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April 16, 2010
American Association of Geographers Meeting 2010
The academic geoscience community has been agitated over recent high-profile geosciences department closures and near-closures. In response to the clear challenges that the geosciences traditionally face – low enrollments of majors, high departmental operating costs, and poor articulation of...
April 1, 2010
Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting 2010
Although geography is traditionally classified as a social science, the sub-discipline of physical geography is unique in that it overlaps with geoscience disciplines. In the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH), physical geographers are listed as “Other Social...
April 1, 2010
European Geoscience Union Annual Meeting 2010
Collaborative and social technologies have been increasingly used to facilitate distributed data collection and observation in science. However, “Web 2.0” and basic social media are seeing limited coordinated use in building student and early-career geoscientists knowledge and understanding...
December 1, 2009
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2009
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects an overall 19 percent increase in all geoscience-related jobs between 2006 and 2016, which is 9 percent faster than the growth rate for all U.S. occupations. Since 1995, the number of geoscience graduate degrees conferred has averaged approximately 854...
December 1, 2009
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2009
In many other science and engineering fields, the professional society is a key component of the student culture during their education. Students in fields such as physics, civil engineering, and mechanical engineering are usually expected to be members and active participants in their...
December 15, 2008
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2008
One aspect of assessing the undergraduate curriculum is recognizing that the exit vector of the student is a metric in the absence of a structured assessment program. Detailed knowledge across all geosciences departments regarding the disposition of their recent baccalaureate recipients has been at...
December 1, 2008
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2008
Increased demands for resources and environmental activities, relative declines in college students entering technical fields, and expectations of growth commensurate with society as a whole challenge the competitiveness of the U.S. geoscience workforce. Because of prior business cycles, more than...
October 5, 2008
Geological Society of America Annual Meeting 2008
When discussing workforce issues, particularly in terms of the near and mid-term future, understanding the issue of supply dynamics and the immediate vectors into meeting demand are critical. These are areas in which the American Geological Institute has tracked for over 50 years, and...
September 22, 2008
AIPG Annual Meeting 2008
The geosciences, like all technical fields in the developed world, are facing a critical talent shortage. The retirement of the Baby-Boomers is now playing out and the long feared brain-drain is underway. At the same time, relative enrollments in technical fields is declining, and...
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