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University of Michigan Efforts to
Integrate Research and Undergraduate Education
The University of Michigan has long history of education innovation, including efforts to integrate undergraduate education and research for some time. Below are links to descriptions of many of these efforts.Campus-Wide or Multi-Unit Programs | Reports on UM Activites
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 Listen to University of Michigan undergraduate students from 1996 and 1997 comment on their research experiences. |
Campus-Wide or Multi-Unit Programs
Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP)
Established in 1989, this program places first- and second-year students into research settings to provide them with hands-on experiences in the belief that this research involvement enhances the educational success of undergraduate students.
Women in Science and Engineering (WISE)
Established in 1980, the Women in Science and Engineering Program now offers an array of activities designed to increase the number of women students who choose majors, advanced degrees, and careers in science, engineering and mathematics. The WISE program views student involvement in research an important component in meeting this goal.
Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP)
This program matches undergraduates from historically underrepresented groups with a faculty mentor and a research team to help prepare them for graduate school.
University of Michigan Medical School Student Summer Research Program
This program provides research opportunities to eligible undergraduate students to work with Medical School faculty.
YoHA Course Community -- Involving undergraduates in humanities and arts creative work
The Course Community was one activity of the 1997-98 Year of Humanities and Arts (YoHA) at the University of Michigan. Minigrants were awarded to course instructors to enable them to more completely link their teaching to scholarly and creative endeavors of the students enrolled in their courses. This program continues in a modified format through the UROP Faculty mini-grant program.
UROP Faculty mini-grant program.
This program provides on a competitive basis mini-grants to University of Michigan faculty to support greater involvement of undergraduate students in both course and non-course related research and creative activities. The program is a spin-off of the Year of Humanities and Arts Course Community. The first round of mini-grants have been awarded to more than two dozen faculty members.
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Sites at the UM
The National Science Foundation REU program funds universities across the country to offer undergraduate students opportunities to become involved in research. For the summer of 1998, the University of Michigan offered five REU sites, in atmospheric science, biology, chemistry, engineering and physics.
Undergraduate Curriculum Development Testbed (UCDT)
A team of professors from six schools and eight departments at the UM are using the curriculum testbed to foster institution-wide reform of undergraduate education. The subject focus on these efforts is in the field of earth system science and global change.
University of Michigan Reports and Presentations
New Openings for the Research University: Advancing Collaborative, Integrative, and Interdisciplinary Research and Learning
The University of Michigan conducted an extensive self-study for the purposes of reaccredidation by the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.
Improving Teaching and Learning: The Experiences of Other Research Universities by Univeristy of Michigan Provost Nancy Cantor
Remarks delivered on November 15, 1999 at the University of Michigan Annual Provost's Seminar on Teaching.
Proceedings of the 1999 Wiesner Symposium, "New Integrations of Research, Scholarship and Undergraduate Education
This Symposium and a Best Practices Workshop were held March 29-30, 1999 at the University of Michigan campus. The keynote speaker was Neal Lane, Presidential Science Advisor and former director of the National Science Foundation.
"A Rich Undergraduate Education Should Include Research Experience"
This short essay was prepared by UM Vice President for Research Frederick C. Neidhardt for the fall, 1998 New Student Edition of the Michigan Daily.
"Faculty to Examine Role of Research Universities in Undergraduate Education"
This short essay by John T. Lehman, Professor of Biology and Secretary to the Faculty Senate, was published in the October 21, 1998 issue of the University Record. The essay describes some of the issues discussed at the October 27, 1998 conference, "Research Universities and the Undergraduate: Designing Education for the 21st Century"
In her July 1998 budget presentation to the University of Michigan Regents, Provost Nancy Cantor made prominent mention of how undergraduate involvement in research and creative work was a key goal for the University in realizing "the full potential of a great university in undergraduate education."
"A Michigan Tradition: Research and Undergraduate Education"
In July, 1997, UM Vice President for Research Frederick C. Neidhardt presented this overview of UM initiatives and achievements to the Board of Regents.
Shaping the Future: Innovations in Undergraduate Education at the University of Michigan
These web pages are adapted from a fall, 1996 poster presentation at a National Science Foundation meeting in Washington, DC.
Robert Weisbuch, President of the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation and former Associate Vice President for Research, University of Michigan, speaks on the important link between scholarship and undergraduate education. (Multimedia, 26 MB -- requires that you install the QuickTime plug-in, available for Mac and PC users from the QuickTime web site. Best viewed if you have an ethernet link.)
Press Reports on University of Michigan activities.
Send questions or comments to UMresearch@umich.edu
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