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May 15, 2012
In addition to collecting qualitative data that generated the students’ pathways, Houlton surveyed the students about their intrinsic motivation toward pursuing the geosciences. The survey was a 7-point Likert-based scale developed from the Intrinsic Motivation Inventory, which is an instrument...
May 10, 2012
AGI found that only 33% of sophomore geoscience majors graduate with their geoscience degree, with the majority of attrition occurring during sophomore and junior years (AGI Workforce Report, 2011). Unfortunately, data explaining this phenomena are still limited. AGI is trying to understand this...
May 08, 2012
A follow-up study was conducted from Houlton’s 2010 research that surveyed 13 of the original 17 participants who were geoscience majors. Students’ pathways toward their geoscience careers demonstrated some key similarities and differences between population groups, which have evolved from the...
May 02, 2012
During the 2010-2011 academic year, geoscience enrollments and degrees granted retreated slightly from their peak in the prior year. After several years of strong growth, general enrollments and degrees awarded slipped back to numbers comparable to those in 2008-2009, at all degree levels. In...
November 01, 2011
Attendance at U.S. field camps reached 2,525 in 2011, up 10 percent from 2010. Field camp attendance for 2011 was reported by 94 of the existing 118 U.S. field camps. (Some field camps run on alternating years). Recent increases in field camp attendance are attributed to both increased overall...
October 28, 2011
AGI’s GeoConnection Recruitment Packets provide geoscience departments with a tool to directly engage prospective geoscience majors in a discussion about the many career opportunities in the geosciences, and about the importance of participation in geoscience professional societies and conferences...
August 09, 2011
Houlton’s pathway model (2010) established a theoretical framework for identifying reasons for attraction to and attrition from the geoscience major. Houlton used Academic Provenance Analysis to map geoscience students’ experiences temporally; it described the linear progression from students’...
July 26, 2011
Houlton (2010) found that three geoscience student populations followed six distinct pathway steps in pursuing their career in the discipline (see Geoscience Currents #45-46). Within the students’ pathways, two steps specically identify Pre-College and College Critical Incidents: specic events,...
July 12, 2011
Houlton (2010) found that geoscience students followed 6 distinct pathway steps in pursuing their career in the discipline (see Geoscience Currents #45). Further investigation illuminated that students could be categorized into 3 major and 6 minor population groups, each exhibiting a unique pathway...
June 29, 2011
Recruitment and retention discussions about the 'pipeline model' have been circulating through the STEM community for years, with a primary focus on attrition rates (termed 'leaks'). However, the pipeline model is not conducive for understanding variations in students’ experiences, behaviors and...
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