1. Geoscience at Community Colleges: Availability of Programs and Geoscience Student Pathways Leila M. Gonzales Christopher M. Keane Heather R. Houlton American Geosciences Institute

2. U.S. Higher Education Fall Enrollments

3. U.S. Higher Education Degrees Conferred

4. A Source of Untapped Talent

8. 2-year to 4-year Student Transitions

9. A Source of Untapped Talent

12. Geoscience 2-year Deparments/Programs

13. Geoscience Faculty Demographics

15. National Geoscience Exit Survey Coverage –Academic Pathway of Geoscience Students High school -> Community College -> University –Demographics – diversity, citizenship –Financing of Education –Decision Points –Field and Research Experiences, Internships –Career and Educational Plans (industry, salary, job search methods) Pilot 1 – completed 2011

16. Geoscience Faculty Demographics

17. National Geoscience Exit Survey Pilot 2 – Spring 2012 –Includes ability for departments to add custom questions (up to 5). –Question / Answer bank Peer departments can quickly compare results Development of longitudinal survey Full roll-out in 2012 Future plans include customization for 2- year departments

18. Expanding Coverage of Community College Faculty Directory of Geoscience Departments www.agiweb.org/workforce/dgd/ 2010: 287 active 2-year programs/colleges with geoscience faculty 2011: 421 active 2-year programs/colleges with geoscience faculty ~1,000 faculty at 2-year US programs

19. Acknowledgements Heather Macdonald, interns/work study students from College of William & Mary –Did majority of data collection activities to help expand DGD coverage of 2-year geoscience faculty Abi Howe, AGI –Adding data into DGD and following up with community college geoscience faculty