RCN-UBE: Course-based Undergraduate Research Network 2

国家呼吁提高本科生物教育，提倡学生广泛参与研究。本科研究人员报告说，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有所增加。他们也更有可能继续接受教育，从事推动国家进步和经济繁荣的科学研究工作。然而，研究经历通常以实习的形式进行，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经验，称为基于课程的本科生研究经验（CUREs）。参加CUREs的学生与参加研究实习的学生获得了许多相同的收益，但是有些学院和大学尚未将CUREs纳入其本科课程-特别是那些招收了大量来自代表性不足和服务不足背景的学生的学院和大学。治愈网络2 （CUREnet 2）将采取多管齐下的方法，在传统黑人学院和大学（HBCUs）以及其他资源不足的学院和大学建立治愈能力。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是根据教育需求和高等教育变革理论而设计的，从而最大限度地发挥其影响和成功的可能性。由包括四所HBCUs在内的七所大学和学院领导，CUREnet 2将通过以下方式建立国家CURE教学能力：(1)为校园教师提供CURE教学的专业发展；(2)支持跨机构cure的发展和获取支持本科生研究所需的资源；(3)召开会议，综合教育、认知科学、心理学和学习科学方面的研究，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，确定问题和解决办法，以便长期维持治愈；(5)改善currenet网站的功能性、可持续性和广泛使用；(6)在cure相关网络之间共享信息和资源。最终，CUREnet 2将帮助确保广泛和多样化的本科生尽早获得有效的研究机会，从而改变他们的学术和职业轨迹。该项目由生物科学理事会和本科教育司教育和人力资源理事会共同资助，作为其应对《本科生物学教育的愿景与变革：行动呼吁》（http://visionandchange.org/finalreport/）所提出的挑战的努力的一部分。该项目还得到了电子健康档案理事会人力资源开发司的共同资助。

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.