Undergraduate Research Experiences for STEM Students Successes, Challenges, and Opportunities (2017) / Chapter Skim
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Appendix B: Committee Questions to Undergraduate Institutions and Selected Responses
Appendix B: Committee Questions to Undergraduate Institutions and Selected Responses
Pages 237-248
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Please check all that apply: _____ develop a better understanding of the scientific process _____ improve a range of academic skills _____ improve hypothesis generation and testing _____ view oneself as a scientist _____ produce work of interest beyond the classroom (to the community, scientists, etc.) _____ contribute to work that will likely become a publication in a scientific journal What are the goals for the institution?
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Examples: office of undergraduate research; research-active faculty willing to take undergraduates into their research groups, and/or develop CURE projects; on-campus undergraduate research symposium; teaching lab space available for summer research use; access to scientific journals; field stations; engagement with community problems; current budget for teaching cook-book lab assignments; budget for lab instructors; etc.
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. Nine of 21 biology courses are providing novel undergraduate research experiences (UREs)
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There were also one-time additional resources to support this effort to include funds to compensate leader and participants in the Faculty Learning Community as well as travel costs covered for two faculty to attend a CURE workshop. Faculty develop and implement their undergraduate research expe riences at CCRI (both the CUREs and Honors Projects)
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Students use a research vessel and a dedicated research lab funded by NSF. CCURI funding provided initial faculty release time to initiate the curriculum; maintaining that time (to mentor students)
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provide free tuition to qualified Native Americans." Organizational changes in the college, increased internal funding, and an active undergraduate research symposium support increasing undergraduate research at Fort Lewis College. To promote undergraduate research, an associate dean position was redefined 6 years ago to support undergraduate research programs, teaching credits for labs and STEM teaching load were modified to accommodate time for undergraduate research, and internal funding was increased.
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The Phage Hunters course has been adapted to include isolation of new phage as the lab for the introductory biology course (BIOL 105: Information Flow in Biological Systems) and phage annotation in the lab for sophomore-level genetics.
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classroom related research programs typically are not recognized by University programs and exist solely at the discretion of faculty using course lab fees to support the project." The Genomics Education Partnership, a national CURE, "provides essential resources that are outside of the expertise and budget of our faculty"; both small grants from GCAT and contributions from industry have also helped support the genomics CURE. Loyola Marymount University (Los Angeles, CA)
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. CURE courses are essential for our university to expose large numbers of STEM students to a research experience." A grant from HHMI has supported the introductory biology courses, including hiring a lab coordinator and supporting Science Education Post-Docs; the latter program will be lost when the grant ends, as state funding is extremely tight.
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Two recent additions to undergraduate research on campus are awards for outstanding student researcher and outstanding faculty mentor (given annually)
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and by using undergraduate teaching assistants, who do not get paid, for the majority of teaching assistant positions. Senior-level staffing remains an issue; there are about 1,200 introductory biology students per year, presenting challenges in terms of scale.
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Expansion of UREs has been continuous, with punctuated growth in 1997 and 2010 due to a differential tuition program to support experiential learning. Differential tuition provides expansion in student and faculty stipends and funds for student travel to professional conferences.
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