Friday, January 4, 2019

GEOS Student Diversity update 2018


Gender breakdown of total Geoscience enrollment at the University of Arkansas. The last several years show a strong growth curve leading to the current composition of 33% female students. This trend is supported by an active student chapter of the Association of Women in Geosciences.
We have more work to do in recruiting and retaining underrepresented (UR) students to Geoscience. But progress has been steady over the last decade to achieve 16.5% UR students in our department. While the numbers shown here represent all UR groups except gender, an important factor is our close association with the National Association of Black Geoscientists.