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April 04, 2013
Recent decreases in female enrollments and awarded degrees in the geosciences have been reported. This Currents investigates female degree rates in the major fields in the earth sciences--atmospheric science, geography, geoscience/geology, and ocean science. At the undergraduate level, females in...
February 11, 2013
In 2011-2012, the percentage of U.S. geoscience students and graduates who were women dropped sharply at both the Bachelor’s and Master’s level, but grew slightly at the Doctorate level.At the undergraduate level, female participation rates are at their lowest since the late 1990’s, while Master’s...
May 21, 2012
In the 2010-2011 academic year, the level of female participation in U.S. geoscience degree programs remained generally steady. Female enrollments and degrees at the undergraduate level continues to trail those of the graduate level, except for the percentage of doctorates awarded to women. After a...
May 14, 2010
The percentage of women earning geoscience degrees has increased steadily over the past two decades and in 2009, reached 43%. However, the representation of women in geoscience occupations continues to lag the percentage of women completing degrees in the discipline. Data from the U.S. Bureau of...
November 23, 2009
The percentage of geoscience doctorates conferred to women has increased by 5% since 2007 (to 43%) while the percentage of bachelor’s and master’s degrees conferred to women has remained steady (~ 43% and 44% respectively) over the same time period.
June 03, 2008
Females make up 14.2% of tenure-track faculty in geosciences departments compared to 28% in tenure-track positions in all science and engineering fields. In the geosciences, 18.6% of non-tenure track positions are held by women. The level of female participation in faculty positions has not changed...
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