Initial Publication Date: September 27, 2024

How Do We Start? Creating Equitable Undergraduate Degrees through Integrating and Scaffolding Research Throughout Curricula

Wednesday, October 16th, 2024

10 am – 11 am Pacific | 11 am – 12 pm Mountain | 12-1 pm Central | 1-2 pm Eastern

Presenters: Mitchell Malachowski, University of San Diego; Jeffrey Osborn, The College of New Jersey; Jillian Kinzie, Indiana University; Elizabeth Ambos, Ambos Consulting

Overview

Panelists will share lessons learned from a six-year, longitudinal research study on how best to build the high-impact practice of undergraduate research into undergraduate degree programs. A key synthetic outcome of the project is the volume: "Transforming Academic Culture and Curriculum: Integrating and Scaffolding Research Throughout Undergraduate Education". A tool-kit of materials to support curricular and cultural transformations is free to download and use. We will focus on the first stage of the change process, which is to ask the right questions. Each participant will receive access to the project's How Ready Are We to Transform? questionnaire. We will discuss questions that help diagnose readiness, identify potential barriers to change, and recommend solutions to deal with setbacks.

Goals

Empowering faculty, staff, and administrators engaged in curricular and cultural change to build more equitable pathways for student success.
Building a better understanding of exactly how, why and with whom change processes should start.
Providing research-based insights to the change process, particularly for faculty and administrators engaged in departmental/institutional change.
Equipping participants with strategies and tools to effect change and deal with challenges.

Audience

Higher education faculty members, graduate students, post-doctoral scholars, staff members, and administrators working on aspects of systemic change in undergraduate education. Faculty members and students engaged in undergraduate research, directors of undergraduate research and/or experiential learning offices.

Logistics

Time – 10 am – 11 am Pacific | 11 am – 12 pm Mountain | 12-1 pm Central | 1-2 pm Eastern

Duration - 60 minutes
Format - Online web presentation via Zoom web meeting software with questions and discussion. Go to the webinar technology page for more information on using Zoom. Detailed instructions for joining the webinar will be emailed to registered participants Tuesday, October 15^th, prior to the webinar.

Please email Holly Kelchner (hkelchner@carleton.edu) if you have any technical questions about this event.

Presenters

Mitchell R. Malachowski is Professor of Chemistry at the University of San Diego. He is a Past President of the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) and is heavily invested in assisting institutions in building excellent undergraduate research programs. He was the 2014 Center for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) Carnegie Foundation California Professor of the Year and is a CUR Fellow.

Jeffrey M. Osborn (josborn@tcnj.edu) served as Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs and is Professor of Biology at The College of New Jersey. He is a Past President of the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) and is an American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow, a CUR Fellow, and an Associate Editor for the American Journal of Botany.

Jillian L. Kinzie is Associate Director of the National Survey of Student Engagement at the Center for Postsecondary Research, Indiana University Bloomington. She conducts research and leads project activities on effective use of student engagement data to improve educational quality and is a coauthor of Delivering on the Promise of High-Impact Practices (2022).

Elizabeth L. Ambos served as the Council on Undergraduate Research's Executive Officer in Washington, DC, from 2012 to 2019. She has held academic administrative positions and faculty status in the California State University system and is a coauthor of The Cambridge Handbook of Undergraduate Research (2022).

Also a co-author, but not presenting on October 16th:

Kerry K. Karukstis is the Ray and Mary Ingwersen Professor of Chemistry Emeritus at Harvey Mudd College. She received the American Chemical Society (ACS) Award for Research at an Undergraduate Institution, is a Past President of the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR), a Past Chair of the ACS Committee on Professional Training, and is an ACS Fellow and CUR Fellow.