Initial Publication Date: April 13, 2015

Do You Fear Losing Faculty to Other Departments?

Go back to the beginning of this presentation, by Randall Richardson and Susan Beck of the University of Arizona, about the results of a national survey of geoscience departments.

Key findings:

  • Two-year, 4-year and master's institutions generally were not in fear of losing faculty to other departments.
  • The departments with greater than 20 faculty at PhD granting institutions were most concerned about losing faculty.

Click on the thumbnail images to see larger versions of each graph.


Do you feel that your department is at risk of losing faculty to other institutions?
Answers from left to right: yes, no.

Two-Year Programs



Undergraduate Programs



Master's Programs



PhD Programs



PhD Programs >20 FTEs