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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2013. Preparing the Next Generation of Earth Scientists: An Examination of Federal Education and Training Programs. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18369.
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Appendix B


Workshop Agenda

National Academies Keck Center
500 Fifth Street, NW, Washington, D.C.
September 17-18, 2012

Monday, September 17
8:00

Continental breakfast available in the meeting room

8:30

Welcome and overview of the workshop

Arthur Goldstein, Chair

8:40

The academic sea in which earth science swims

Geoffrey Feiss
GSA Foundation

9:00

Panel on what makes a successful education and training program

Creating a successful earth science training and education program

John McLaughlin
McLaughlin Associates

9:20

Building the hiring base: Thoughts on ExxonMobil’s support for geoscience outreach programs

Mike Loudin
ExxonMobil

9:30

Lessons learned from experience in starting and evaluating university programs: What works, what doesn’t, and why

Timothy Bralower
Pennsylvania State
University

Discussion (all morning presentations)

All

10:00

USGS motivations for the study and workshop

Marcia McNutt
USGS

10:10

Break

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2013. Preparing the Next Generation of Earth Scientists: An Examination of Federal Education and Training Programs. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18369.
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10:20

Charge to the working groups: Identify criteria for evaluating the success of earth science education and training programs

Arthur Goldstein

Divide into four working groups

12:00

Working lunch

1:00

Working groups report back

Working group 1

Lisa White or Raquel Gonzalez

Working group 2

Isaac Crumbly or Matthew Dawson

Working group 3

Eric Riggs or Jim Kahler

Working group 4

Lisa Lauxman or Marcia Barton

Discussion

All

1:45

Flagship successful programs

Cooperative Summer Field Training Program

Robert Ridky, USGS

Earth Science Research Experience for Undergraduates

Lina Patino, NSF

Education Partnership Program

Louisa Koch, NOAA

GeoFORCE Texas

Eleanour Snow, University of Texas

2:45

Charge to the working groups: Factors that make education programs successful

Arthur Goldstein

Divide into four working groups

4:15

Break and working groups prepare reports

4:30

Working groups report back

Working group 1

Pranoti Asher or Stephanie Stockman

Working group 2

Robert Ridky or Louie Tupas

Working group 3

Eric Jolly or Heather Houlton

Working group 4

Lina Patino or Brandon Jones

Discussion

All

5:15

Plans for the next day

Arthur Goldstein

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2013. Preparing the Next Generation of Earth Scientists: An Examination of Federal Education and Training Programs. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18369.
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Tuesday, September 18

8:00

Continental breakfast available in the meeting room

8:30

Overview of the second day of the workshop

Arthur Goldstein

8:35

Expanding participation of underrepresented groups

Eric Jolly
Science Museum of Minnesota

9:05

Charge to the working groups: Identify successes and gaps in expanding the participation of underrepresented groups

Arthur Goldstein

Divide into four working groups

11:00

Break and working groups prepare reports

11:20

Working groups report back

Working group 1

Geoffrey Feiss or John Baek

Working group 2

Timothy Bralower or Peter Lea

Working group 3

Cathryn Manduca or Peter Lyttle

Working group 4

Karl Turekian or Jill Karsten

Discussion

All

12:00

Working lunch

1:00

Charge to the working groups: Identify program synergies and describe ways that federal agencies can leverage their education and training efforts to improve to recruitment of a diverse population

Arthur Goldstein

Divide into four working groups

3:00

Break and working groups prepare reports

3:20

Working groups report back

Working group 1

Susan Cozzens or Don Sweet

Working group 2

Elizabeth Day-Miller or Vince Santucci

Working group 3

Eric Pyle or Lynne Murdock

Working group 4

Louisa Koch or Eleanour Snow

Discussion

All

4:00

Synthesis and discussion
Next steps for the committee

Committee

4:30

Workshop adjourns

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Earth science, which in this context does not include oceanic, atmospheric, and space sciences, is vital to the wellbeing of the United States and many of its issues, such as water resources, are expected to grow in importance. An earth science workforce will be needed to deal with this issues and it's important that this workforce draw on the talents of all citizens. Thus, federal education programs can be implemented to help attract and retain students on an earth science pathway; however, tight funding means agencies need to invest in programs that actually work.

As a result, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Office of Science Quality and Integrity asked the National Research Council (NRC) to establish a committee to carry out a study, organized around a workshop, to address several tasks including: examining recent earth science education programs with a research or training component, both formal and informal, in these federal agencies; indentifying criteria and the results of previous federal program evaluations, and summarizing the knowledge and skills identified in recent NRC workforce reports that are needed by earth scientists in their careers.

Preparing the Next Generation of Earth Scientists: An Examination of Federal Education and Training Programs presents the committee's finding. The investigation was completed through information provided by federal agency managers and published articles and reports. A 2-day workshop was also held to examine federal earth science education programs and efforts to leverage resources. The report includes the workshop agenda, a glossary of abbreviated terms, and more.

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