Enhancing and expanding undergraduate research

By Kerry K. Karukstis, Mitchell Malachowski, Jeffrey M. Osborn, Elizabeth L. Ambos

Subjects: Study skills, Education, higher, Research, Education, research, Universities and colleges, united states, Research, methodology, REFERENCE, Learning and scholarship, Universities and colleges, Group work in education, College students, Questions & Answers

Description: Undergraduate research is a high-impact practice that sparks students' interest in learning, and it improves retention, student success, graduation rates, and postgraduation achievement. Many individual campuses have offered these programs for several years, and the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) has partnered with state systems of higher education and public and private consortia to foster the institutionalization of undergraduate research. This volume illustrates many of the successes that entire systems/consortia and their campuses have achieved, such as: connecting undergradu.