About a two-year college based undergraduate research collaborative

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Thomas B. Higgins, tbhiggins@ccc.edu1, Tom Dowd, tdowd@harpercollege.edu2, Gregory M. Ferrence, ferrence@ilstu.edu3, Yvonne Harris, yharris@ccc.edu4, and Roger House2. (1) Physical Science Department, Harold Washington College, 30 East Lake Street, Chicago, IL 60601, (2) Department of Chemistry, Harper College, Palatine, IL 60067, (3) Department of Chemistry, Illinois State University, Campus Box 4160, Normal, IL 61790-4160, (4) Department of Biology and Biotechnology, Harry S Truman College, 1145 W. Wilson Ave., Chicago, IL 60640
Our Undergraduate Research Collaborative aims to transform the lives and career paths of two-year college undergraduates through a rigorous authentic research experience that caters to the needs of these students. The partners in this collaborative include ten Chicago-area two-year colleges and three baccalaureate-granting institutions. We are testing three models of undergraduate research that engage students in research on their home campus, provide explicit instruction in the skills and habits of being a scientist, create a curriculum that supports the completion of a Associates of Science degree, and ultimately scaffolds the smooth transition of students beyond the two-year college campus. This effort involves substantial interaction between research-active faculty at the two-year colleges and four-year colleges in the collaborative, including two-way visitations, seminars, and remote access to research-quality instrumentation.
 

Bringing Authentic Research into the Undergraduate Laboratory
1:30 PM-5:15 PM, Wednesday, March 28, 2007 McCormick Place North -- Room N231, Level 2, Oral

Division of Chemical Education

The 233rd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, March 25-29, 2007