Workshops for Best Practices for Managing International REU Site Programs, National Science Foundation, Arlington, Virginia, April and October 2001

该奖项支持将于2001年4月和10月在弗吉尼亚州阿灵顿的国家科学基金会举行的一系列研讨会，这些研讨会将探索为本科生发展和管理国际研究经验的最佳实践。这些研讨会由纽约州立大学布法罗分校的Michael S.Hudecki和Christopher A.Loretz组织，汇集了几个NSF支持的国际REU(本科生研究经验)网站的负责人、留学项目的管理人员、学生参与者和外国导师。他们的集体经验将被描述为管理国际REU的“最佳做法”的参考。将讨论的问题包括：项目开发、研究项目和外国导师的选择、可持续性、招生、管理计划、项目前活动、现场活动、项目后活动和项目评估。4月份的讲习班将编写一份手册草案，供一批新的国际现场主任在2001年夏季测试。将在10月份的第二次讲习班上审查实地结果，并将调查结果纳入最后版本。该手册将在网上向公众开放，并提供印刷版下载。国际本科生研究计划和网站可以促进全球有能力的科学和工程劳动力的发展。事实上，本科阶段可能被证明是研究生涯中沉浸在密集的国际环境中的理想时间。将向REU主任和更广泛的研究社区提供的“最佳实践”参考将推动未来国际本科生研究和教育的努力，并确保学生和教职员工从经验中获得最大好处。

0114502HudeckiThis award supports a series of workshops, to take place in April and October 2001 at the National Science Foundation in Arlington,Virginia, that will explore best practices for the development and management of international research experiences for undergraduate students. Organized by Michael S. Hudecki and Christopher A. Loretz of the State University of New York at Buffalo, the workshops bring together directors of several NSF-supported international REU (research experiences for undergraduates) sites, administrators of study abroad programs, student participants, and foreign mentor-supervisors. Their collective experience will be described as a reference on "best practices" for managing international REUs. Among the issues to be discussed are: program development, selection of research projects and foreign mentors, sustainability, student recruitment, management plans, pre-program activities, on-site activities, post program activities and program evaluation. The April workshop will produce a draft manual to be tested in summer 2001 by a set of new international site directors. Results from the field will be reviewed and findings incorporated into the final version at a second workshop in October. The manual will be available on the Web for public access and downloadable in print version.International undergraduate research programs and sites can promote the development of a globally competent science and engineering workforce. The undergraduate level, in fact, may prove to be an ideal time in a research career for immersion in an intensive international environment. The reference for "best practices" that will be made available to REU directors and the broader research community will advance future efforts in international undergraduate research and education and ensure that students and faculty receive maximum benefit from the experience.