Workshop Details |
| Overview |
| Steering Committee |
| Program |
| Presentations |
| Participants |
NSF Workshop Exploring the
Concept of Undergraduate Research Centers AGENDA |
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| Sunday, March 30, 2003 (at Holiday Inn, 4610 Fairfax Drive, Arlington) | ||
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Participants will arrive
sometime in the afternoon and check into the Holiday Inn, Arlington, VA. |
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| 5:00 – 6:00 p.m. | Meeting for Breakout Session Leaders and Scribes with
Steering Committee
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Arlington-Clarendon & Balston Room |
| 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. | Registration and Reception (Cash bar) | Arlington-Clarendon & Balston
Foyer |
| 7:00 – 7:15 p.m. |
Welcome and workshop overview Jeanne Pemberton (University of Arizona) and Moses Lee (Furman University) |
Arlington-Clarendon & Balston Room |
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Welcome
and opening remarks Art Ellis, Director, Chemistry, NSF |
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| 7:30 – 8:20 p.m. | Session
1: Broadening the Scope of
Undergraduate Research |
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| Plenary Speaker: |
Karen Morse,
President, Western Washington University |
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This
session will consider the role of research activities, broadly defined,
in contributing to the intellectual development
of undergraduate students, increasing the number of undergraduates that
pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, and the
development of the scientific workforce. The populations of students that
are or could be affected by participation in research activities will
be
considered, as will be the needs of these respective populations and how
their education could be enhanced through participation in research. Finally,
the barriers to achieving this enhancement will be considered.
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| 8:20 – 9:30 p.m. |
Breakout
Session 1
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| Group 1 Leader: Bhat Scribe: Palmer | Fairfax Room | |
| Group 2 Leader: Doyle Scribe: Parish | Glebe Room | |
| Group 3 Leader: Gordon Scribe: | Wilson Room | |
| Group 4 Leader: Reingold Scribe: Sulikowski |
Arlington-Clarendon & Balston Room |
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Monday, March 31, 2003 (at NSF, 4201 Wilson
Blvd. )
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| 7:00 – 8:00 a.m. |
Continental
breakfast |
Room 375 Foyer |
| 8:00 – 9.00 a.m |
Full group discussion (reports
from previous breakout session groups)
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Room 375 |
| Sessions 2 & 3: |
Mechanisms and Opportunities for
Increasing the Participation of Freshmen, Sophomores, Women,
Under-represented Minorities, and
Persons with Disabilities in Undergraduate Research
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The
first of these two sessions will consider the traditional model of
undergraduate research that is done predominantly with upper-class students
(i.e. juniors and seniors), the strengths and weaknesses of this model,
and barriers that have made this traditional model largely inaccessible
to
significant segments of the undergraduate population. The second session
will follow with consideration of mechanisms for broadly increasing participation
in research activities, and strategies for interfacing with other communities
who could benefit from access to or enhance undergraduate research
activities. (Participants will be asked to submit a ½ to 1 page vignette
describing innovative programs that broaden participation in research to
the target populations or that successfully interface with other communities
such
as community colleges, high schools, industry or government labs for
inclusion in the program to facilitate discussion of strategies for
increasing participation in research.) |
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| 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. |
Session 2: Traditional Models
of Undergraduate Research: Strengths
and Weaknesses
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| Plenary Speakers: |
Mike Doyle, University of Arizona “Research with Undergraduates: How
to Win Friends and Influence Students” |
Room 375 |
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Elaine Seymour, UC-Boulder
“Establishing
the Benefits of Research Experiences for Science Undergraduates: First
Findings from a Pilot Study”
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Break
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Breakout
Session 2
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| Group 1 Leader: Fitch Scribe: Greeley | Room 120 | |
| Group 2 Leader: Gutierrez Scribe: Hernandez | Room 320 | |
| Group 3 Leader: Warner Scribe: Brisbois | Room 330 | |
| Group
4 Leader: Wenzel Scribe: Walter |
Room 375 | |
| 11:30– 12:30 p.m. | Full
group discussion (reports from previous breakout session groups) |
Room 375 |
| 12:30-1:30 p.m. |
Lunch
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Room 375 |
| 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. |
Session 3: Increasing the Pool
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| Plenary Speakers: |
Pam
Mills, CUNY-Hunter College
“Do
Only Our Best Students Deserve a Research Experience? Authentic Research
Experiences in
the
General Chemistry Laboratory”
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Room 375 |
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Ray Turner, Roxbury Community College, Boston
“The A.T.O.M.S. Project: An Inner-city Model
for
Undergraduate
Research Centers” |
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| 2:30 – 3:45 p.m. |
Breakout
Session 3
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| Group 1 Leader: Stevens, J. Scribe: Fryhle | Room 120 | |
| Group 2 Leader: Jackson Scribe: Ingram | Room 320 | |
| Group 3 Leader: Malachowski Scribe: Walker | Room 330 | |
| Group
4 Leader: Coppola Scribe: Donovan-Merkert |
Room 375 | |
| 3:45 – 4:00 p.m. |
Break
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| 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. | Full
group discussion (reports from previous breakout session groups) |
Room 375 |
| Evening |
Dinner
in small groups
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Tuesday, April 1, 2003 (at NSF, 4201 Wilson
Blvd. )
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| 7:00 – 8:00 a.m. |
Continental
breakfast
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Room 375 |
| 8:00 – 9:00 a.m. |
Session 4: Structure, Resource Needs, Assessment, and
Sustainability of Undergraduate Research Programs
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| Plenary Speakers: |
Carlos Gutierrez, Cal State-Los Angeles
“Structure,
Resource Needs, Sustainability, and Assessment of an Undergraduate Research Program
at a Minority Urban Comprehensive University”
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Room 375 |
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Sandra Gregerman, University of Michigan
“Improving
the Academic Success and Retention of
Diverse
Students through Undergraduate Research”
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This
session will consider the “nuts and bolts” aspects
of establishing, operating, assessing, and sustaining broadly-based undergraduate
research programs. Critical barriers and pressure points that inhibit
implementation of such programs, and essential resources that would allow
these barriers to be surmounted will be explored. Criteria that define the
success of such programs will be articulated, and strategies for assessing
this success will be considered. Mechanisms for resource identification to
allow these programs to become self-sustaining will be discussed. |
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| 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. |
Breakout
Session 4
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| Group 1 Leader: Engstrom Scribe: Sullivan | Room 120 | |
| Group 2 Leader: Lichter Scribe: Hollinsed | Room 320 | |
| Group 3 Leader: Polik Scribe: Mills | Room 330 | |
| Group
4 Leader: Bolesta Scribe: Roberts |
Room 375 | |
| 10:00 – 10:15 a.m. |
Break
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Room 375 |
| 10:15 – 11:15 a.m. | Full
group discussion (reports from previous breakout session groups) |
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| 11:15 – 12:00 noon |
Full
group development of consensus recommendations
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| 12:15 – 12:30 p.m. | Final announcements and adjourn | |