AGI Releases Status of the Geoscience Workforce: Trends in Geosciences at Four Year Institutions

Alexandria, VA — The American Geological Institute (AGI) Workforce Program has released the second chapter, entitled Trends in Geoscience Education at Four Year Institutions, of the Status of the Geoscience Workforce report. Chapters 1 and 2 are now available through the AGI website http://www.agiweb.org/workforce/.

Trends in Geoscience Education at Four-Year Institutions examines data pertaining to geosciences enrollments, degrees, field camps, and funding dynamics for students, faculty, and research in the United States.

The Status of the Geoscience Workforce report is based on original data collected by AGI as well as from existing data from federal sources, professional and scientific membership organizations, and industry. The report integrates all available data sources into a comprehensive view of the human and economic parameters of the geosciences, including supply and training of new students, workforce demographics and employment projections, to trends in geoscience research funding and other economic indicators.

To view chapters one and two in their entirety, please go to http://www.agiweb.org/workforce/reports.html. The rest of the Status of the Geoscience Workforce report will be released over the course of February 2009.

This report was produced with support from the American Geological Institute Foundation.