Collaborative Project: A Workshop Initiative by the Council on Undergraduate Research to Establish, Enhance and Institutionalize Undergraduate Research

跨学科(99)本科生研究委员会(CUR)正在传播有关有效教育实践的信息：本科生师生合作研究。该项目正在利用CUR的多学科成员资格和基础设施，在举办有效研讨会方面展示的专业知识，以及专注于教师发展和机构改革的强大服务和出版物基础，以分享建立、加强和制度化本科研究的成功最佳实践模式和战略。这个项目是CUR的制度化本科生研究研讨会的扩展，这是一个一年一度的国家级研讨会，以区域为重点。目前正在八个地理区域举办讲习班，参加者代表所有类型的机构，包括两年制、学士、硕士、博士和研究密集型机构。这些机构包括为西班牙裔服务的、为美国原住民服务的、历史上为黑人服务的学院和大学，以及以前没有接受CUR研讨会服务的地区的机构。该区域的重点是支持1)不参加以本科生研究为重点的研讨会的机构更广泛地参与，2)更多地传播模型和最佳做法，以及3)提供关键的研讨会后后续互动，以增加在参与者的家庭校园实施的可能性和可持续性。区域模式侧重于在每个参与的校园发展学者社区。具体地说，拟议的项目通过实现四个相互关联的目标来提高本科生STEM教育的质量：(1)帮助学术部门和机构建立并最终扩大本科生研究机会；(2)促进各种机构之间最佳实践的记录；(3)记录和传播如何将本科生研究纳入课程的模式；以及(4)鼓励和支持区域教员联网和思想交流。该项目的更广泛影响包括支持STEM教员将本科生研究作为一种有效的教学工具实施，并加强其校园的研究文化。

Interdisciplinary (99)The Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) is disseminating information about an effective educational practice: undergraduate faculty-student collaborative research. The project is using CUR's multidisciplinary membership and infrastructure, demonstrated expertise in hosting effective workshops, and strong foundation of services and publications focused on faculty development and institutional reform to share successful best-practice models and strategies for establishing, enhancing, and institutionalizing undergraduate research. This project is an expansion of CUR's Institutionalizing Undergraduate Research workshop, an annual, national-level workshop, to a regional focus. Workshops are being held in eight geographic regions with participants representing all types of institutions, including two-year, baccalaureate, masters, doctoral, and research-intensive institutions. These institutions include Hispanic-serving, Native American-serving, and historically black colleges and universities, as well as institutions in regions that have not previously been served by CUR workshops. The regional focus is supporting 1) broader participation by institutions that otherwise would not attend a workshop focused on undergraduate research, 2) increasing dissemination of models and best practices, and 3) providing critical post-workshop, follow-up interactions to increase the likelihood of implementation and sustainability on participants' home campuses. The regional model focuses on developing communities of scholars at each participating campus. Specifically, the proposed project is improving the quality of undergraduate STEM education by achieving four linked objectives: (1) helping academic departments and institutions establish and eventually expand undergraduate research opportunities; (2) facilitating the documentation of best practices among a wide variety of institutions; (3) documenting and disseminating models of how to integrate undergraduate research into the curriculum; and (4) encouraging and supporting regional faculty networking and sharing of ideas. Broader impacts of this project include the support of STEM faculty in their implementation of undergraduate research as an effective pedagogical tool and enhancement of the research culture on their campuses.