The American Shore & Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA) Science & Technology Committee is revisiting our efforts to capture the observations and trends of academics in training the next generation of US coastal scientists and engineers (Elko et al., 2018). The updated survey is intended to determine the current state and changes in academic programs, research funding, and workforce development over the last several years. With a robust, national perspective of the state of academia in coastal science and engineering, we aim to develop goals and recommendations that can support current and future efforts in applied research, agency partnerships, and coastal careers.
The below survey was offered in 2024 and is open again in summer 2025 to capture data and trends from the past year. Results will be compared to 2024 responses and all questions remain the same except for time frame. If you are an undergraduate program please feel free to submit answers for your programs and students with a notation in question #24 indicating your program is undergraduate.
We ask that responses be submitted by August 11th 2025.