Characteristics ofCharacteristics of Excellence in Undergraduate R h (COEUR)Research (COEUR)

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W bi h tWebinar hosts

Linda Blockus Director of Undergraduate Research,

University of MissouriUniversity of Missouri

Susan LarsonAssociate Professor of Psychology Associate Professor of Psychology, Director of Undergraduate Research, Concordia College

Roger Rowlett Gordon & Dorothy Kline Professor of

Ch i C l U i iChemistry, Colgate University

O tli f W biOutline of Webinar

f Purpose and motivation for COEUR Overview of COEUR

Executive summary of the major topics addressed in COEUR

U f COEUR Uses for COEUR Opportunity for questions and

ticonversation

Purpose and motivation for COEURCOEUR

f Mission of CUR To support and promote high-quality

undergraduate student facultyundergraduate student-faculty collaborative research and scholarship

Purpose of COEUR Purpose of COEUR To provide a guide for those who wish

to build, evaluate, and maintain robust, productive, meaningful and sustainable undergraduate research programs

D l t f COEURDevelopment of COEUR

CUR E ti B d d l t f CUR Executive Board approves development of COEUR (Jan 2011) Recognized need to define excellence in undergraduate

research in the context CUR’s 30+ years of expertiseresearch in the context CUR s 30+ years of expertise Lead authors selected

Councilors provide initial input (Jun 2011)COEUR d ft d l d (J l O t 2011) COEUR draft developed (Jul-Oct 2011) Disseminated to CUR councilors, Executive Board for

feedback

Fi l d ft h d ith E ti b d (J 2012) Final draft shared with Executive board (Jan 2012) Responses to COEUR solicited for publication (Oct

2011-Jan 2012) Publication (Apr 2012)

Wh t i COEUR?What is COEUR?

What is COEUR? A summary of best practices that

support and sustain highly effectivesupport and sustain highly effective undergraduate research environments

Who is COEUR for? Who is COEUR for? Institutions, programs, academic

departments, faculty and p yadministrators as they work to develop and enhance their undergraduate research programsresearch programs

O i f COEUROverview of COEUR

COEUR is organized in sections that correspond to various functions or units of a typical college orunits of a typical college or university

C t ib t t COEURContributors to COEUR Editor, Nancy Hensel, former Executive Officer, CUR; President,

New American Colleges and UniversitiesNew American Colleges and Universities Introduction, Mary Ann Baenninger, President, College of St.

Benedict Respondents:

Janet Stocks, Associate Academic Dean, Baldwin-Wallace College Paula Dehn, Vice President of Academic Affairs & Dean of the College,

Kentucky Wesleyan College Andrea Chapdelaine, Provost & Vice President for Academic Affairs,

Alb i h C llAlbright College Beth Paul, Provost & Vice President for Academic Affairs, Stetson

University Kelly McConnaughay, Associate Dean for Liberal Arts & Sciences, &

Charles Maris Associate Dean for Research & Sponsored ProgramsCharles Maris, Associate Dean for Research & Sponsored Programs, Bradley University

Michael Palladino, Dean, School of Science, Monmouth University

C t ib t t COEURContributors to COEUR Mary Boyd, Dean, College of Arts & Sciences, University of San Diego Judith Marwick Provost William Rainey Harper College Judith Marwick, Provost, William Rainey Harper College John Barthell, Dean, College of Math & Sciences, University of

Central Oklahoma Gerardo Gonzalez, Dean of Graduate Studies, Associate Vice

President for Research, CSU-San MarcosPresident for Research, CSU San Marcos Janice DeCosmo, Associate Dean, Undergraduate Academic Affairs,

University of Washington Beth Ambos, Executive Officer of CUR Bill Spellman, Director, Council of Public Liberal Arts CollegesBill Spellman, Director, Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges Simon Gray, Program Officer, Great Lakes Colleges Association Maher Khelifa, Chair of Undergraduate Research Scholars Program,

Zayed University Angela Brew, Professor, Macquarie University Angela Brew, Professor, Macquarie University Beth Cunningham, Executive Officer, American Association of Physics

Teachers Amy Chang, Education Director, American Society for Microbiology

C i i d ltCampus mission and culture

A l h l d d A campus culture that values and rewards undergraduate research (UR) is essential; this culture should include Institutional commitment Scholarly faculty and faculty commitment to UR

Broad disciplinary participation Broad disciplinary participation Opportunities accessible to students Integration with other engaging &

high impact opportunities

Ad i i t ti tAdministrative support

Administrative support and commitment are critical for excellent UR programs; this includesUR programs; this includes Intramural budgetary support and

startup fundingstartup funding Faculty load credit for supervising

undergraduate research and for research-related tasks

Student support, including for travelR h ffi Research grants office

Administrative support: Office f U d d t R hof Undergraduate Research

f Most highly successful UR programs have a central office, which oversees campus wide UR activitiesoversees campus-wide UR activities

These offices include A Di t f U d d t R h A Director of Undergraduate Research Full- or part-time

Sufficient well-located space Sufficient, well located space Infrastructure support, such as support

staff, an office and publicity budget, p y g

R h i f t tResearch infrastructure

To sustain productive research and scholarship with undergraduates, research infrastructure is needed;research infrastructure is needed; this includes

Space instrumentation and equipment Space, instrumentation and equipment Library and computational resources Research oversight structures Research oversight structures Support, administrative and technical

staff

Professional development t itiopportunities

f Professional development should be available for all those involved in UR

F lt i ti l d t Faculty, in particular, need access to research leaves and other professional development opportunities p pp

Mentor training for faculty, graduate students and post-doctoral fellows is l dalso encouraged

R itiRecognition

An institution that values UR as an activity integral to its mission will provide clear tangible forms ofprovide clear, tangible forms of recognition for faculty and students

Acknowledgement of undergraduate Acknowledgement of undergraduate research in promotion and tenure guidelines, salary review and campus awards

Prominent publicity for research accomplishmentsaccomplishments

E t l f diExternal funding

f f External funding is essential for the development of a rich, productive, and contemporaneous facultyand contemporaneous faculty-student research environment

Faculty should seek and be supported Faculty should seek and be supported for seeking external research funding

Institutional research funding should galso be available

Di i tiDissemination

Faculty and students should strive for peer-reviewed dissemination in the form of publications exhibitionthe form of publications, exhibition or performancesOther desirable forms of Other desirable forms of dissemination include

Presentation at professional meetings Presentation at professional meetings Student research conferences On-campus symposia On campus symposia

St d t t d iStudent-centered issues

UR experiences should incorporate best practices in undergraduate education and UR programs shouldeducation and UR programs should strive to integrate student research with other engaging experienceswith other engaging experiences

St d t t d iStudent-centered issues

O h d d i i l d Other student-centered issues include Creating a community scholars, possibly with

peer mentoring/teamwork Providing opportunities for early and sustained

involvement in UR Establishing and communicating expectationsg g p Providing developmentally appropriate

expectations Faculty mentor availability Faculty mentor availability

C i lCurriculum

Departments and programs should design curricula that expose students to skills necessary tostudents to skills necessary to undertake UR, and curricula should be designed in ways to facilitatebe designed in ways to facilitate faculty and student involvement in URU

C i lCurriculum

Curricular considerations include Research-supportive curriculum

All i f th i t ti f t hi Allowing for the integration of teaching and research

Attentive to faculty load management

Training opportunities and workshops e.g., Responsible Conduct of Research

Student course credit for research

S hSummer research program

b h A robust summer research program is essential to a vibrant UR environment and includesenvironment, and includes Faculty and student compensation Student access to facilities and student Student access to facilities and student

services, including housing Programming, including research

symposia Coordination between multiple programs

and attention issues for hosting studentsand attention issues for hosting students

A t ti itiAssessment activities

Institutions and programs should have multiple approaches to assessment to recognize successesassessment to recognize successes, illuminate gaps, and collect benchmarking data includingbenchmarking data, including Assessment of student learning Program assessment and evaluation Program assessment and evaluation Collection of participation/outcome

data

A t ti itiAssessment activities

Program assessment and evaluation should include the following

F db k f f lt d t d t Feedback from faculty and students on their satisfaction with activities

Sustainable method to collect data on Sustainable method to collect data on participants (e.g., demographic information) and faculty mentors (e.g.,

)outcomes) Mechanism to track external funding

and post-graduate career plans ofand post-graduate career plans of students

St t i l iStrategic planning

Institutions that aspire to creating and sustaining an excellent undergraduate researchundergraduate research environment will have thoughtful and clearly articulated benchmarksand clearly articulated benchmarks and strategic plans.

U f COEURUses of COEUR

f Purpose of COEUR To provide a guide for those who wish

to build evaluate and maintain robustto build, evaluate, and maintain robust, productive, meaningful and sustainable undergraduate research environments

Serve as a guide to sustain best practices in undergraduate research

Many examples of uses of COEUR in the CUR publication

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Uses of COEUR

Function as a guide for strategic planning

d d Provide programmatic and institutional benchmarking against national standardsnational standards

U f COEUR

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Uses of COEUR

Outline a structure for UR self-study Utilized in assessment and evaluation

of URof UR

Provide guidance for resource distribution decisionsdistribution decisions

Encourage the development of new initiatives related to URinitiatives related to UR

Provide a framework for campus discussiondiscussion

Comments by respondents on f COEURuse of COEUR

" f l d d h "...a successful undergraduate research program must be embedded in the culture of an institution and thereby supported y ppthrough multiple organizational structures, policies, and programs. By using COEUR to guide efforts aimed at achieving this goalguide efforts aimed at achieving this goal, an institution is much more likely to achieve this desired result.“ Andrea Chapdelaine, Provost and Vice President for

Academic Affairs, Albright College

Comments by respondents on f COEURuse of COEUR

" h l f COEUR i i idi h "...the value of COEUR is in providing the framework that makes these [consortium] conversations fruitful." Simon J.M. Gray, Great Lakes Colleges

Association

“COEUR provides guideposts for developing and sustaining ‘best practices’ for

d d h ”undergraduate research.” Gerardo Gonzalez, CSU-San Marcos

Di i & tiDiscussion & questions

Whi h COEUR i Which COEUR topics do you think are most relevant for a fruitful discussion on your campus?Do you have other Do you have other suggested uses of COEUR?

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