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Geoscience COVID-19 Impacts Study
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Academic departments by degree granting status
Academic departments by institutional Carnegie Classification
Academic departments by state
Academic departments in minority-serving institutions
Academic departments with active faculty searches
Academic departments with faculty on travel or conducting fieldwork
Academic departments: Concerns driven by factors not related to the COVID-19 pandemic
Academic departments: Concerns moderately to extremely driven by COVID-19
Academic faculty: Concerns driven by factors not related to the COVID-19 pandemic
Academic faculty: Concerns moderately to extremely driven by COVID-19
Academic faculty: time spent at employer's office
Academic faculty: time spent at field sites
Academic faculty: time spent at lab facility
Academic faculty: time spent at other locations
Academic faculty: time spent at remote client office
Academic faculty: time spent at remote work location
Academic faculty: work locations
Active research by cohort
Active research by cohort
Active usage of office space relative to before the pandemic
Active usage of office, research, and teaching spaces relative to before the pandemic
Are the preferred and required skillsets for new hires fundamentally different from before the pandemic?
Benefits from work environments during the pandemic
Benefits from work environments during the pandemic
Benefits from work environments during the pandemic
Benefits from work environments during the pandemic
Benefits from work environments during the pandemic
Benefits from work environments during the pandemic (2020-2022)
Benefits to employees from work environments during the pandemic
Benefits to faculty and staff from work environments during the pandemic
Benefits to teaching courses, labs, and field activities in an online setting
Chained response rate by cohort
Challenges with preparing for licensure and professional certifications during the pandemic
Challenges with recruiting, hiring, and onboarding activities
Challenges with teaching courses, labs, and field activities in an online setting
Challenges with work environments during the pandemic
Challenges with work environments during the pandemic
Challenges with work environments during the pandemic
Challenges with work environments during the pandemic
Challenges with work environments during the pandemic
Challenges with work environments during the pandemic
Challenges with work environments during the pandemic (2020-2022)
Change in departmental budget by academic year
Change in the focus of work or research due to the pandemic
Change in time spent on academic activities between April and November 2021
Change in time spent on academic activities between April and November 2021
Change in time spent on academic activities between April and November 2021
Changes made by faculty to curriculum during the 2020-2021 academic year
Changes made by K-12 faculty to curriculum during the 2020-2021 academic year
Changes made to geoscience academic degree programs
Changes to Fall 2021 student recruiting from previous years
Changes to geoscience employer staffing as a result of the pandemic
Changes to onboarding and new hire training during the pandemic
Changes to promotion and tenure guidelines to address pandemic impacts on faculty
Communication technology platforms used by survey participants in 2020
Comparison of degrees awarded in current academic year to 2019-2020
Components used in virtual field courses or field components to courses
Components used in virtual lab sections / courses
Components used in virtual lecture classes
Components used in virtual teaching (labs, lectures, and field activities)
Components used in virtual teaching (labs, lectures, and field activities)
Course cancellations by type and academic year
Course format least preferred by academic faculty by format and level
Course format least preferred by students by format and level
Course format most preferred by academic faculty by format and level
Course format most preferred by students by format and level
Courses and/or degree tracks phased in/out during the 2021-2022 academic year
Degree levels at which geoscience employers are hiring
Departmental plans for integrating virtual instruction into field activities for the long-term
Departmental plans for integrating virtual instruction into lab activities for the long-term
Did your department expand options to allow students to catch up on their degree programs?
Employee challenges with work environments during the pandemic
Employee distribution by location
Employee distribution by work environment
Employee distribution by work environment
Employee proficiency with selected skills
Employee proficiency with selected virtual skills
Employer preference for skillsets in new hires
Employer size by number of employees
Employers offering remote-first work policies
Employers with staff on travel or conducting fieldwork
Employment intensity of employed faculty during the pandemic
Employment intensity of employed K-12 faculty during the pandemic
Employment intensity of employed post-doctoral fellows during the pandemic
Employment intensity of employed study participants during the pandemic
Employment intensity of employed study participants in non-faculty occupations during the pandemic
Employment sectors of geoscience employers vs employed geoscientists in the US
Employment sectors of non-academic geoscientists vs employed geoscientists in the US
Employment sectors sought by unemployed geoscientists
Employment status of survey participants graduating before 2000
Employment status of survey participants graduating in 2000-2009
Employment status of survey participants graduating in 2010-2013
Employment status of survey participants graduating in 2014-2018
Employment status of survey participants graduating in 2019-2022
Employment trajectory through the pandemic
Employment trajectory through the pandemic
Employment trajectory through the pandemic
Employment trajectory through the pandemic
Employment trajectory through the pandemic
Employment trajectory through the pandemic
Employment trajectory through the pandemic
Engagement with co-curricular activities
Engagement with professional development activities
Engagement with professional development activities
Engagement with professional development activities
Engagement with professional development activities
Engagement with professional development activities
Engagement with professional development activities
Enrollment intention for next term
Enrollment status of students during the pandemic
Enrollments by category compared to pre-pandemic years
Expectation for ongoing permanent staffing levels
Expectation for ongoing temporary / contract staffing levels
Expected financial performance for current calendar year relative to last year
Expected financial performance for current calendar year relative to pre-pandemic conditions
Expected proficiency of graduate students with selected skills upon graduation
Expected proficiency of undergraduate students with selected skills upon graduation
Facility restrictions to work and research activities during the pandemic
Facility restrictions to work and research activities during the pandemic
Facility restrictions to work and research activities during the pandemic
Facility restrictions to work and research activities during the pandemic
Facility restrictions to work and research activities during the pandemic
Facility restrictions to work and research activities during the pandemic
Faculty and staff challenges with work environments during the pandemic
Faculty and staff proficiency with selected virtual skills
Faculty plans for integrating virtual instruction into field activities for the long-term
Faculty plans for integrating virtual instruction into lab activities for the long-term
Faculty promotion and tenure change opt-in
Field activity formats by number of instructional modes
Field activity instructional formats
Field course changes during Spring 2020
Financial assistance received by quarter
Format of student advising meetings
Frequency of student advising meetings relative to February 2020
Geoscience employers by state
Geoscience employers: Concerns driven by factors not related to the COVID-19 pandemic
Geoscience employers: Concerns moderately to extremely driven by COVID-19
Graduating students intending to take the Fundamentals of Geology exam in the 2021-2022 academic year
Has what you are looking for in potential geoscience employees changed since the start of the pandemic?
Have pandemic-related institutional policies changed the number of faculty FTEs allowed?
Have there been items you have not been able to access or obtain through your library?
Health and safety restrictions to work and research activities during the pandemic
Health and safety restrictions to work and research activities during the pandemic
Health and safety restrictions to work and research activities during the pandemic
Health and safety restrictions to work and research activities during the pandemic
Health and safety restrictions to work and research activities during the pandemic
Health and safety restrictions to work and research activities during the pandemic
How necessary is it for you to be physically present at your employer's office to do you work duties?
How necessary is it for you to be physically present at your employer's office to do you work duties?
How necessary is it for you to be physically present at your employer's office to do you work duties?
How necessary is it for you to be physically present at your employer's office to do you work duties?
How necessary is it for you to be physically present at your employer's office to do you work duties?
How recent graduates are acquiring the skills and/or knowledge they wished they had prior to graduation
How students navigated degree program course requirements during the pandemic
Impacts to student research presentations between February and May 2020
Importance of business skills to the geoscience profession
Importance of data science and ML/AI skills to the geoscience profession
Importance of data visualization skills to the geoscience profession
Importance of database skills to the geoscience profession
Importance of graphic design skills to the geoscience profession
Importance of programming skills to the geoscience profession
Importance of selected skills to the geoscience profession
Importance of selected skills to the geoscience profession
Importance of selected skills to the geoscience profession
Importance of selected skills to the geoscience profession
Importance of selected skills to the geoscience profession
Importance of selected skills to the geoscience profession
Importance of selected skills to the geoscience profession
Importance of selected skills to the geoscience profession
Importance of selected skills to the geoscience profession
Importance of selected skills to the geoscience profession
Importance of selected skills to the geoscience profession
In-office work policies available to employees
In-office work policies available to employees
Institutional plans for next academic term
Institutional plans for next academic term
Institutional plans for next academic term
Institutional plans for next academic term related to pandemic restrictions
Institutional plans for next academic term related to pandemic restrictions
Institutional plans for next academic term related to pandemic restrictions
Integration of selected skills into academic curriculum
Interest in teaching or learning via virtual modes
Interest in teaching via virtual modes
K-12 faculty: Concerns driven by factors not related to the COVID-19 pandemic
K-12 faculty: Concerns moderately to extremely driven by COVID-19
K-12 faculty: time spent at employer's office
K-12 faculty: time spent at field sites
K-12 faculty: time spent at lab facility
K-12 faculty: time spent at other locations
K-12 faculty: time spent at remote client office
K-12 faculty: time spent at remote work location
K-12 faculty: work locations
Lab instruction changes during Spring 2020
Lab section / course formats by number of instructional modes
Lab section / course instructional formats
Lecture course formats by number of instructional modes
Lecture course instructional formats
Length of employment in current job
Level of work relative to capacity
Math and programming skills in the curriculum
Meeting and travel restrictions to work and research activities during the pandemic
Meeting and travel restrictions to work and research activities during the pandemic
Meeting and travel restrictions to work and research activities during the pandemic
Meeting and travel restrictions to work and research activities during the pandemic
Meeting and travel restrictions to work and research activities during the pandemic
Meeting and travel restrictions to work and research activities during the pandemic
Minimum number of days employees are required to work in the office per week
Mode of work and research activities
Mode of work and research activities
Mode of work and research activities
Mode of work and research activities
New opportunities for work or research due to the pandemic
Non-academic geoscientists: Concerns driven by factors not related to the COVID-19 pandemic
Non-academic geoscientists: Concerns moderately to extremely driven by COVID-19
Non-academic professionals: time spent at employer's office
Non-academic professionals: time spent at field sites
Non-academic professionals: time spent at lab facility
Non-academic professionals: time spent at other locations
Non-academic professionals: time spent at remote client office
Non-academic professionals: time spent at remote work location
Non-academic professionals: work locations
Number of sectors in which unemployed geoscientists are seeking employment
Occupations of non-academic geoscientists at time of survey consent
Oral history participants by cohort
Pandemic impacts on degree progress
Pandemic impacts on field activities, Spring 2020
Pandemic impacts on lab activities, Spring 2020
Pandemic impacts on research activities, Spring 2020
Pandemic impacts on student and faculty research, Spring 2020
Pandemic-related impacts related to the degree progress for continuing students
Pandemic-related impacts to business operations
Pandemic-related impacts to departmental staffing
Pandemic-related restrictions to work and research activities
Pandemic-related restrictions to work and research activities
Pandemic-related restrictions to work and research activities
Pandemic-related restrictions to work and research activities
Pandemic-related restrictions to work and research activities
Pandemic-related restrictions to work and research activities
Participants by age at time of survey consent
Participants by citizenship status
Participants by gender
Participants by Hispanic heritage
Participants by occupational type at time of survey consent
Participants by race
Permanent integration of virtual instruction into departmental curriculum
Permanent integration of virtual instruction into faculty teaching strategies
Plans for professional licensure / certification exams in 2021
Plans for taking professional certification of licensing exams in 2021
Post-docs: Concerns driven by factors not related to the COVID-19 pandemic
Post-docs: Concerns moderately to extremely driven by COVID-19
Post-doctoral fellows: time spent at employer's office
Post-doctoral fellows: time spent at field sites
Post-doctoral fellows: time spent at lab facility
Post-doctoral fellows: time spent at other locations
Post-doctoral fellows: time spent at remote client office
Post-doctoral fellows: time spent at remote work location
Post-doctoral fellows: work locations
Presentation mode of senior capstone, thesis, or dissertation
Productivity impacts from caregiving and domestic responsibilities, April 2021
Productivity impacts from caregiving and domestic responsibilities, December 2021
Productivity with remote work activities
Productivity with remote work activities
Productivity with remote work activities
Professional credentials by survey cohort
Proficiency with business skills
Proficiency with collaboration with colleagues via virtual platforms
Proficiency with data science and ML/AI skills
Proficiency with data visualization skills
Proficiency with database skills
Proficiency with graphic design skills
Proficiency with presenting research or projects via virtual platforms
Proficiency with programming skills
Proficiency with selected skills
Proficiency with selected skills
Proficiency with selected skills
Proficiency with selected skills
Proficiency with selected skills
Proficiency with selected skills
Proficiency with selected skills
Proficiency with selected skills
Proficiency with selected skills
Proficiency with selected virtual skills
Proficiency with selected virtual skills
Proficiency with selected virtual skills
Proficiency with selected virtual skills
Proficiency with selected virtual skills
Proficiency with selected virtual skills
Proficiency with selected virtual skills
Proficiency with selected virtual skills
Proficiency with selected virtual skills
Proficiency with the use of virtual platforms
Proficiency with the use of virtual tools for collaborative work
Re-evaluation of office policies due to the current pandemic situation
Reasons for not taking professional licensure / certification exams in 2021
Reasons for seeking employment outside of the geosciences
Recent graduates (2014-18): Concerns driven by factors not related to the COVID-19 pandemic
Recent graduates (2014-2018): Concerns moderately to extremely driven by COVID-19
Recent graduates (2019-2022): Concerns driven by factors not related to the COVID-19 pandemic
Recent graduates (2019-2022): Concerns moderately to extremely driven by COVID-19
Reduced hours because of caregiving and domestic responsibilities, April 2021
Reduced hours because of caregiving and domestic responsibilities, December 2021
Remote learning adaptations during the pandemic
Remote work adaptations during the pandemic
Remote work adaptations during the pandemic
Remote work adaptations during the pandemic
Remote work and learning adaptations during the pandemic
Remote work policies available to employees
Remote work policies available to employees
Research modes used by faculty
Research modes used by faculty
Research modes used by graduate students
Research modes used by undergraduate students
Research modes used by undergraduate students
Retirees: Concerns driven by factors not related to the COVID-19 pandemic
Retirees: Concerns moderately to extremely driven by COVID-19
Satisfaction with online learning
Satisfaction with online teaching
Skills and knowledge gaps noted by employers in pandemic new hires
Skills and knowledge of pandemic hires relative to pre-pandemic hires
Skills and/or knowledge recent graduates wished they had obtained prior to graduation
Status of geoscience retirees during the pandemic
Status of unemployed geoscientists over the pandemic
Strategies for addressing pandemic impacts
Student recruitment strategies used during the COVID-19 pandemic
Students delaying graduation in order to complete degree requirements
Students taking coursework during Summer 2021 term
Students: Concerns driven by factors not related to the COVID-19 pandemic
Students: Concerns moderately to extremely driven by COVID-19
Summer 2021 enrollment compared to pre-pandemic summer terms
Supply shortages during the pandemic
Supply shortages during the pandemic
Supply shortages during the pandemic
Supply shortages during the pandemic
Supply shortages during the pandemic
Supply shortages during the pandemic
Supply shortages during the pandemic
Support for remote working employees
Support for remote working employees
Support for remote working employees
Support for remote working employees
Support for remote working employees
Support for remote working employees
Support for remote working employees
Survey participants by cohort
Time spent on academic activities in the 2021 calendar year
Time spent on academic activities in the 2021 calendar year
Time spent on academic activities in the 2021 calendar year
Topics covered in courses / sections students were unable to take
Topics of co-curricular webinars and online events
Topics of professional development webinars and online events
Topics of professional development webinars and online events
Topics of professional development webinars and online events
Topics of professional development webinars and online events
Topics of professional development webinars and online events
Topics of professional development webinars and online events
Topics of professional development webinars and online events
Trend in geoscience enrollments relative to the 2019-2020 academic year (AY)
Types of activities retirees were engaged in during the pandemic
Types of courses continuing students were unable to take
Types of courses graduating students were unable to take
Types of courses students took during Summer 2021 term
Types of employer-provided skills development training during new hire onboarding
Types of financial assistance received
Types of libraries used between September and October 2020
Types of library resource access issues experienced by survey participants
Types of math and programming skills students lack
Types of new work and research opportunities due to the pandemic
Types of pandemic related restrictions on geoscience employers
Types of pandemic-related impacts to business operations
Unemployed geoscientists: Concerns driven by factors not related to the COVID-19 pandemic
Unemployed geoscientists: Concerns moderately to extremely driven by COVID-19
Usage of library resources relative to February 2020: Customer service (emails, chat, phone)
Usage of library resources relative to February 2020: Inter-Library Loan services
Usage of library resources relative to February 2020: Journal access
Usage of library resources relative to February 2020: Print materials
Virtual instruction pre-pandemic and plans for Fall 2021
Webinar series participants by cohort and employment sector
Were pandemic-era geoscience graduates allowed to take classes after graduation?
What percentage of students were unable to take required courses this academic year?
Workload associated with online teaching
Workload associated with online teaching
Workplace policies available to employees
Workplace policies available to employees
Year when retirement began for retired study participants
