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

该项目正在探索本科研究的现状，确定潜在的合作伙伴，开发资源，并建立一个新的伙伴关系，促进社区学院技术教育计划的本科研究计划。它是定义现有的研究资源，以满足教师和学生的需求;确定适合社区学院教师和学生的需求的研究模式;确定教师和管理人员谁是通过领导角色支持研究;概述有关本科生研究的相关问题;并建立一个专业发展研究所。这个项目的长期成果是一本关于社区学院本科生研究的“如何做”的书，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研究所。

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.