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September 05, 2019
Trends across disciplines
NSF graduate research fellowship awards in the geosciences have consistently comprised less than 10% of all fellowship awards. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 boosted the overall number of graduate research fellowships across all disciplines and since...
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April 03, 2019
In 2016, 6.6% of the $66.7 billion in total federal research funding was allocated to geoscience research. Historically, the percentage of total federal research funding applied to the geosciences declined from 10% in 1970 to an all time low of 5% in 2010, and rebounded to 6.9% in 2014 and 2015....
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January 08, 2019
The overall percentage of women in geoscience faculty positions at four-year institutions continues to slowly increase from 17% in 2015 to 20% in 2017. AGI has been tracking the changes in the representation of women by rank at four-year institutions for a few years, and recently, a question was...
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November 19, 2018
Career preparation for many geoscience students begins when they choose their undergraduate major and develop practical workplace skills through internships, leadership positions, or research experiences. A new series from the American Geosciences Institute called Career Compass provides...
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November 14, 2018
Female undergraduate enrollment rates retreated slightly after several years of increases. Interestingly, the female participation rate in graduate enrollments rose sharply. This increase might be in response to an overall slower geoscience job market for bachelor’s recipients. This is likely...
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October 31, 2018
The National Science Foundation’s Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering is conducted annually to collect information about enrollments/hiring and demographics of graduate students (master’s and doctoral students) and postdoctoral appointees. AGI’s Workforce...
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September 27, 2018
Across all degree levels, the number of degrees awarded in the geosciences in the U.S. increased in the 2016-2017 academic year. The continued increase in bachelor’s degrees reflects the rapid increase in geoscience enrollments earlier in the decade. The number of bachelor's degrees awarded...
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September 26, 2018
Enrollments in U.S. geoscience programs remained relatively steady during the 2016-2017 academic year. Undergraduate enrollments have not substantially changed since 2012. However, a growing percentage of those undergraduate enrollments are in online degree programs, which have been offsetting...
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May 01, 2018
Online courses and programs in higher education have been a growing phenomenon for the past two decades. In recent years, geoscience programs have increasingly been adding online components to their curricula. During the survey in preparation for the 2018 Directory of Geoscience Departments, we...
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April 24, 2018
The Status of Recent Geoscience Graduates 2017 report examines the prior five years of data and explores a number of emerging trends. In particular, the trends of employment of recent graduates in the geosciences and of the recent graduates planning to attend graduate school are showing new...
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