The Keck Northeast Astronomy Consortium: An Integrated, Collaborative and Effective Program to Involve Undergraduates in Research

凯克东北天文学联合会（KNAC）由以下机构的天文学教师和学生组成：高尔盖特、哈弗福德（包括布林莫尔的学生）、米德尔伯里、斯沃斯莫尔、瓦萨、韦尔斯利、卫斯理和威廉姆斯。KNAC提供了一个综合的合作项目，旨在为学生提供他们原本没有的研究经验。该计划有四个组成部分：o学生将有10周的暑期研究机会，在KNAC以外的机构工作。o秋季学生研讨会，几乎所有教员和大量学生（不仅仅是那些做过研究的学生）都参加，每个受knac支持的学生就他或她的项目做10分钟的研究演讲。此外，我们亦会邀请及鼓励本港院校的学生在研讨会上发言或发表海报。o发表研讨会论文集，每位出席会议的学生写一篇4页的研究论文。这些论文集在天文学界广泛分发（例如研究生院），并被天体物理数据系统纳入其电子参考书目。〇韩国教育学院教员暑期计划及评价会议。

AST 0353997 HerbstThe Keck Northeast Astronomy Consortium (KNAC) is comprised of astronomy faculty and students at the following institutions: Colgate, Haverford (including students from Bryn Mawr), Middlebury, Swarthmore, Vassar, Wellesley, Wesleyan and Williams. KNAC provides an integrated and collaborative program, designed to provide research experiences for students that they would otherwise not have. The programs have four integrated components:o A 10-week summer research opportunity for students to work at a KNAC institution other than their own. o A fall Student Symposium attended by nearly the entire faculty and a large number of students (not just those who have done research) at which each KNAC-supported student gives a 10-minute research talk on his or her project. Students from our institutions who have done research projects under auspices other than KNAC are also invited and encouraged to either speak at the Symposium or present poster papers. o Publication of Proceedings from that Symposium, for which each presenting student writes a 4-page research paper. These Proceedings are distributed widely within the astronomical community (e.g. to graduate institutions) and included by the Astrophysics Data System in their electronic bibliography. o A summer planning and evaluation meeting of the KNAC faculty.