Hispanic students reported more familial factors, and more negative familial factors, than white students. Though our sample was not large, we interpret these factors as crucial tools for improving recruitment and retention. We found that positive experiences in introductory courses, supportive family members, personal characteristics that meshed with geoscience, and outstanding field experiences were the most commonly reported factors influencing the choice of a geoscience major. These critical incidents were classified, sorted, and analyzed by race/ethnicity and gender. to collect 926 “critical incidents,” or experiences that affected choice of major. We interviewed 31 current and former geoscience majors (18 women, 13 men 8 Hispanics, 21 whites) at a large university in the southwestern U.S. Many studies discuss recruiting and diversity issues in science and math, but only a small number consider-and address quantitatively-barriers in geoscience. Already suffering from low visibility, geoscience does not resemble the makeup of the general population in terms of either race/ethnicity or gender and is among the least diverse of all science, technology, engineering, and math fields in the U.S. Geoscience faces dual recruiting challenges: a pending workforce shortage and a lack of diversity.
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