RSSGeo2YC: The Two-Year College Division
The Geo2YC Division is a home for NAGT members who have a shared professional interest in geoscience education at two-year colleges. Two-year college faculty are an integral part of NAGT. They serve as officers in the sections and on the Executive Committee. Many other members are interested in helping two-year college faculty teach geosciences to a growing number of students in the United States and Canada because two-year colleges are a significant feeder track for geoscience majors to four-year colleges and universities.
The mission of the division is to:
- serve as a forum for exchanging ideas, concerns, and resources
- establish a network of geoscience educators at two-year colleges and other institutions with shared interests
- sponsor NAGT 2YC activities and make recommendations to the NAGT Council
- support and coordinate research on 2YC geoscience education
- advocate for 2YC geoscience education within NAGT and with other organizations
Division Officers
The officers are elected by the members of the division in the fall. You can see the current slate of officers and learn more about the positions and terms on the Division Officers page.
Resources
There are a number of resources available to help 2YC faculty in the classroom, including the NSF-funded Geosciences in Two-Year Colleges Portal.
Join the Discussion
The Geoscience in Two-Year Colleges Portal maintains a Discussion Board as well as a Discussion Email List where you can ask questions and discuss important 2YC issues with others who have similar interests.NAGT Documents
- Issues, Opportunities and Concerns in the Geosciences at Community Colleges Results and Insights from Focus Groups conducted at the 2009 Portland GSA (Microsoft Word 71kB Mar22 11)
Prepared by: Eric Riggs, Purdue University; Heather Houlton, Purdue University; Frank Granshaw, Portland Community College
This is a summary report from focus groups held at Portland Community College in conjunction with the 2009 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting. Twenty-five community college educators from around the country gathered with university professors and representatives from the National Science Foundation Geoscience Directorate to participate in two concurrent, moderated focus groups.