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December 12, 2018
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2018
In an effort to support the NSF-funded project, Universal Skills for Geoscience Graduate Student Success in the Workforce, an analysis of all the geoscience graduate programs has been conducted in order to identify and categorize the defining programmatic elements with the goal of connecting these...
December 1, 2018
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2018
Student and early-career geoscientists commonly seek professions with high societal impact, but pathways to alternative geoscience careers can be difficult to navigate, particularly in science policy and outreach. Many geoscience policy leaders enter the profession through the gateway of policy...
November 5, 2018
2018 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting
To assess the relationship and connection between graduate student outcomes and the structural components of various geoscience graduate programs it is necessary to collect a parameterized description of the structure and nature of all graduate geoscience programs in the country. While most...
December 1, 2017
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2017
The American Geosciences Institutes Geoscience Student Exit Survey asks recent graduates about their immediate plans after graduation. Though some respondents indicate their employment or continuing education intention, many of the respondents are still in the process of looking for a job in the...
December 1, 2017
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2017
According to the American Geosciences Institutes Geoscience Student Exit Survey, internship participation rates over the past four years have been low, particularly among bachelors and doctoral graduates. In 2016, 65% of bachelors graduates, 44% of masters graduates, and 57% of doctoral graduates...
December 1, 2017
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2017
Within STEM fields, employers are reporting a widening gap in the workforce readiness of new graduates. As departments continue to be squeezed with new requirements, chasing the latest technologies and scientific developments and constrained budgets, formal undergraduate programs struggle to fully...
December 1, 2016
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2016
In 2015, the American Geosciences Institute (AGI) published a revised version of the 1999 Guidelines for Ethical Professional Conduct, an aspirational document outlining ethical principles that should inform the professional behavior of all geoscientists. The revised Guidelines reflect a consensus...
December 1, 2016
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2016
The American Geosciences Institute (AGI) is launching a new information platform designed to link decision makers with information generated by geoscientific research. Decision makers, especially those at the state and local level, frequently need scientific information but do not always have easy...
December 1, 2015
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2015
Geoscientists and decision makers often use different words to describe the same thing. The American Geosciences Institute has developed a consistent definition for the geosciences (Wilson, 2014); however this definition often varies from how decision maker groups at the national, state, local, and...
December 1, 2015
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2015
Scientific information should play a vital role in many decision making processes, yet issues incorporating geoscience information often arise due to inherent differences between how scientists and decision makers operate. Decision makers and scientists have different priorities, produce work at...
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Geoscience Currents transmit snapshots of the many facets of the geoscience profession, in-depth case studies of how geoscience is applied, factsheets that provide rigorous introductions to a range of geoscience topics, workforce trends, and career paths.
