Faculty Entrepreneurialism and the Challenge to Undergraduate Education at Research Universities

The Undergraduate–Postgraduate–Faculty Triad: Unique Functions and Tensions Associated with Undergraduate Research Experiences at Research Universities

We present an exploratory study of how undergraduates' involvement in research influences postgraduates (i.e., graduate and postdoctoral researchers) and faculty. We used a qualitative approach to examine the relationships among undergraduates, postgraduates, and the faculty head in a research group. In this group, undergraduates viewed postgraduates as more approachable than the faculty head b...

Transforming Science Education at Large Research Universities

From faculty for undergraduate neuroscience: encouraging innovation in undergraduate neuroscience education by supporting student research and faculty development.

Summer Undergraduate Research with Faculty ( SURF

1. Student: Joyce Biaco Major: Chemistry Mentor: Timothy Barker Department: Chemistry and Biochemistry Title: Lewis Acid-Catalyzed Minisci Reactions Many pharmaceutical drugs contain at least one nitrogen atom. If that nitrogen atom is part of a ring with carbon atoms it is called a heterocycle. The ability to easily modify a heterocycle is useful to medicinal chemists because they are then abl...

Bullying in faculty relations at universities affiliated with the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology and presenting solutions to improve it

The purpose of this research was to investigate the degree of bullying in relationship between faculty members in universities affiliated with the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology and to provide solutions to improve it. The research approach was quantitative. A descriptive correlation method, multiple regression analysis was used.  A questionnaire tool was designed to gather informa...