RCN-UBE: Course-based Undergraduate Research Network 2

国家呼吁改善本科生物学教育，主张让学生广泛参与研究。本科生研究人员报告说，他们像科学家一样思考和工作的能力有所提高，对科学的兴趣和享受也增加了。他们也更有可能继续深造，从事科学和研究工作，这推动了国家的进步和经济繁荣。然而，研究经历通常被安排为实习，这限制了可以参与的学生数量。作为回应，学院和大学已经开始将他们的实验室课程转变为可扩展的研究体验，称为基于课程的本科生研究体验(CURE)。参加CURE的学生获得了与参加研究实习的学生相同的许多收获，但也有一些学院和大学尚未将CURE纳入本科课程--特别是那些招收相当大比例来自代表性不足和服务不足背景的学生的学院和大学。治疗网络2(CUREnet 2)将采取多管齐下的方法，在历史上的黑人学院和大学(HBCU)和其他资源不足的学院和大学建立治疗能力。因此，更广泛、更多样化的学生群体将有机会获得研究经验。CUREnet 2还将支持网络和协作，以了解是什么使治疗对学生的学习和发展有效，并最大限度地提高治疗指导的有效性、影响力和长期可持续性。CUREnet 2旨在支持全国本科实验教学向学生参与研究的转变。CUREnet 2是根据高等教育的变革理论和教育需求而设计的，从而最大限度地提高其影响和成功的可能性。CUREnet 2的领导层代表7所大学和学院，包括4所HBCU，将通过以下方式建设全国治疗指导能力：(1)提供基于校园的教师关于治疗指导的专业发展；(2)支持跨机构治疗的发展和支持本科生研究所需的资源的获取；(3)召开会议，综合教育、认知科学、心理学和学习科学的研究，了解治疗如何影响学生的学习和发展，并计划合作，以开发所需的评估框架、方法和工具；(4)召开会议，确定问题和解决方案，以随着时间的推移维持治疗；(5)改进CUREnet网站的功能、可持续性和广泛使用；以及(6)在与治疗有关的网络之间共享信息和资源。最终，CUREnet 2将有助于确保为广泛和多样化的本科生群体提供研究机会和有效性，以便及早对他们的学术和职业发展轨迹产生影响。该项目由生物科学局和本科教育司教育和人力资源局联合资助，作为他们应对《本科生物学教育的愿景与变革：行动呼吁》(http://visionandchange.org/finalreport/).)中提出的挑战的努力的一部分该项目也由人力资源开发司(HBCU-UP)共同出资。

National calls to improve undergraduate biology education have advocated for widespread engagement of students in research. Undergraduate researchers report gains in their ability to think and work like scientists and increased interest in and enjoyment of science. They are also more likely to pursue further education and careers in science and research, which drive the nation's progress and economic prosperity. Yet, research experiences are typically structured as internships, which limits the number of students who can participate. In response, colleges and universities have begun to transform their laboratory courses into scalable research experiences, called Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs). Students who participate in CUREs achieve many of the same gains as students who participate in research internships, but there are colleges and universities that have yet to integrate CUREs into their undergraduate curricula - especially colleges and universities that enroll significant proportions of students from under-represented and under-served backgrounds. The CURE Network 2 (CUREnet 2) will take a multi-pronged approach to build capacity for CUREs at Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCUs) and other under-resourced colleges and universities. As a result, broader and more diverse populations of students will have access to research experiences. CUREnet 2 will also support networking and collaboration to understand what makes CUREs effective for student learning and development and to maximize the effectiveness, impact, and long-term sustainability of CURE instruction.CUREnet 2 aims to support the national shift in undergraduate lab instruction toward student engagement in research. CUREnet 2 is designed in response to educational needs and according to theories of change in higher education, thereby maximizing its likelihood of impact and success. With leadership representing seven universities and colleges, including four HBCUs, CUREnet 2 will build national capacity for CURE instruction by: (1) Offering campus-based faculty professional development on CURE instruction; (2) Supporting the development of cross-institution CUREs and acquisition of resources needed to support undergraduate research; (3) Convening meetings to synthesize research in education, cognitive science, psychology, and learning sciences to understand how CUREs influence student learning and development and to plan collaborations to develop needed assessment frameworks, methods, and tools; (4) Convening meetings to identify problems and solutions for sustaining CUREs over time; (5) Improving the functionality, sustainability, and widespread use of the CUREnet website; and (6) Sharing information and resources among CURE-related networks. Ultimately, CUREnet 2 will help ensure the availability and effectiveness of research opportunities for a broad and diverse population of undergraduates early enough to make a difference in their academic and career trajectories.This project is being jointly funded by the Directorate for Biological Sciences and the Directorate for Education and Human Resources, Division of Undergraduate Education as part of their efforts to address the challenges posed in Vision and Change in Undergraduate Biology Education: A Call to Action (http://visionandchange.org/finalreport/). This project is also co-funded by the Division of Human Resources Development (HBCU-UP) in the EHR directorate.