Collaborative Research: Transformational Learning through Undergraduate Research: Comprehensive Support for Faculty, Institutions, State Systems and Consortia

本科生研究是一种经过验证的参与式学习形式，由于学生的深度参与和学生与导师的频繁互动，它为本科生带来了一种变革性的体验。本科研究委员会（CUR）旨在解决持续和更全面传播有效实践的关键国家需求，以启动和维持师生合作的本科研究。该项目是中国科学院第二阶段支持的区域倡议和该组织的国家级“制度化本科研究”研讨会（1996-2006年举行）的影响和范围的全面扩展。第三阶段项目为来自国家系统、私人财团和类似使命的机构（如少数民族服务机构）的学院和大学团体提供一系列“制度化本科研究”讲习班，并采用结构化的讲习班后续活动方案。培训工作坊，以发展扶轮社员担任工作坊主持人的技能，将加强工作坊参与者所接受的辅导，提供领导力发展的途径，并进一步维持全国各地训练有素的主持人干部的倡议。150多名辅导员和协调员将直接参与。第三阶段项目将在独立的外部评价人员和杰出的外部咨询委员会的协助下进行广泛评价。

Undergraduate research is a proven form of engaged learning that engenders a transformational experience for undergraduates as a consequence of deep student involvement and frequent student-mentor interactions. The Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) intends to address the critical national need for continued and more comprehensive dissemination of effective practices for initiating and sustaining faculty-student collaborative undergraduate research. This project is a comprehensive expansion of the impact and reach of CUR's Phase 2-supported regional initiative and the organization's national-level "Institutionalizing Undergraduate Research" workshops (held from 1996-2006). The Phase 3 project is providing a series of "Institutionalizing Undergraduate Research" workshops for groups of colleges and universities drawn from state systems, private consortia, and mission-similar institutions (e.g., minority-serving), and employing a structured program of workshop follow-up activities. Training workshops to develop the skills of CUR members to serve as workshop facilitators will enhance the mentoring received by workshop participants, provide avenues for leadership development, and further sustain the initiative with a cadre of trained facilitators throughout the country. More than 150 facilitators and coordinators will be directly involved. The Phase 3 project will be extensively evaluated with the assistance of an independent external evaluator and a distinguished external advisory board.