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

本科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频繁的学生与导师互动，为本科生带来了变革性的体验。本科生研究（CUR）的理事会打算解决持续和更全面的传播有效的做法，启动和维持师生合作本科生研究的关键国家需要。该项目全面扩大了CUR第二阶段支助的区域倡议和该组织国家一级“本科生研究制度化”讲习班（1996-2006年举办）的影响和范围。第三阶段项目为来自国家系统、私人财团和类似任务机构（例如，为少数群体服务），并采用讲习班后续活动的结构化方案。 培训讲习班旨在发展社区团结委员会成员担任讲习班主持人的技能，这将加强讲习班参与者得到的指导，提供领导能力发展的途径，并在全国各地建立一支训练有素的主持人骨干队伍，进一步维持这一举措。将有150多名主持人和协调员直接参与。 第三阶段项目将在一名独立外部评估员和一个著名的外部咨询委员会的协助下进行广泛评估。

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.