropology on the World Wide Web," by John W. Hoopes (Dept. of Anthropology, and Museum of Anthropology, Univ. of Kansas), (19 Feb 1997).
"The Internet in the Teaching of Anthropology," by Richard Robbins (Dept. Anthropology, SUNY-Plattsburg), (Sept. 1996).
Ed Surf---Online Distance Education Learning Resource for Adult Students.
Evaluating Web Resources--Philip Groth, UW-Rock County. There are good links to university resources for evaluating the quality of web sites.
Tips and Guides for Searching the Web More Effectively--by Linda Reinhardt, UW-Rock County. A good introduction to "boolean basics."
Finding Information on the Internet: A Tutorial--Univ. of California Library at Berkeley. An excellent resource.
Advanced: Beyond the Web---Univ. of California Library at Berkeley. Excellent.
World Cultures: Internet Classroom and Anthology---This is an excellent resource featuring the history and culture of Greece; Hebrews; Judea; India; Japan; Mesopotamia; Africa; African-Diaspora and African American; Buddhism; China; Egypt; Early Christianity; Rome; Islam; Native America. Atlases for these regions are available. This site grew out of on-line world history courses at Washington State University, and it is now a collaborative effort. Highly recommended!
Saint John Ward Chipman Library: Teaching with Technology--University of New Brunswick, Canada. Excellent links to using "technology" in course development and teaching. Recommended.
WWW Courseware Developers Listserve Web Site--also at the University of New Brunswick, Canada. Recommended.
Cornell University Instructional Technological Support--This is slick. Cornell University has developed a 'Course Site Generator' to simplify placing instructional materials on the web. Licensing this type of course "generator" for the UW Colleges might enhance the ability of faculty to use "new technology" with less headaches and limited knowledge of the web or of HTML. You can see examples of courses at Cornell which use the course generator, and you can take a "test drive" too if you explore the Center for Information Technology site.
ClassNet--a software to manage internet classes at Iowa State University.
WebED Page--University of Ohio. It collects links to web based courses, reviews products, literature, vendors. Recommended!
Web Course In a Box---Mad Duck Technologies, a technology spin-off from the Commonwealth of Virginia. This courseware (template) was no sooner adopted by many faculty than the UW Colleges administration announced it will no longer offer faculty "training and support."
Blackboard.com--this appears to be the new internet course package now preferred by the UW Colleges since this company bought Mad Duck Technologies.
WebCT--WWW Course Tools
Global Distance Learning Channel--Good resource and links to 'distance learning' websites.
Distance Learning--by About.com. A directory of scholarly and practical resources and websites in distance education.
The Distance Education Clearinghouse--the UW Extension
Instructional Communications System--The UW Extension audiographic (WisView) and compressed video instructional technologies.
Distance Learning Information Program--by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association.
The Web of Asynchronous Learning Networks (ALN Web)--sponsored by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Recommended.
Electronic Collaboration: Practical Guide for Educators(.pdf format)--by the Northeast and Islands Regional Educational Laboratory at Brown University.
KU Center for Teaching Excellence Online Resources in Higher Education--by the Univ. of Kansas.
California Virtual University--1,600 courses in three Calif. public universities. 100 full degree or certificate programs are offered. This is an impressive start for a state which declined to join the Western Governor's Conference.
Southern Regional Education Board's Electronic Campus---1000 courses and 28 degree programs at 150 institutions in 16 southern states.
Dalhousie University's Instructional Development and Technology Sites Worldwide---Dalhousie Univ. of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education (POD)
Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration
The World Lecture Hall--University of Texas, Austin, collects an impressive set of world-wide links to web-based courses. The Anthropology and Sociology links were referenced under "On-Line Syllabi," but you might wish to take a look at what other disciplines are doing with the new technology.

4. H.T.M.L. PRIMER

If you are interested in creating your own web page or web-based course, these sites may be of interest and assistance in learning the basics of hyper-text markup language and web page design and layout:

The NCSA HTML Primer--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champagne. A very good tutorial.
Yale University C/AIM Web Style Guide--Graphic and information design, layout, site organization and navigation aids.
Maricopa Community College Interactive Tutorial--A very good introduction to basic HTML, web design (and by a community college, too).

5. COPYRIGHT & FAIR USE ISSUES

U.S. Copyright Laws, U. S. Federal Code 17--Cornell University
Library of Congress/U.S. Copyright
Copyright Overview--the Cornell University Legal Information Institute.
Copyright and Fair Use: The Stanford University Library--This is an excellent start to understand regulation and fair use limitations. It has links to statutes, opinions, regulations and policy and guidelines. It's searchable too. Highly recommended.
The Copyright Website--The Litmus Test of Fair Use
Copyright for Computer Authors--The Franklin Pierce Law Center
Copyright Clearance Center, Inc., On-Line
Copyright Issues for Developing Materials for Distance Learning--Univ. of Illinois
Ownership, Use & Control of Copyrightable Instructional Materials (11/97)--The U.W. System. There are attachments, including samples of a letter of request and an agreement. You probably ought to take a look at it.
"Who Owns On-Line Courses? Colleges and Professors Start to sort it Out," by Dan Carnevale and Jeffrey Young, in the Chronicle of Higher Education, Dec. 17, 1999.

6. CRITICAL THINKING, LOGIC & SKEPTICISM

Critical Thinking in the College Curriculum--Center for Critical Thinking, Sonoma State University
Mission: Critical--- From San Jose State. An excellent tutorial and introduction to critical (logical) thinking, including the fallacies and strengths of arguments. Recommended.
Stephen's Guide to the Logical Fallacies---By Stephen Downes, formerly of Assiniboine Community College of Brandon, Manitoba. Stephen has recently relocated to the Univ. of Alberta in Canada; the current link here is to a mirror site while he finds a new home for the resource in Alberta. I doubt seriously there is an internet site to equal this introduction to logic and fallacies of argument. Highly recommended! Also, see Stephen's "The Categorical Converter" which represents all the possible inferences, or logical relationships between categorical propositions. This is heady stuff for anyone!
Science and the Art of Skeptical Thought.

After the Sokal Affair (A Physicist v. Postmodern Intellectuals)--by Gen Kuroki of Japan. It is one of the best, most up to date and extensive collection of articles related to the hoax perpetrated by Alan Sokal upon the editors of Social Text. Good example of critical thinking (or lack of it) among some social scientists in academe.
The Skeptic's Dictionary and Guide for the New Mellennium (See the Logic, Science and Philosophy section in particular)---by Robert T. Carroll, Sacramento City College.
Fantastic Archaeology! Lost Tribes, Sunken Continents and Ancient Astronauts---An Explanation of pseudoscience, cult archaeology and creationism by the Anthropology Dept. at the University of South Dakota. Recommended.
Talk Origins Archive--'mainstream' science site, to refute creationist and catastrophic theories of the origin of the earth and evolution.
The Piltdown Man---an interesting examination of Anthropology's most famous hoax, and why some researchers dared not publically question the interpretation of the fossil remains.
Society--links to skeptical and not-so-skeptical literature on the WWW.
National Center for Science Education---to defend the teaching of Evolution against 'sectarian religious attack.'
Internet Resources for Skeptics---Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP).

SOFTWARE & MULTIMEDIA

Multimedia Resources for Anthropology Courses at Univ. of Calif. at Santa Barbara--an excellent collection of teaching software and tools, including software about human dentition; evolution; simulated archaeology; introduction to lithic analysis; quanitative data analysis in archaeology; and a demo of Napoleon Chagnon's CD-Rom, "The Ax Fight."
Human Evolution: Multi Media Guide to the Fossil Record--by Phillip Walker and Edward H. Hagen of Univ. Calif. at Santa Barbara. It is available commercially, and on a demo basis online.
Dental Microware Image Analysis Software (free)
Guides to Online and Commercial Computing & Software Resources---compiled by Hugh Jarvis of the Dept. of Anthropology at SUNY-Buffalo.
Guide to Human Osteology on CD Rom---by J. Kappelman and D. Johnson at the Univ. of Texas.
Human Dentition---by Dr. Phil Walker and Ed Hagen of the University of California at Santa Barbara
Kinship Analysis Programs--at Univ. of Calif. at Irvine.
Leakey Ancestors---Replicas of human fossils from In Hand Museum.
Nicole Noonan's AnthroPage--see her software links.
American Indians of the Pacific Northwest---by the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. It features a digital collection of over 2,300 photograhs and 7,700 pages of text re: the Pacific Northwest and Plateau areas. Search of subject, geographic location, author or photographer.
Investigating Olduvai: Archeology of Human Origins CD-ROM.
Micro Case Corporation---statistical instruction packets and courses.
Maricopa Community College Anthropology Multimedias
Mesoamerican Photo Archives---by David R. Hixson, graduate student at Tulane Univ. Beautiful photographs of many famous sites.
WWW Virtual Library of Sociology: Software
Photo Modeler---it features a photographic mapping program, with applications to archaeology.
Photographic Database of 8,000 natural and historic places of Australia---by the Australian Heritage Commission. Over 12,000 photographs are available online, searchable by key word, free text, location or photographer. Many are restricted, but there are terms of use.
Pictures of Record: Archaeological Slide Sets--published slide sets and licensed to web sites of archeology (for a fee, of course).
Software for Teaching Sociological Statistics---Shareware/freeware developed by Jim Spickard of the Univ. of Oregon.
UNESCO Online Photo Bank Image Database---This is a great collection of over 10,000 images collected by UNESCO and searchable by region, country, city or theme. Access it through the Archives Portal.

GRANTS AND FUNDING

This is a modest list of sites with information about grants and funding which could be allocated to social scientists. If anyone has information about others, especially state and local funding, consider sharing it.

GENERAL

The Foundation Center: On-line Guide to Funding and Grants from public, private, corporate and community foundations. There are annotated links. Search under the four major categories by subject or region with key words. The main page of this site features a short course on proposal writing and links to seminars and training sessions on grant applications and proposal writing. You can also download forms for preliminary application. This is an impressive guide to foundation sources of funding which happen to have internet sites. Highly recommended.
Society of Research Administrators
Federal Money Retriever--Recommended by the American Library Association
Links to Think Tanks and Other Policy Research Resources--National Institute for Research Advancement
Science Wise.com--FEDIX/MOLIS: Federal Information Exchange/Minority Funding on-Line Serviceavailable through RAMS FIE.
Grants Information Center--UW Madison
The Marquette University Funding Information Center
UW-Stevens Points Grants Center--Affiliated with the Foundation Center.
Illinois Researcher Information Center---Particularly noteworthy for its links to Canadian, Australian, Japanese, and European agencies/funding sources.
The Community of Science
Info ED--formerly known as the Sponsored Programs Information Network (InfoOffice). The full data bases may only be available to subscribing colleges and universities. However, the site allows electronic application and submission of grant requests.
Internet Non Profit Center
GuideStar
Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs--the USIA
International Information Program---The U.S. Dept. of State.
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)--a federal research funding agency for higher education in the social sciences and humanities. It has links to other funding institutions.
International & Research Exchange Board (IREX)--Scholarly Exchanges and research grants abroad.
National Endowment for the Humanities/Grants
Federally Funded Research in the U.S.---Including the NIH; NSF; USDA; SBIR; ATP
Electronic Research Collection---the U.S. State Dept. and the Univ. of Illinois Chicago Library
Teaching Overseas--Collected by the U.S. Dept. of State
The American Council of Learned Societies--Fellowships and Grants
Social Science Research Council--Fellowships and Grants
The Federal Register--Searchable through G.P.O. access.

PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS

The Carnegie Corporation of New York
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation--interested in population, children, families and communities.
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation--interested in public policy development and research and development activities.
The Ford Foundation
The Pew Charitable Trusts
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Private Foundations on the Internet--the Foundation Center
The Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Inc.

ANTHROPOLOGY

Archaeological Institute of America--Fellowships and Awards
Council for European Studies--A cross-disciplinary consortium of North American universities and colleges. Fellowships and funding in European studies.
NationalScience Foundation (NSF)/Grants--Guide to application process, proposals, funding, and administration.
NSF Archaeology Program
NSF Cultural Anthropology Program
NSF Physical Anthropology Program
NSF Geography and Regional Sciences Program
NSF Division of International Programs---Aid to initiate and foster international collaborative research.
NSF Faculty Early Career Development Program
NSF POWRE: Professional Opportunities for Women in Research and Education. This program replaces the visiting women's professor's program, and combines it with other agency opportunities.
National Institute of Health (NIH)/Grants and Contracts--Guide to the application process, proposals, funding, and administration.
E.P.A. Grants and Fellowship Information
National Center for Preservation Technology and Training (NCPTT)--Grants and funds from the U.S. Parks Service
National Parks Service: National Maritime Heritage Grants Program--It appears that funding for this program may have ended in 2001.
National Parks Service: NAGPRA Grants Program--including the Museum Grant Program; Tribal Documentation Grants; and Tribal Repatriation Grants.
The Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Inc.

SOCIOLOGY

Penn State Population Research Institute: Grants and Funding Information
ASA Module for Opportunities for Research Support
ASA Funding Opportunities to Graduate Students of Sociology and Sociologists with Ph.D.'s.
Council for European Studies--A cross-disciplinary consortium of North American universities and colleges. Fellowships and funding in European studies.
U.S.D.A. Competitive Research Grants & Awards Management Funding Opportunities--Experiment stations and Extension programs are included.
U.S. Department of Education: Applying for a Grant or Contract
E.P.A. Grants and Fellowship Information
Funding Opportunities from the NIH
National Science Foundation (NSF)/Grants--Guide to application process, proposals, funding, and administration.
NSF Sociology Program
NSF Division of International Programs---Aid to initiate and foster international collaborative research.
NSF Faculty Early Career Development Program
NSF POWRE: Professional Opportunities for Women in Research and Education. This program replaces the visiting women's professor's program, and combines it with other agency opportunities.
W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research Grant Program---in Kalamazoo, MI. It funds policy relevant research on employment issues, or synthesis and critiques of existing research.

TRAVEL AND LEISURE

U.S. Dept. of State: Travel Information/Warnings
The Embassy Page---Your guide to embassies and consulates, world-wide.
Tourism Offices WWW Directory (TOWD)--Official government tourism offices, convention and visitors bureaus. 1,797 entries.
U.S. Dept. of State/Services--Information on passports and visas
International Travelers Clinic--Medical College of Wisconsin. It provides useful information about the types of vaccinations recommended for travel in countries around the world.
Currency Rates and Information--The Washington Post
Travelocity.com--Airline fares on-line
Airline Tickets Wholesale
Europe's Famous 5 Hostels
Hotels & Travel on the Internet
The Lonely Planet Travel Guides
Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation: Roads and Highway Conditions
Gary-Chicago-Milwaukee Corridor Transportation Information
Auto-Pilot--Trip Routing System
National Parks of the United States
Reserve America--the national campground reservation system.

HUMOR

Oxley & Morton's Archaeological Buzz-Word Generator---Univ. of York, U.K.
Concise History of 4000 Years of Medicine--it all starts with the common cold.
The Evolutionary Tales: Rhyme and Reason on Creation/Evolution with Apologies to Chaucer and Darwin---by Ronald L. Ecker. A humorous spoof on the Canterbury Tales using Creation and Evolution.
To All Our Noble Kin (On Man and Other Animals)---also by Ronald L. Ecker.
The Frumious Bandersnatch---where everyday is April Fool's Day, the entertainment is free, and worth twice the price! A parody and satire page.
General Delivery University--America's Only Genuine Diploma Mill. Treat yourself to courses at the Ponzi School of Business, and create your very own diploma.
The Postmodernism Generator---by Andrew Bulhak at Monash University. Due to server problems, this site is hosted at a "mirror site." This one hits pretty close to home. Bulhak has created a randomly generated essay using postmodernism "jargon" through a computer program called the Dada Engine. No two texts are ever the same. Alan Sokal could have generated his hoax upon Social Text by using this program.
JOKEC--Jokes about Economists and Economics
Philosophical Humor--by David Chalmers

This page was written and created by Janice Pierce, at the request and under the guidance of the UW Colleges Department of Anthropology and Sociology. Please forward any comments, suggestions, or corrections to Janice Pierce. Created on 03-10-98. Copyright 1998, 1999, 2000, all rights reserved by the authors. Last updated on 09/30/01.

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