Geo Career MaPS - new opportunity from the AGI Workforce Program!

How did you transition into the geoscience workforce? A new blog post from AGI Workforce Program intern, Jamie Ricci, on her experience and how geoscience graduate students, alumna and faculty can help.

Thoughts on the latest AGI "Status of the Geoscience Workforce Report"

Thoughts on the report after sitting down with the report author, Carolyn Wilson.

Status of Geoscience Workforce 2014 Report Published by AGI

In the American Geosciences Institute’s newest Status of the Geoscience Workforce Report, released May 2014, jobs requiring training in the geosciences continue to be lucrative and in-demand. Even with increased enrollment and graduation from geoscience programs, the data still project a shortage of around 135,000 geoscientists by the end of the decade.

Status of Geoscience Workforce 2018

The Status of the Geoscience Workforce 2018 report is based on original data collected by AGI as well as from federal data sources, professional membership organizations, and industry. The report integrates all of these various 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 geosciences research funding and economic indicators.

The Role of Research Universities in Securing America's Future Prosperity: Challenges and Expectations

Witnesses:
Charles Holliday
Chair, Committee on Research Universities, National Research Council
John Mason
Associate Provost and Vice President for Research, Auburn University
Jeffrey Seemann
Vice President for Research, Texas A&M University
Chief Research Officer, The Texas A&M University System

The Relationship Between Business and Research Universities: Collaborations Fueling American Innovation and Job Creation

Witnesses:
William Green
Executive Chairman, Accenture
Ray Johnson
Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Lockheed Martin Corporation
John Hickman
Director, Global University Relations and Life Sciences, Deere and Company
Lou Graziano

Five Years of the America COMPETES Act: Progress, Challenge and Next Steps

Witnesses:
Norm Augustine
Retired Chairman and CEO, Lockheed Martin Corporation
Carl Wieman
Director of the Science Education Initiative, University of Colorado Boulder
Jeffrey Furman
Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research
Peter Lee

Three observations for Geoscience Programs: Report on Academic Program Classification Released

Answering a community-wide call from geoscience societies and employers, an American Geoscience Institute inter-society ad hoc committee examined the issue of academic geosciences program accreditation. The committee has concluded its two years of study, and released a report that details three observations regarding the classification of college and university geoscience programs.

Heads and Chairs

Heads and Chairs Program

Come back soon to find more information about the Heads and Chairs Program - a collaboration between AGI and AGU.

Managing Organizational, Financial, and Operational Threats to Geoscience Programs

Friday, November 14, 2014

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