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February 19, 2021
Staffing
Most businesses did not expect to make changes in permanent staffing throughout 2020, and less than one-third of companies expected decreases in permanent staffing. In addition, between September and December 2020, the percentage of businesses expecting to increase staffing grew from 10...

February 12, 2021
Financial Performance
From June through December 2020 between 50% and 64% of geoscience employers reported expectations of lower financial performance relative to 2019. Over the same period, the percentage of companies reporting either similar or better financial performance relative to 2019...

February 05, 2021
As of December 2020, 91% of geoscience graduates who earned their degree between 2014-2018 were employed, while 75% of graduates from 2019 and 80% of graduates from 2020 reported the same. For geoscience graduates who earned their degree in 2020, 31% of bachelor’s, 50% of master’s, and 91% of...

January 29, 2021
In this data brief we examine the research methods used by geoscientists between June and December 2020 as well as related health and safety, facility, and meeting restrictions. From June through December, literature review and writing and online research were the most reported research method by...

January 08, 2021
In this data brief, we examine how engagement in co-curricular and professional development activities have varied during the pandemic. Since June, attending webinars was the only activity that ranked in the top three co-curricular and professional development activities across all survey...

December 28, 2020
In this data brief we examine the effects of the pandemic on geoscience students, including impacts to degree progress, students’ intent to continue in their degree programs, how student-faculty advising is being conducted, and impacts to research activities. Most students have reported no impacts...

December 11, 2020
This data brief provides an update on the changes in geoscience academic instructional environments that have resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic. While the percentage of departments offering in-person instruction for courses and labs increased through the Fall, by October, these percentages began...

December 04, 2020
We invited library staff to participate in a short ad hoc survey to better understand the impacts of COVID-19 on libraries. The majority (89%) of survey respondents were from university or college libraries, and 10% of respondents were from either government libraries or special libraries (5% of...

November 27, 2020
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Current Employment Statistics dataset is used to examine monthly employment data for the primary industry sectors within which most geoscientists work. Since April 2020, monthly year-over-year employment levels were negative for nearly all geoscience-related...

November 13, 2020
This data brief examines the continued impacts on geoscience academic departments by the COVID-19 pandemic, including budgets, staffing and enrollments, promotion and tenure guidelines, and planning for the next academic term.
Budget cuts
Overall, budget impacts for 2020-2021 academic year were...
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