Research in Physical Chemistry at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions

An IDeA for enhancing undergraduate research at rural primarily undergraduate institutions.

This study documents the efforts of the North Dakota (ND) IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) program to assist in the development of undergraduate research programs at four state-supported primarily undergraduate institutions (PUIs) in ND. The study was initiated in the 2004-2005 academic year and continues to the present. The study shows that gaining initial institutional ...

Transforming ecological science at primarily undergraduate institutions through collaborative networks

HOW WE TEACH Generalizable Education Research An IDeA for enhancing undergraduate research at rural primarily undergraduate institutions

Sens DA, Cisek KL, Conway P, Doze VA. An IDeA for enhancing undergraduate research at rural primarily undergraduate institutions. Adv Physiol Educ 41: 464–471, 2017; doi:10.1152/advan. 00041.2017.—This study documents the efforts of the North Dakota (ND) IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) program to assist in the development of undergraduate research programs at four state-...

Careers in virology: teaching at a primarily undergraduate institution.

A faculty position at a primarily undergraduate institution requires working with undergraduates in both the classroom and the research lab. Graduate students and postdoctoral fellows who are interested in such a career should understand that faculty at these institutions need to teach broadly and devise research questions that can be addressed safely and with limited resources compared to a re...

There’s a Pony in Here Somewhere! Reflections on Integrating Teaching and Research at Predominantly Undergraduate Institutions

Our Nation is at a crossroads. Although far removed from the tragedies and chaos Dickens so poignantly described in his book, this dramatic paradox appears to have re-emerged in the American scientific community of the new century. The headlines in the scientific and popular press regularly highlight the budget crisis we now confront. The exploding federal budget deficit has sent a shiver throu...