Webinars

AGI hosts webinars on a variety of topics related to the geosciences including webinars about career development, topics of interest to support the success of geoscience academic departments, and discussions with geoscientists and decision makers regarding potential solutions to challenges at the interface of geoscience and society.

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The Enrollment Cliff

Thursday, November 17, 2022 1:00 PM EST | 1 hour

Series: AGU/AGI Heads and Chairs

This month's AGU/AGI Heads and Chairs online discussion explores the enrollment cliff and what that means for the geoscience departments. The discussion is led by Christopher Keane from AGI, and looks at the dynamics driving the enrollment cliff, followed by a group discussion on ways to get geoscience programs to thrive in this new paradigm.

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Geoscience Society Diversity Initiatives

Friday, October 21, 2022 1:00 PM EDT | 1 hour 30 mins

Series: AGU/AGI Heads and Chairs

The AGU/AGI Heads and Chairs webinar series is pleased to offer a free online webinar and discussion about the diversity initiatives within the geoscience societies. Our presenters include:

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The not so great outdoors? Questioning how we recruit students from historically marginalized communities into the geosciences

Friday, May 6, 2022 1:00 PM EDT | 1 hour

Series: AGU/AGI Heads and Chairs

The AGU Heads and Chairs program and the American Geosciences Institute are pleased to be offering a free online webinar and discussion about best practices to recruit and retain students.

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Geoscience COVID-19 Impacts Study Update: Examining Impacts and Resilience within Academia

Friday, April 8, 2022 1:00 PM EDT | 1 hour

Series: AGU/AGI Heads and Chairs

The AGU Heads and Chairs program and the American Geosciences Institute are pleased to be offering a free online webinar and discussion about the latest results from the ongoing Geoscience COVID-19 Impacts study as it pertains to changes in instructional activities, academic department operations, and the changes that faculty and students have navigated since early 2020.

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2020-21 Recent Graduate Surveys: A Look at Emerging Trends

Friday, March 25, 2022 1:00 PM EDT | 1 hour

Series: AGU/AGI Heads and Chairs

Please join the AGU Heads and Chairs program and the American Geosciences Institute as we discuss the results of the 2020-21 Recent Graduate Surveys and consider emerging trends.

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Building Antiracist Spaces in Your Department

Friday, February 11, 2022 1:00 PM EST | 1 hour

Series: AGU/AGI Heads and Chairs

The AGU Heads and Chairs program and the American Geosciences Institute are pleased to be offering a free online webinar and discussion about building antiracist spaces in academic departments.

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Looking at the Results of the 2020-21 Student Exit Survey

Friday, November 12, 2021 1:00 PM EST | 1 hour

Series: AGU/AGI Heads and Chairs

The American Geosciences Institute was able to resume its Geoscience Student Exit Survey for the 2020-21 academic year. Not only does this year’s survey look at long standing parameters, but it also is aligning with the recommendations provided in the Vision and Change report, thus being a first benchmark for the community on progress forward by geoscience programs. The pandemic added new wr

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From Intro Geoscience to Upper Level Courses: Successes and Failures of Curricular Revisions

Friday, October 22, 2021 1:00 PM EDT | 1 hour

Series: AGU/AGI Heads and Chairs

The AGU Heads and Chairs program and the American Geosciences Institute are pleased to be offering a free online webinar and discussion about efforts in curricular reform in undergraduate geoscience programs, and their successes and failures. Please join Aley El-Shazly (Marshall University) as he shares his program's experiences with curricular reform and to join a community discussion of how

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A conversation about the racial diversity of geoscience students

Thursday, September 23, 2021 1:00 PM EDT | 1 hour

Series: AGU/AGI Heads and Chairs

The AGU Heads and Chairs program and the American Geosciences Institute are pleased to be offering a free online webinar and discussion about the racial diversity of geoscience students. The racial diversity of geoscience undergraduates is increasing, more than for graduate students. However, this progress is currently uneven and concentrated in relatively few departments.

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Vision and Change: Career Preparation for Your Students

Friday, May 7, 2021 1:00 PM EDT | 1 hour

Series: AGU/AGI Heads and Chairs

The AGU Heads and Chairs program and the American Geosciences Institute are pleased to be offering a free online webinar and discussion about career preparation for students. Our speakers for this month's webinar are:

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Upcoming Webinars

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Disaster Risk Reduction: The role of geological survey organizations in understanding risk and informing risk reduction actions

Part I: Enablers 06 February 2023 13.00 - 16.00 GMT
Part II: Science and Technology 13 February 2023 16.00 - 19.00 GMT
Part III: Risk Management Goal 20 February 2023 03.00 - 06.00 GMT

Recent Geoscience Currents

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.

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U.S. Geoscience Enrollments and Degrees through 2021

November 21, 2022

Geoscience Enrollment and Degrees Continue to Decline through 2021 Geoscience programs in the United States continued to see declines in the number of enrolled students and degrees being awarded through the 2021-22 academic year. The pandemic has exacerbated ongoing negative pressure on...

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State of select technical skills in academic programs and the workforce

November 18, 2022

In 2021 and 2022, the Geoscience COVID-19 Survey asked about the importance of and proficiency with select technical skills to working in the geoscience profession. In our previous data brief (DB-2022-008), we examined study participants’ views on the importance of these skills to the profession....

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Changes in perceived importance of select technical skills to the geoscience profession

August 22, 2022

In 2021 and 2022, we surveyed participants in the Geoscience COVID-19 Survey about their views on the importance of select technical skills to working in the geoscience profession. Across participant cohorts, the skills rated most important to working in the geoscience profession were data...

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Geoscience Median Salaries Decline in 2021

June 27, 2022

Overall, geoscience median salaries declined by 2% between 2020 and 2021, lagging other science occupations which increased by 4%, but not other engineering occupations which declined by 4%. The greatest increases in median salaries within the geosciences were geoscience civil engineers (+8%),...

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Responding to the Pandemic through Flexible Working Arrangements

June 17, 2022

Throughout the pandemic, work environments have shifted between virtual, in-person and hybrid scenarios. Remote-first work policies, which allow employees to choose their work location for any given day, have enabled workplaces to more quickly adapt to changing pandemic conditions. Furthermore,...

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COVID-19 Impacts Study: Employment Status of Recent Graduates

May 23, 2022

Of all participants in the Geoscience COVID-19 Impacts study, recent geoscience graduates have been the most vulnerable to employment disruptions during the pandemic. However, the study results indicate that the most recent geoscience graduates have either remained employed or gained employment...

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Pandemic Impacts to Instructional Formats through March 2022

May 06, 2022

Lecture course instructional modes During the pandemic, courses, labs, and field activities have rapidly shifted between online, in-person and hybrid modes of instruction in response to pandemic conditions. With mask mandates easing in early 2022 as the impacts of the Omicron surge waned, there...

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COVID-19 Impacts on Geoscience Business Staffing Through 2021

February 14, 2022

Staffing While the rate at which companies expected to increase permanent staffing grew during the first half of 2021, companies became more cautious from August through October 2021 over concerns of impacts from the Delta variant. Growth expectations returned starting in November and December...

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COVID-19 Impacts on Geoscience Business Operations Through 2021

January 17, 2022

Financial Performance In 2021, geoscientist-employing organizations’ financial performance expectations shifted positively relative to 2020. In January 2021, nearly two-thirds of employers expected their financial performance for the year would be similar or higher than 2020, and by December 2021...

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Geoscience Employment Growth Continues Through 2021

January 07, 2022

This data brief examines the monthly employment trends for geoscience occupations and 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 from the U.S....

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