Building Strong Geoscience Departments
On the Cutting Edge - Building Strong Geoscience Departments managed by NAGT Workshops Developing Pathways to Strong Geoscience Programs for the Future Defining Strong Departments Characteristics of Strong ...

Advancing By Retreating part of Department Heads and Chairs
A faculty retreat can be an effective yet daring way to address difficult issues that arise in academic departments. Whether the issues deal with developing a hiring plan, restructuring curricula, or coping with ...

Becoming a Valued Member of Your Institution part of Making a Case for your Department
View the talk using Quicktime (Quicktime Video 181.2MB Dec3 07) Offer a service learning course that will benefit your local community. Think about your departments' strengths and how you can contribute to ...

Understand Geoscience Employment Trends part of Professional Preparation
Written by Carol Ormand and added to by Molly Kent, based on ideas compiled from the 2007 workshop on the Role of Departments in Preparing Future Geoscience Professionalsand the 2013 Geoscience in the 21st Century ...

Where is Our Research Going? part of Connect to the Future of Geoscience
One focus of our 2007 workshop on Connecting Geoscience Departments to the Future of Science: New Structures for Research and Curriculum was the question of where geoscience research is headed. Each of the ...

Keeping Curricula Current part of Degree Programs
How Can Geoscience Curricula Prepare Our Students for the Future? This presentation, by Mary Savina, was given at the April 2007 workshop on Connecting Geoscience Departments to the Future of Science: New ...

Beyond Earth System Science part of Degree Programs
An Approach for the 21st Century This presentation, by Kip Hodges, was given at the April 2007 workshop on Connecting Geoscience Departments to the Future of Science: New Structures for Research and Curriculum. To ...

SWOT Analysis part of Degree Programs
× This web page was written by Carol Ormand. A SWOT analysis is a tool that originated in the business world (Learned et al., 1969) but is useful for any kind of strategic planning. It's a relatively ...

Matrix Approaches to Program and Curriculum Design part of Degree Programs
Mapping program learning outcomes and course activities in a matrix provides a rich graphical portrait of program content and can be used as a starting point for program assessment. Geology departments at several ...

Profiles and Planning Documents Collection part of Degree Programs
Over the course of several workshops, both through Building Strong Geoscience Departments and the InTeGrate project, participants have contributed descriptions of courses, degree programs, and departments as well ...