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Mary Ellen Dello Stritto; Naomi R. Aguiar; Greta R. Underhill; Cat Turk; Gretchen Lohry-Smith; Raquel Lamantain – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2025
In higher education, online students are often precluded from research assistantships that are more accessible for campus-based students. At a highly ranked institution for online learning, we developed the Undergraduate Research Program (URP) to address this gap in opportunities for online students. The URP is designed to engage fully distanced…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Distance Education, Student Research, Research Opportunities
Leslie Abell; Dennis J. Downey; Pilar Pacheco – Metropolitan Universities, 2023
Community-Based Research (CBR) presents a wide range of benefits in higher education to students, community partners, and universities. Yet on our campus (and many others), CBR remains less common than other high-impact practices (HIPs) such as service learning and undergraduate research due to lack of effective institutionalization. Moreover,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, School Community Relationship, Cooperation, Research
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Werner-Fraczek, Joanna – Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research, 2020
Moreno Valley College, a two-year community college in Southern California, experiences an annual migration of cliff swallows. The presence of these birds inspired the development of the undergraduate research program Flying with Swallows. The assessment of the project indicated significant increases in qualitative student outcomes such as…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Undergraduate Students, Student Research, Ornithology
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Wimberly-Young, Elizabeth; Morales, Vanessa C.; Weaver, Kathleen F. – Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic and the migration to online learning have presented unique challenges to undergraduate research, reducing opportunities to participate in high-impact practices, including in-person summer research programs. To mitigate some of these effects, Loyola Marymount University adapted its summer undergraduate research program,…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Research, Research Projects, Summer Programs
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Smith, Gregory; Laker, Lauren; Tesch, Debbie – Information Systems Education Journal, 2013
Undergraduate research programs are commonplace at many universities. However, little research has been conducted to evaluate their ongoing and long-term effectiveness from the standpoint of the undergraduate student researcher. In an effort to gain perspective from the student researcher, including their thoughts on such a program, a survey was…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Research, Research Projects, Business Administration Education
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Dumanis, Sonya B.; Ullrich, Lauren; Washington, Patricia M.; Forcelli, Patrick A. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2013
Grantsmanship is an integral component of surviving and thriving in academic science, especially in the current funding climate. Therefore, any additional opportunities to write, read, and review grants during graduate school may have lasting benefits on one's career. We present here our experience with a small, student-run grant program at…
Descriptors: Grantsmanship, Graduate Students, Medical Research, Student Research
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Schneider, Kimberly R.; Bickel, Amelia; Morrison-Shetlar, Alison – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2015
Retaining college-level science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) students remains a priority in higher education. A variety of methods have been shown to increase retention, including mentorship, tutoring, course enhancements, community building, and engagement in high-impact practices such as undergraduate research. In 2011, an…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Undergraduate Students, Program Development, Program Implementation
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Anstee, Jaime L. K.; Harris, Susan G.; Pruitt, Keri D.; Sugar, Judith A. – Educational Gerontology, 2008
Service-learning opportunities are prominent on many college campuses. The process of designing and implementing service-learning experiences, especially for students of gerontology, however, has rarely been addressed. The current article briefly reviews the background and utility of service-learning in gerontology courses, describes our…
Descriptors: Educational Gerontology, Service Learning, Models, Undergraduate Study
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Pladziewicz, Jack R. – Journal of Chemical Education, 1984
The involvement of undergraduate science majors in publishable research is a vital aspect of their education. The special problems confronted by faculty doing and directing such research are formidable. Several of these problems (such as heavy teaching loads) and ways of attacking them are described. (JN)
Descriptors: Chemistry, College Science, Higher Education, Program Development
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Belliveau, James F.; O'Leary, Gerard P., Jr. – Journal of Chemical Education, 1983
Discusses various aspects of establishing a viable, undergraduate research program at a small, liberal arts college. Areas addressed include research topics, research supervisors, student research, and support for research activities. (JN)
Descriptors: Chemistry, College Science, Higher Education, Program Development
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Alguire, Patrick C.; And Others – Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 1993
The development and design of a Michigan State University program providing research training to graduate medical students are described. The program addresses topics of critical reading skills, computer database searching skills, basic research methodology, and scientific communication skills. Since its inception, student scholarly activity has…
Descriptors: Administrator Selection, Committees, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Design