2. What Is the Title of Your Academic Unit Or Department?

Supplementary data S3: Survey questions for colleges.

1. 1. What is the name of your college?

2. 2. What is the title of your academic unit or department?

3. 3. Which of the following best describes your academic program? Response Agronomy Environmental Science Ecology Earth Science Land Management Urban Land Soil Science Engineering Geography Geology Natural Resource Science Wetlands Other, please specify... Other, please specify. . .

4. 4. Does your unit or department offer diplomas, associate and/or applied degrees, or certificates in soil science? Response Yes No

5. 5. If your unit or department does not offer any diplomas, degrees or certificates in soil science, does it offer soil science courses? Response Yes No 6. 6. Does your department offer the following degrees, diplomas or certificates in soil science? If YES, please indicate by selecting the degrees, diplomas or certificates your department offers and indicate how many students are currently enrolled. Response Diploma in soil science Degree in soil science Certificate in soil science Other degree (please specify)

7. 7. How has student enrollment in your soil science program changed over the last ten years? Would you say it has Response Increased by more than 25% Increased by less than 25% Stayed about the same Decreased by 25% or less Decreased by more than 25%

8. 8. Based on your experience do you see student enrollment in your soil science program over the next ten years Response increasing by more than 25% increasing by less than 25% staying about the same decreasing by 25% or less decreasing by more than 25%

9. 9. What do you see as the main reason(s) for past and/or projected changes in student enrollment?

10.10. Is your unit or department exclusively soil science, or is soil science a sub- component of a larger unit or department? Response Exclusively soil science Soil science is a component 11.11. Has your unit or department always been like this? Response Yes, it has been exclusively a soil science department Yes, it has been a sub-component of a larger department No, it has merged with another program.

12.12. What other programs require students to take your unit or department's soil science courses? Response Conservation Environmental Science Environmental Studies Horticulture Landscape Architecture Natural Resource Management Other, please specify... Other, please specify... Other, please specify... Other, please specify...

13.13. How has enrollment in programs with soil science courses changed over the last ten years? Would you say it has Response increased by more than 25% increased by less than 25% stayed about the same decreased by 25% or less decreased by more than 25%

14.14. How do you think enrollment in programs that include soil science courses will change over the next ten years (excluding those enrolled in soil science programs)? Would you think it will Response increase by more than 25% increase by less than 25% stay about the same decrease by 25% or less decrease by more than 25%

15.15. Please identify the main reason(s) you project a change in enrollment over the next 10 years.

16.16. Have there been changes in the programs including your soil science courses? Response Yes No

17.17. If so, please describe the changes.

18.18. How do you think undergraduate enrollment in soil science courses will change over the next ten years? Do you think it will Response Increase by more than 25% Increase by 25% or less Stay about the same Decrease by 25% or less Decrease by more than 25%

19.19. Please identify the main reason(s) you project a change in undergraduate enrollment over the next 10 years.

20.20. In your opinion, are the demographics of students taking your unit or department's soil science programs and courses changing? By demographics of students we mean different majors, genders, ages, nationalities, geographies, etc. Response Yes No 21. Do other programs at your college also have soil science requirements? Response Yes No Not sure 21.22. Have other majors at your college dropped or added soil science requirements in the last 5-10 years? Response Dropped soil science requirements Added soil science requirements No change in requirements Not sure

22.23. Please identify the majors that have dropped soil science requirements in the last 5- 10 years.

23.24. Have new soil science courses been added to your unit or department's core curriculum with the past ten years? Response Yes No

24.25. Please provide the titles of the new course(s) that have been added.

25.26. Have any soil science courses been dropped from your unit or department's core curriculum with the past ten years? Response Yes No 26.27. What courses have been dropped?

27.28. How many faculty does your unit or department have?

28.29. How many soil science faculty does your unit or department have?

29.30. How has the number of soil science faculty in your unit or department changed over the last ten years? Would you say it has Response increased by more than 25% increased by less than 25% stayed about the same decreased by 25% or less decreased by 25% or more

30.31. How do you think the number of soil science faculty in your unit or department will change over the next ten years? Do you think it will Response increase by more than 25% increase by less than 25% stay about the same decrease by 25% or less decrease by more than 25%

31.32. What you see as the main reason(s) for the past and/or future changes in soil science faculty over the next 10 years.

32.33. Are all of the soil science faculty in your unit or department trained soil scientists (minimum MSc in soil science)? Response Yes No 33.34. How has the number of trained soil science faculty in your unit or department changed over the last ten years? Would you say it has Response Increased by more than 25% Increased by 25% or less Stayed about the same Decreased by 25% or less Decreased by more than 25%

34.35. What do you see as the main reason(s) for change in the number of trained soil science faculty?

35.36. How you think the number of trained soil science faculty in your unit or department will change over the next ten years? Do you think it will Response increase by more than 25% increase by 25% or less stay about the same decrease by 25% or less decrease by more than 25%

36.37. What do you see as the main reasons for the projected change in trained soil science faculty over the next 10 years?

37.38. How have job opportunities in soil science or a soil science related field for graduates from your unit or department changed over the past ten years? Response Increased greatly Increased somewhat Stayed about the same Decreased somewhat Decreased greatly

38.39. How strongly would you agree or disagree that soil science is a good career for a young person? Response Strongly agree Somewhat agree Neutral Somewhat disagree Strongly disagree

39.40. What is the main reason that you do not feel that soil science is a good career for a young person?

40.41. From the list below, identify three fields that you feel offer the most future job opportunities for your students. Response Environmental Science Ecology Earth Science Agronomy Land Management Urban Land Soil Science Crop Science Engineering Geology Other, please specify...

42. In your opinion, how important will soil science as a discipline be in the future? Response Very important Somewhat important Not very important

41.43. Does your department help students get internships or co-op placements with soil science employers or organizations? Response Yes No 42.44. How many of your soil science students had internships or co-op placements last year with soil science employers or organizations?

43.45. In which of the following professional associations do you have membership? Response Canadian Society of Soil Science Canadian Geophysical Union American Society of Soil Science American Geophysical Union Canadian Society of Agronomy American Society of Agronomy Other, please specify...

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