Enhancing and Expanding Undergraduate Research : A Systems Approach

Undergraduate research is a high-impact practice that sparks students’ interest in learning, and it improves retention, student success, graduation rates, and postgraduation achievement. Many individual campuses have offered these programs for several years, and the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) has partnered with state systems of higher education and public and private consortia to foster the institutionalization of undergraduate research.

This volume illustrates many of the successes that entire systems/consortia and their campuses have achieved, such as:

• connecting undergraduate research to the curriculum, student success and completion, especially for underrepresented students
• creating cross-campus discussions on curricula and pedagogy, research collaborations among departments and campuses, and enhanced interdisciplinary activities
• addressing the challenges of workforce development and faculty issues—especially workload and tenure/promotion.

This the 169th volume of the Jossey-Bass quarterly report series New Directions for Higher Education. Addressed to presidents, vice presidents, deans, and other higher education decision makers on all kinds of campuses, it provides timely information and authoritative advice about major issues and administrative problems confronting every institution.

Volume Editors:
MITCHELL MALACHOWSKI is a professor of chemistry at the University of San Diego and a coordinator of CUR's Institutionalizing Undergraduate Research Program.

JEFFREY M. OSBORN is the dean of the School of Science and professor of biology at The College of New Jersey, and a coordinator of CUR's Institutionalizing Undergraduate Research Program.

KERRY K. KARUKSTIS is the Ray and Mary Ingwersen Professor and chair of chemistry at Harvey Mudd College, and a coordinator of CUR's Institutionalizing Undergraduate Research Program.

ELIZABETH L. AMBOS is the executive officer of the Council on Undergraduate Research.

Series Co-Editors:
BETSY BAREFOOT serves as Vice President and Senior Scholar for the John N. Gardner Institute for Excellence in Undergraduate Education.

JILLIAN L. KINZIE is Associate Director at IU Center for Postsecondary Research.