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November 01, 2021
University students may be the population in society to experience the most variability in experiences during the pandemic. We are monitoring experiences of geoscience students during the pandemic, including how advising is being conducted, impacts on degree progress, and students’ intent to...
October 25, 2021
Facility restrictions
Overall, restrictions to facility access declined for both academic (students and faculty) and non-academic geoscientists since early 2021, with more than half of academic respondents reporting no facility restrictions in August 2021, and 38% of non-academic geoscientists...
October 22, 2021
Between January and August 2021, most businesses did not expect to make changes in permanent staffing, continuing the trend from 2020. In general, the percentage of employers expecting to increase permanent staffing increased between January and July 2021, but this percentage contracted sharply in...
October 18, 2021
Between January and August 2021, over one-third of employers reported expectations of better financial performance relative to 2020, and between 37% and 54% of employers reported similar expectations of financial performance to 2020. By August 2021, nearly one-quarter of employers reported...
October 15, 2021
Fewer than 27% of departments reported COVID-related impacts on departmental staffing between January and August 2021. Between April and August 2021, around 10% of departments reported hiring freezes and leaving positions unfilled. During the same period, less than 10% of departments reported...
October 11, 2021
The pandemic has led to rapidly changing requirements for educational instruction. We examine the changes over this year in instructional formats for courses, labs, and field activities, the plans for integrating virtual components into the curriculum, the new instructional opportunities that are...
October 08, 2021
The pandemic has been particularly disruptive for students with the massive shift to online and hybrid learning. The disruption has also extended to many ancillary activities, such as job fairs and employment searches with a shift to virtual interactions. Likewise, early career professionals are...
October 04, 2021
As a side analysis of the Geoscience COVID-19 study, the state of licensure and certification of participants was canvassed. Professional licensure is common among non-academic geoscientists because it is often required for their occupation, and among survey respondents, 71% of non-academic...
October 01, 2021
The pandemic has impacted the economy and employment in many ways. However, the geosciences appear to have been a generally steady field for employment during the pandemic. Looking at non-retired participants in the study, most participants (83%) remained employed during 2021, while a small...
September 03, 2021
This data brief provides an update on monthly employment trends for geoscience occupations as well as industry-level employment trends for the sectors in which geoscientists work. Data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey provides monthly occupational employment data, while data...
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