Undergraduate Research at Community Colleges Equity Discovery and Innovation
Co-published with the Council on Undergraduate ResearchThis book highlights the exciting work of two-year colleges to prepare students for their future careers through engagement in undergraduate research. It emerged from work in five community college systems thanks to two National Science Foundation grants the Council for Undergraduate Research received to support community colleges’ efforts to establish undergraduate research programs. Chapters one two and three provide background information about community colleges undergraduate research and the systems the author worked with: California City University of New York Maricopa Community College District - Arizona Oklahoma and Tennessee. Chapter four examines success strategies. The next five chapters look at five approaches to undergraduate research: basic/applied course-based community-based interdisciplinary and partnership research. Chapters ten eleven and twelve discuss ways to assess and evaluate undergraduate research experiences inclusive pedagogy and ways to advance undergraduate research. Today there are 942 public community colleges in the United States providing affordable access to 6. 8 million students who enrolled for credit in one of the public two-year institutions in the United States. Students are more prepared for the next step in their education or careers after participating in quality UR experiences. | Undergraduate Research at Community Colleges Equity Discovery and Innovation
