CHED 241 |
| This presentation will explore the blossoming collaboration between Harper College, a 2-year college (2YC), and Hope College, a 4-year college (4YC). The collaboration emerged out of two successfully funded NSF grants focused on increasing the exposure of 2YC students (a largely untapped source of undergraduate researchers) to authentic research on their home 2YC campuses, thereby enhancing their capacity to transfer successfully to the 4YC or another upper-level institution. A faculty member from each institution, along with the first successful transfer student to come through this program, will discuss the challenges that were faced and the overwhelmingly positive impact of multiple aspects of this partnership on all parties' academic, scholarly, and career aspirations. The presenters' goals will be to expose the chemical community to the viability of this model and inspire others to seek out these 2YC-4YC collaborations as a way to increase undergraduates' participation in research. |
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Broadening Participation in Undergraduate Research
8:30 AM-11:35 AM, Monday, March 26, 2007 McCormick Place North -- Room N229, Level 2, Oral
Division of Chemical Education |