Defining Strong Departments part of Strong Geoscience Departments:Defining Strong Departments
Many researchers have studied what makes a department "strong." If you want your department to thrive in the coming decades, the resources and references below will point you in the right direction. Jump ...

Insights from Other Disciplines part of Strong Geoscience Departments:Defining Strong Departments
Other disciplines have insights to offer on what it means and what it takes to be a "strong" or "thriving" department. The physics, mathematics and biology communities are currently wrestling ...

Characteristics of a Thriving Geoscience Department part of Strong Geoscience Departments:Defining Strong Departments
Compiled by participants in the Building Strong Geoscience Departments Workshop, College of William and Mary, February, 2005. Download this text as a PDF file (Acrobat (PDF) 63kB Jun7 05). They are dynamic and ...

Demographics of Surveyed Departments part of Strong Geoscience Departments:Defining Strong 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. Click on the thumbnail images to ...

Threats Over the Next 3-5 Years part of Strong Geoscience Departments:Defining Strong 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: By far the major ...

Most Important Factor in Departmental Success part of Strong Geoscience Departments:Defining Strong 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: At 4-year and ...

Criteria for Success part of Strong Geoscience Departments:Defining Strong Departments
This list of indicators of successful programs and assessment strategies was developed by participants at the 2005 workshop on Developing Pathways to Strong Departments for the Future. While no single indicator ...

Future Planning part of Strong Geoscience Departments:Defining Strong Departments
× Go back to the introduction to this survey. Click on the thumbnails to see larger versions of the graphs. What are the largest opportunities for your department in the next 3-5 years? Large, community-wide ...

Percentage of Teaching by Temporary Faculty part of Strong Geoscience Departments:Defining Strong 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: At PhD granting ...

Letter to Department Heads and Chairs part of Strong Geoscience Departments:Defining Strong Departments
Compiled by participants in the Building Strong Geoscience Departments workshop, College of William and Mary, February, 2005. You can also download (Acrobat (PDF) 76kB Oct24 05) a PDF of this letter. June 7, 2005 ...