This is the first half of a two part article exploring the loss of geoscience departments at schools across the country and the divide between those academic departments that face no threat and those that should be actively engaged in justifying their existence. This part lays out the situation (using the current school rankings from US News and World Report), looks at the implications of this 'two-culture' reality and stresses the importance of departments having a plan for their own survival.
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