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October 16, 2013
AGI’s National Geoscience Student Exit Survey measures the relevant experiences in school and the immediate career plans upon graduation of recent geoscience degree recipients. In spring 2013, AGI distributed this survey nationally and received 428 responses from 71 geoscience departments. This...
April 29, 2013
AGI's National Geoscience Student Exit Survey measures the relevant experiences in school and the immediate career plans upon graduation of recent geoscience degree recipients. In April 2012, AGI conducted the second pilot test of this survey and received responses from 46 departments. This...
September 26, 2012
AGI’s National Geoscience Student Exit Survey was developed to ascertain from geoscience degree recipients the relevant experiences in school and their immediate career plans upon graduation. In April 2012, AGI distributed the second pilot of this survey to geoscience departments willing to...
September 30, 2011
Employment in geoscience-related occupations is expected to grow about 23 percent between 2008 and 2018, which is much faster than the average growth of all U.S. occupations (10%). Environmental engineers are expected to see the largest growth in number of new jobs with a 31 percent growth rate,...
September 26, 2011
Over the past year, aggregate employment in geoscience-related occupations has remained relatively steady. A few occupations (environmental engineers, mining and geological engineers, environmental scientists, geoscientists, and hydrologists) have seen a slight contraction in occupational...
May 24, 2010
Examination of detailed geoscience occupational data for 2006 reveals that the participation of underrepresented minorities varies greatly by job-type and race/ethnicity. Native American participation is greatest in natural sciences manager occupations (7.2%), African American participation is...
May 11, 2009
Science and engineering employment comprises 1 to 3 percent of total state employment. States with the highest science and engineering employment as a percentage of total state employment are the District of Columbia (5%), and Arkansas, California, Colorado, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, New...
January 15, 2009
Since 1996, the majority of new geoscience Ph.D. graduates have entered into academic positions (both post-doctoral (PD) and non-postdoctoral (non PD)). Of note, is the increase in new geoscience Ph.D. recipients taking academic post-doctoral positions since 2000. This is due to a variety of...
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