New "Drilling Prospects" to Feed the Geoscience Workforce Pipeline

“新的'钻探前景'，以养活地球科学劳动力管道”是一个重点扩大地球科学外展计划（ESOP）在州立大学的纽约学院在俄勒冈州（纽约州立大学俄勒冈州）。ESOP为高中教授的高级地球科学课程提供大学学分，这是对地球科学领域缺乏大学先修课程（AP）机会的直接回应。初步数据显示，在高中增加对地球科学的接触，增加了学生主修地球科学的兴趣，并可能改善地球科学劳动力“管道”的流动。专业发展讲习班协助教师制定ESOP建议，并不断指导ESOP教师和传播信息（关于地球科学专业人员短缺、工资信息等）。学校管理人员和指导顾问建立选区的员工持股计划和双学分地球科学计划在其他机构。城市地区学校的重点招生增加了历史上在地球科学领域代表性不足的群体的机会。“钻探前景”还将评估双学分课程在增加地球科学专业人数和培养劳动力方面的效果。“钻探前景”，以及在纽约州立大学俄勒冈州分校扩大员工持股计划，可以作为一个模式，为其他大学有兴趣推出类似的计划。

"New 'Drilling Prospects' to Feed the Geoscience Workforce Pipeline" is a focused expansion of the Earth Science Outreach Program (ESOP) at the State University of New York College at Oneonta (SUNY Oneonta). ESOP provides college credit for advanced geoscience courses taught in high schools, in direct response to the absence of Advanced Placement (AP) opportunities in the geosciences. Preliminary data shows that this increased exposure to the geosciences in high school increases student interest in majoring in a geoscience and could potentially improve the flow in the geoscience workforce "pipeline". Professional development workshops assist teachers in developing ESOP proposals, and ongoing mentoring of ESOP teachers and dissemination of information (regarding the shortage of geoscience professionals, salary information, etc.) to school administrators and guidance counselors build constituency for ESOP and dual-credit geoscience programs at other institutions. Focused recruitment of schools in urban areas increases opportunities for groups that are historically underrepresented in the geosciences. "Drilling Prospects" will also evaluate the efficacy of dual credit programs in increasing numbers of geoscience majors and feeding the workforce pipeline. "Drilling Prospects", and the expansion of ESOP at SUNY Oneonta, can serve as a model for other colleges interested in launching similar programs.