Education and Outreach

1.What program(s) have you interacted with (please check all that apply)
Option Count Percent
1. ASP graduate fellowship program 8 3.42%
2. ASP postdoctoral program 10 4.27%
3. COMET Program 38 16.24%
4. DLESE (Digital Library for Earth System Education) 23 9.83%
5. GLOBE 14 5.98%
6. HAO postdoctoral program 1 0.43%
7. HAO Summer undergraduate visitor program 1 0.43%
8. NCAR Undergraduate Leadership Workshop 5 2.14%
9. NSDL (National Science Digital Library) 2 0.85%
10. Project LEARN 3 1.28%
11. SOARS 26 11.11%
12. Teachers Workshop on Climate and Global Change 14 5.98%
13. Teachers Workshop of Geoscience Education 7 2.99%
14. UCAR Visiting Scientist Program 16 6.84%
15. UCAR’s Home page and links to education programs 17 7.26%
16. Windows to the Universe website 6 2.56%
17. None of the above 39 16.67%
18. Other (please specify here): 4 1.71%
Total 234 100%
Median:   11.0 Minimum value:   1
Total responses:   114 Maximum value:   18
2.How have you interacted with this program (please check all that apply)?
Option Count Percent
1. User of educational materials 41 25.63%
2. As a co-sponsor of participants 15 9.38%
3. As a contributor to or reviewer of science content 15 9.38%
4. As a collaborator on grant proposals supporting EO 10 6.25%
5.  Participant in workshop or colloquium 22 13.75%
6. As a student 18 11.25%
7. As a teacher, speaker, advisor or mentor 23 14.38%
8. Not applicable 16 10.0%
Total 160 100%
Median:   4.0 Minimum value:   1
Total responses:   87 Maximum value:   8
3.Would you like UCAR to offer educational programs that might help junior faculty and early career scientists to strengthen their ability to communicate about science (e.g., written and oral communication skills)?
Option Count Percent
1. Yes 81 87.1%
2. No 12 12.9%
Total 93 100%
Median:   1.0 Minimum value:   1
Total responses:   93 Maximum value:   2