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Building a partnership to build a pipeline for geographers
Author(s) -
Shabram Patrick,
Housel Jacqueline
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
new directions for community colleges
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1536-0733
pISSN - 0194-3081
DOI - 10.1002/cc.20453
Subject(s) - outreach , general partnership , economic shortage , diversity (politics) , field (mathematics) , pipeline (software) , community college , sociology , public relations , economic growth , regional science , political science , engineering , economics , medical education , anthropology , mechanical engineering , medicine , linguistics , philosophy , mathematics , government (linguistics) , pure mathematics , law
Given an impending shortage of geographers, and a lack of diversity in the field, the American Association of Geographers (AAG) has worked to expand the number of geography majors, in part by outreach to community college faculty and students.