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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819685203321

Titolo

Preparing the next generation of earth scientists : an examination of federal education and training programs / / Committee on Trends and Opportunities in Federal Earth Science Education and Workforce Development, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, District of Columbia : , : The National Academies Press, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

0-309-28750-2

0-309-28748-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (95 p.)

Disciplina

550

Soggetti

Earth sciences - Study and teaching - United States

Earth sciences and state - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"At the request of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Office of Science Quality and Integrity, the National Research Council (NRC) established a committee to carry out a study, organized around a workshop ..."--Page 1.

Workshop held at National Academies Keck Center in Washington, D.C. on September 17-18, 2013.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 51-54).

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter; Acknowledgments; Contents; Summary; 1 Introduction; 2 Federal Earth Science Education and Training Programs; 3 A Program Framework; 4 Program Evaluation; 5 Broadening the Participation of Underrepresented Groups; References; Appendix A: Legislative Authorities; Appendix B: Workshop Agenda; Appendix C: Workshop Participants; Appendix D: Program Evaluation Information Provided by the Agencies; Appendix E: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members; Appendix F: Acronyms and Abbreviations