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2008 Accreditation Survey — General Program Design

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The proposed accreditation program designs are displayed on a matrix available here. <a href="http://www.geosociety.org/flyers/GSA_AccredSurveyModelGrid.pdf" target="blank">Program Description Matrix</a> NOTE: You will need this information in order to answer the following survey questions. Please print the pdf to refer to, or keep the linked window open as you proceed.
  1. The General Program Design Matrix [in the link above] shows six common properties of five alternative models for the structure of a system of accreditation. Please mark the model you prefer for each property listed, based on the model descriptions  
Top number is the count of respondents selecting the option.
Bottom % is percent of the total respondents selecting the option.		 Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4 Model 5
Participation 265
13%		 289
15%		 380
19%		 932
47%		 100
5%
Curriculum 252
13%		 330
17%		 633
32%		 627
32%		 118
6%
Reporting 260
13%		 410
21%		 457
23%		 428
22%		 393
20%
Administration 297
15%		 338
17%		 596
31%		 348
18%		 357
18%
Accreditation 281
14%		 284
15%		 370
19%		 460
24%		 554
28%
Recognition 282
15%		 417
21%		 434
22%		 528
27%		 280
14%
  2. Do you have other comments about Participation that are not covered by the five models?  
View 417 Responses
  3. Do you have other comments about Curriculum that are not covered by the five models?  
View 513 Responses
  4. Do you have other comments about Reporting that are not covered by the five models?  
View 319 Responses
  5. Do you have other comments about Administration that are not covered by the five models?  
View 346 Responses
  6. Do you have other comments about Accreditation that are not covered by the five models?  
View 352 Responses
  7. Do you have other comments about Recognition that are not covered by the five models?  
View 353 Responses
  8. Which category best decribes your current employment status? (Check one.)  
Undergraduate Student
 
122 6%
Graduate Student
 
211 10%
Academic (College/University)
 
682 33%
K-12 Teacher
 
53 3%
Government
 
229 11%
Corporate
 
366 18%
Not-for-profit Organization
 
20 1%
Self-employed / Consultant
 
214 10%
Retired
 
133 7%
Unemployed
 
13 1%
Total 2043 100%
  9. On average, how many Baccalaureate degrees are awarded in your department each year?  
0-5
 
191 28%
6-10
 
212 32%
11-15
 
132 20%
16-25
 
76 11%
>25
 
61 9%
Total 672 100%
  10. On average, how many Master's degrees are awarded in your department each year?  
No Master's program
 
236 35%
0-2
 
48 7%
3-5
 
178 26%
6-10
 
152 22%
11-15
 
33 5%
>15
 
29 4%
Total 676 100%
  11. On average, how many PhD. degrees are awarded in your department each year?  
No PhD. program
 
345 51%
0-2
 
104 15%
3-5
 
140 21%
6-10
 
60 9%
11-15
 
14 2%
>15
 
13 2%
Total 676 100%
  12. Which category best describes your government agency? (Check one.)  
Federal
 
99 43%
State
 
97 42%
Regional
 
11 5%
Local
 
16 7%
NonUSA
 
6 3%
United Nations
       
0 0%
Total 229 100%
  13. How many professional geologists are employed in your local office?  
1-2
 
55 24%
3-10
 
66 29%
11-50
 
71 32%
>50
 
33 15%
Total 225 100%
  14. How many professional geologists are employed in all of the combined offices of your government agency?  
the local office is the only office that employs professional geologists
 
20 9%
1-10
 
28 13%
11-50
 
62 28%
51-100
 
40 18%
>100
 
72 32%
Total 222 100%
  15. Which category best describes the scope of your company's operations?  
U.S./North American operations only
 
163 45%
U.S. based multi-national
 
136 37%
Global operation based outside of North America
 
66 18%
Total 365 100%
  16. Which category best describes the primary purpose of your company's operations?  
Mineral resources
 
65 18%
Energy resources
 
122 33%
Water resources
 
24 7%
Environmental/Engineering geology
 
154 42%
Total 365 100%
  17. How many professional geologists are employed at your local corporate office?  
1-2
 
96 26%
3-10
 
139 38%
11-50
 
68 19%
>50
 
62 17%
Total 365 100%
  18. How many professional geologists are employed by your company in all locations?  
Local corporate office is the only location that employs professional geologists
 
57 16%
1-10
 
78 21%
11-50
 
63 17%
51-100
 
34 9%
>100
 
132 36%
Total 364 100%
  19. How many professional geologists are employed in your not-for-profit organization?  
1-2
 
11 55%
3-5
 
2 10%
6-10
 
2 10%
>10
 
5 25%
Total 20 100%
  20. To which of the following professional societies do you belong? (Check all that apply.)  
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
 
418 21%
American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists (AASP)
 
11 1%
American Geophyisical Union (AGU)
 
692 34%
American Institute of Hydrology (AIH)
 
20 1%
American Institute of Professional Geologists (AIPG)
 
176 9%
American Quaternary Association (AMQUA)
 
57 3%
American Rock Mechanics Association (ARMA)
       
8 0%
American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO)
       
9 0%
American Water Resources Association (AWRA)
 
44 2%
Association for Women Geoscientists (AWG)
 
131 7%
Association of American State Geologists (AASG)
 
11 1%
Association of Earth Science Editors (AESE)
 
12 1%
Association of Engineering Geologists (AEG)
 
225 11%
Association of Geoscientists for International Development (AGID)
       
6 0%
Clay Minerals Society (CMS)
 
20 1%
Council on Undergraduate Research Geosciences Division (CUR)
 
24 1%
Cushman Foundation (CF)
 
14 1%
Environmental & Engineering Geophysical Society (EEGS)
 
18 1%
Geochemical Society (GS)
 
97 5%
Geo-Institute of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
 
30 1%
Geological Society of America (GSA)
 
1657 82%
Geoscience Information Society (GSIS)
       
6 0%
Groundwater Resources Association of California (GRA-CA)
 
52 3%
History of Earth Sciences Society (HESS)
 
18 1%
International Association of Geochemistry (IAGC)
 
16 1%
International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH)
 
28 1%
Karst Waters Institute (KWI)
       
7 0%
The Mineralogical Society (MS)
 
13 1%
Mineralogical Society of America (MSA)
 
107 5%
National Association of Black Geologists and Geophysicists (NABGG)
       
8 0%
National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT)
 
262 13%
National Association of State Boards of Geology (ASBOG®)
 
18 1%
National Cave & Karst Research Institute (NCKRI)
       
4 0%
National Earth Science Teachers Association (NESTA)
 
33 2%
National Ground Water Association (NGWA)
 
146 7%
Paleontological Research Institution (PRI)
 
38 2%
Paleontological Society (PS)
 
144 7%
Seismological Society of America (SSA)
 
39 2%
Sigma Gamma Epsilon (SGE)
 
124 6%
Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (SME)
 
72 4%
Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM)
 
285 14%
Society of Economic Geologists (SEG)
 
193 10%
Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG)
 
69 3%
Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)
 
27 1%
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP)
 
39 2%
Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)
 
19 1%
  21. Are you in favor of some type of formal accreditation of academic programs?  
Yes
 
1589 79%
No
 
411 21%
Total 2000 100%
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