SPS Council 2007

 

E: Undergraduate Research Project

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Committee E: Undergraduate Research Project

 

Committee charge

 

Committee E is charged with

1)      Reviewing the Hunter study (see c. above) on the SPS intern journals

2)      Reviewing the progress of the SPS effort, and recommending a further course of action for the Council. How do we proceed to develop tools for students and REU administrators?

3)      Review progress of JURP and proposed agreement with NCUR

4)      Should we return to the CUR meeting?

5)      Should we pursue a collaboration with CUR, a proposal?

 

Committee members

CHAIR: James Borgardt (Zone 3), borgardt@juniata.edu

Donald Burnette (Zone 6), donb@phys.ufl.edu

Caitlin Byrd-Fisher (Zone 17), byrdfish@lclark.edu

Krystyna Dillard-Crawford (Zone 14), kdillard@mesastate.edu

Curtis McCully (Zone 12), cmccully@mail.snu.edu

Mohammed Tahar (Zone 2), mtahar@brockport.edu

Lucas Willis (Zone 3), lucas.willis@gmail.com

 

Background Information

 

links and references

Qualitative Analysis of SPSIntern Journals (2.36MB)

 

 

 

 Notes from Committee meeting I 9/28/07:

Undergraduate Research Project

 

  • Consideration of Hunter ethnography as starting point

 

  • Discussed key features of a “good research experience”

 

Compiled list of points

 

Proposed poll of research students for importance of points

 

  • The committee approves the agreement between JURP and NCUR

 

The committee will review the publishing of proceedings

 

NCUR presenters will be invited to submit papers

 

  • The committee recommends the sending of students to CUR

 

SPS Reporter should be sent, at least

 

  • A proposal will be written to CUR and other funding agencies

 

  • Timeline/Committee assignments: To be determined/assigned

     

  • Motions:
    • 1) Funds to send a SPS reporter/AZC to CUR
    • 2) Funds to send an AZC and SPS faculty rep/ZC to NCUR (April 2008)

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