RCN-UBE: Course-based Undergraduate Research Network 2

国家呼吁改善本科生物学教育，提倡学生广泛参与研究。本科研究人员报告说，他们的思考能力和工作像科学家和增加的兴趣和享受科学的收益。他们也更有可能追求进一步的教育和科学研究事业，这推动了国家的进步和经济繁荣。然而，研究经验通常是作为实习，这限制了学生谁可以参与的数量。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（CURES）。参加CURE的学生与参加研究实习的学生获得了许多相同的收益，但还有一些学院和大学尚未将CURE纳入其本科课程-特别是那些招收大量代表性不足和服务不足的学生的学院和大学。CURE网络2（CUReNet 2）将采取多管齐下的方法，在历史上的黑人学院大学（HBCU）和其他资源不足的学院和大学建立CURE的能力。因此，更广泛和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CURE对学生的学习和发展有效，并最大限度地提高CURE教学的有效性，影响力和长期可持续性。CUReNet 2旨在支持本科实验室教学向学生参与研究的国家转变。CUReNet 2是根据教育需求和高等教育变革理论设计的，从而最大限度地提高其影响和成功的可能性。与代表七所大学和学院，包括四个HBCU的领导，CUReNet 2将通过以下方式建立全国CURE教学能力：（1）提供基于校园的教师专业发展CURE教学;（2）支持跨机构CURE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，以了解CURE如何影响学生的学习和发展，并计划合作开发所需的评估框架，方法和工具;（4）召开会议，查明问题和解决办法，以便在一段时间内维持CURE;（5）改进CURE网站的功能、可持续性和广泛使用;（6）在CURE相关网络之间分享信息和资源。最终，CUReNet 2将有助于确保为广泛和多样化的本科生提供足够早的研究机会，使他们的学术和职业轨迹有所不同。该项目由生物科学局和教育和人力资源局联合资助，本科生教育司作为他们努力解决的一部分，在本科生物学教育的愿景和变化所带来的挑战：行动呼吁（http：//visionandchange.org/finalreport/）。该项目也由EHR董事会人力资源开发司（HBCU-UP）共同资助。

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.