The Effects of the Economic Crisis on Geoscience Departments report provides a snapshot of the impacts of the economic downturn as of March 2009 on geoscience departments within the United States as well as in other countries. The report includes analyses based on institution type and regional analyses for U.S. geoscience departments.
Overall, 83 percent of geoscience departments that responded to the survey expect budget cuts for 2009 and/or 2010. These budget cuts are expected to impact faculty (reductions and hiring freezes) and support activities (IT, lab equipment, etc.) the most. Graduate student admission and graduate student support will be least impacted. Although the majority of departments expect to be viable beyond the next three years, several U.S. departments indicated that their future was “definitely” or “immediately” threatened by the impacts of the economic downturn.
Read more about how geoscience departments are weathering the economic downturn by downloading the report from the Geoscience Workforce Program’s Reports page: http://www.agiweb.org/workforce/data.html.