Integrating Discovery-Based Research into the Undergraduate Curriculum Report of a Convocation (2015) / Chapter Skim
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6 Institutional Strategies and Funding Structures
6 Institutional Strategies and Funding Structures
Pages 59-68
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Issues the speakers covered included the faculty reward system, learning goals for students, design of the learning environment, and institutional commitment to involving students in research at scale. Changing the Culture of an Institution The College of Arts and Sciences within North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, which is a historically black university located in Greensboro, North Carolina, has an undergraduate enrollment of more than 3,000 undergraduate students and 250 graduate students, with more than 10,000 students in the university as a whole.
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Deans can help by making faculty development a priority. They can put in place strategic plans that emphasize diversity and equity, develop proposals that include faculty development, help establish endowments and special funds, and support special awards and opportunities for international travel.
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Utilizing a Discovery-Enriched Curriculum for All "What we decided to do with the Majors DEC was to say, very simply, that we In 2012, all of the publicly funded universities in want every student -- and there are Hong Kong were planning to transition from a three-year on the order of 11,000 curriculum to a four-year curriculum. Arthur Ellis, who undergraduates at the university -- to was formerly with the University of Wisconsin at have the opportunity to make Madison; University of California at San Diego, and the original discoveries." National Science Foundation, moved to City University -- Arthur Ellis, City University of of Hong Kong as provost to help lead the change.
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As an example, Ellis cited a project involving about two dozen students who traveled as part of interdisciplinary teams to Antarctica to collect data and then, in the following semester, created artwork from their data to illustrate sustainability issues in the region. To align the faculty reward system with individual and collective performance, the university created an annual performance-based pay review for determining salary increments.
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as we prepare our students." (See also Box 6-1.) Learning Environments that Support Sustainable Student Success In 2012, John Jungck, who is now the director of the "If we really believe that students are Interdisciplinary Science Learning Laboratories for the researchers, we have to mean that University of Delaware, was invited to the university to help create an environment that would support more seriously -- that they are not just sustainable student success.
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Through a program called Shared Discoveries, students learn to engage in research and critical thinking while making novel discoveries. Shared Discoveries offers six different types of courses: Research-based teaching using a project format Research-based teaching using a symposium format Project-based teaching A lecture course on comparative biomechanics A hands-on, research-based teaching laboratory with the possibility of migrating open-ended projects into the Common Biomechanics Research Laboratory for completion An honors course for undergraduate research FIGURE A: Students design robots based upon biomechanical principles.
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Informal spaces and drop-in tutoring centers, with support for all students (including attention to students who are trying to achieve at the highest level as well as students afraid to seek help) are all part of a diverse and coordinated set of student support services.
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Outreach is also a vital part of the Dynamic Genome Project, including faculty training; high school workshops on molecular biology, PCR, and DNA barcoding; community events on science education; and K-12 visits with informational and research-oriented aspects. The Biology 20 course includes near-peer mentoring by undergraduate laboratory assistants, who assist physics and associate provost for academic planning and programs at the University of Maryland, College Park.
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Finally Biology 20 students receive information on STEM careers during class so that they know there are multiple options. These interventions are central to helping students stay in STEM degree programs and careers (see Figure A)
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The costs per student are generally much less than those of independent research experiences; research-based courses need not cost much more than other kinds of lab courses. For example, Ellis observed that the changes at City University of Hong Kong were essentially cost neutral.
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