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Who Will Build the 21st Century? Addressing Critical Demographic Gaps in the Geosciences
GSA Today
  • Bradley D. Cramer, University of Iowa
  • Katherine J. Lewandowski, Eastern Illinois University
  • Arthur Goldstein, Bridgewater State University
  • Pranoti Asher, American Geophysical Union
  • Jeffrey Ryan, University of South Florida
  • David I. Schofield, British Geophysical Survey
  • Rex Buchanan, University of Kansas Main Campus
  • Richard Denne, Marathon Oil
  • William I. Ausich, Ohio State University - Main Campus
  • Thijs R.A. Vandenbroucke, Ghent University
  • Sherman Lundy, BMC Aggregates
  • Tyler Priest, University of Iowa
  • Ryan J. Clark, University of Iowa
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Publication Date
1-1-2015
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Abstract

The geoscience workforce in the United States may be facing a critical shortage of trained personnel (Gonzalez and Keane, 2011; NRC, 2013; Mosher et al., 2014; Wilson, 2014a). The National Bureau of Labor Statistics projects a 16% increase in geoscience jobs by 2022. If, as projected, more than half of the present geoscience workforce retires by that time (Wilson, 2014a, 2014b), up to 185,000 new geoscientists will be needed. Graduation rates in U.S. geoscience programs (Wilson, 2014a) are slowly increasing but still lack the capacity to produce such numbers by 2022 (Fig. 1A). The result is a projected shortfall of 135,000 trained geoscientists within the next decade (Wilson, 2014a, 2014b). To meet these growing challenges to our ability to research, assess, and utilize our natural resources in an environmentally responsible manner, we must increase the number of geoscience students.

Original Citation

Cramer, B.D., Lewandowski, K.J., Goldstein, A., Asher, P., Ryan, J., Schofield, D.I., Buchanan, R., Denne, R., Ausich, W.I., Vandenbroucke, T.R.A., Lundy, S., Priest, T., & Clark, R.J. (2015). Who Will Build the 21st Century? Addressing Critical Demographic Gaps in the Geosciences. GSA Today, 25(12), 36-37. https://doi.org/10.1130/GSATG243GW.1

Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1130/GSATG243GW.1

Citation Information
Bradley D. Cramer, Katherine J. Lewandowski, Arthur Goldstein, Pranoti Asher, et al.. "Who Will Build the 21st Century? Addressing Critical Demographic Gaps in the Geosciences" GSA Today (2015)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/katherine_lewandowski/6/