Two-Year Technician Education and Transfer Programs: Tapping the Potential of Undergraduate Research

该项目正在探索本科生研究的现状，确定潜在的合作伙伴，开发资源，并创建一个计划，以建立新的合作伙伴关系，以促进社区学院技师教育计划中的本科生研究。它定义了满足教职员工和学生需求的现有研究资源；确定了适合社区学院教职员工和学生需求的研究模式；确定了通过领导角色支持研究的教职员工和管理人员；概述了与本科生研究有关的问题；以及建立了一个专业发展研究所。该项目的长期成果是一本关于社区学院本科生研究的《如何》书，以及一个定期提供的关于社区学院本科生研究的新的专业发展学院。

This project is exploring the current status of undergraduate research, identifying potential partners, developing resources, and creating a plan for establishing new partnerships that promote undergraduate research in community college technician education programs. It is defining existing resources for research that meet the needs of the faculty and students; identifying research models that suit the needs of community college faculty and students; identifying faculty and administrators who are supporting research through leadership roles; outlining relevant issues regarding undergraduate research; and establishing a professional development institute. The long term results of this project are a "how-to" book on undergraduate research at community colleges and a new professional development institute on undergraduate research in community colleges that is offered on a regular basis.