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Karen L. Webber 《Higher Education》2012,64(5):709-729
Similar to trends in postsecondary education across the world, today’s US universities are an increasing mix of native and foreign-born scholars. US institutions are experiencing a growing number of international faculty members, but there is limited literature examining foreign-born faculty who work in US institutions and how outputs from foreign-born faculty compare to US-born natives. Using data from the 2004 National Survey of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF:04), this study examines difference in faculty members’ research productivity at doctoral-granting institutions by foreign/US-born status controlling for select individual and institutional characteristics. Findings show that foreign-born faculty members spend more time on research and less time on undergraduate instruction than US-born peers, and this may contribute to their higher levels of production. Implications are discussed that consider how to ensure diverse faculty communities that lead to strong research and knowledge production. 相似文献
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Engaging Undergraduate Students in Research Activities: Are Research Universities Doing a Better Job? 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
Engaging undergraduate students in research activities has been advocated as an innovative strategy to improve American higher
education (Boyer Commission, Reinventing undergraduate education: A blueprint for America’s research universities. The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Stony Brook, NY, 1998). This study compared the frequency of undergraduate
student research experiences at different types of colleges and universities from the early 1990s through 2004. The results
indicate that the frequency of student research experiences increased since 1998 at all types of institutions and that students
at research universities were not more likely than their counterparts elsewhere to have such experiences. The findings were
consistent across major fields. To live up to their claims, research universities must find additional ways to involve undergraduates
in research with faculty members.
Shouping Hu is Associate Professor of Higher Education at Florida State University. He received his M.S. degree in Economics and Ph.D.
in Higher Education from Indiana University. His research and scholarship focuses on postsecondary access and persistence,
college student experience, and higher education finance.
George D. Kuh is Chancellor’s Professor of Higher Education and Director of the Center for Postsecondary Research at Indiana University
Bloomington. He received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Iowa. His research focuses on the quality of undergraduate
education.
Joy Gaston Gayles is Associate Professor in Adult and Higher Education at North Carolina State University. She received her Bachelor’s degree
from Shaw University, Master’s degree from Auburn University, and Ph.D. in Higher Education from The Ohio State University.
Her research focuses on college student learning and development. 相似文献
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Danielle X. Morales Sara E. Grineski Timothy W. Collins 《Research in higher education》2017,58(5):520-544
Undergraduate research experiences are a “high impact” educational practice that confer benefits to students. However, little attention has been paid to understanding faculty motivation to mentor undergraduate students through research training programs, even as the number of programs has grown, requiring increasing numbers of faculty mentors. To address this, we introduce a conceptual model for understanding faculty motivation to mentor and test it by using empirical data to identify factors that enable and constrain faculty engagement in an undergraduate research program. Using cross-sectional survey data collected in 2013, we employed generalized linear modeling to analyze data from 536 faculty across 13 research institutions to examine how expected costs/benefits, dispositional factors, situational factors, previous experience, and demographic factors predicted faculty motivation to mentor. Results show that faculty who placed greater value on the opportunity to increase diversity in the academy through mentorship of underrepresented minorities were more likely to be interested in serving as mentors. Faculty who agreed more strongly that mentoring undergraduate students was time consuming and their institution’s reward structures were at odds with mentoring, or who had more constrained access to undergraduate students were less likely to be interested in serving as mentors. Mid-career faculty were more likely than late-career faculty to be interested in serving as mentors. Findings have implications for improving undergraduate research experiences, since the success of training programs hinges on engaging highly motivated faculty members as mentors. 相似文献
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The study examined the differences between international and U.S. citizen faculty members’ productivity in the areas of research,
graduate and undergraduate teaching, and service at research universities in the United States. Utilizing the 2004 National
Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF:04) data set, we used a Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) to address the primary research
questions in the study. The results indicated that international faculty members were significantly more productive in research,
but less productive in teaching and service than their U.S. citizen colleagues. The study can potentially aid policymakers
and university administrators to not only better serve and support international faculty members but also to fully utilize
them as a resource that benefits the institution and the students in all functions of their work and not just in research. 相似文献
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“Is that paper really due today?”: differences in first-generation and traditional college students’ understandings of faculty expectations 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
Success in college is not simply a matter of students demonstrating academic ability. In addition, students must master the
“college student” role in order to understand instructors’ expectations and apply their academic skills effectively to those
expectations. This article uses data from focus groups to examine the fit between university faculty members’ expectations
and students’ understanding of those expectations. Parallel discussions among groups of faculty and groups of students highlight
important differences regarding issues of time management and specific aspects of coursework. We find definite incongruities
between faculty and student perspectives and identify differences between traditional and first-generation college students.
We argue that variations in cultural capital, based on parents’ educational experiences, correspond to important differences
in each group’s mastery of the student role and, thus, their ability to respond to faculty expectations. The conclusion discusses
the theoretical and practical implications of considering role mastery a form of cultural capital. 相似文献
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Effective processes, practices, and infrastructure are essential components of successful online teaching and learning efforts;
and they lead to a sense of faculty ownership of online teaching as well as enhanced support from an institution’s administration.
The institution’s recognition of faculty members’ efforts to teach online in relation to the traditional concepts of scholarship,
tenure, and promotion is an important motivational factor for sustaining effectiveness in the online learning environment.
This study examined institutional efforts to alleviate or overcome challenges faced by faculty members in creating and teaching
online courses, and we investigated faculty members’ perceptions regarding these institutional efforts. 相似文献
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Thomas F. Nelson Laird Rick Shoup George D. Kuh Michael J. Schwarz 《Research in higher education》2008,49(6):469-494
“Deep learning” represents student engagement in approaches to learning that emphasize integration, synthesis, and reflection.
Because learning is a shared responsibility between students and faculty, it is important to determine whether faculty members
emphasize deep approaches to learning and to assess how much students employ these approaches. This study examines the effect
of discipline on student use of and faculty members’ emphasis on deep approaches to learning as well as on the relationships
between deep approaches to learning and selected educational outcomes. Using data from over 80,000 seniors and 10,000 faculty
members we found that deep approaches to learning were more prevalent in Biglan’s soft, pure, and life fields compared to
their counterparts. The differences were largest between soft and hard fields. We also found that seniors who engage more
frequently in deep learning behaviors report greater educational gains, higher grades, and greater satisfaction with college,
and that the strength of these relationships is relatively consistent across disciplinary categories. 相似文献
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Involvement in research has become a fixture in undergraduate science education across the United States. Graduate and postdoctoral
students are often called upon to mentor undergraduates at research universities, yet mentoring relationships in undergraduate—graduate/postdoctoral
student dyads and undergraduate—graduate/postdoctoral student—faculty triads have been largely unexamined. Here, we present
findings of an exploratory case study framed by relational theory that identifies the motives, gains, and challenges reported
by graduate/postdoctoral students who mentored undergraduates in research. Graduate/postdoctoral mentors experienced a wide
range of gains, including improved qualifications and career preparation, cognitive and socioemotional growth, improved teaching
and communication skills, and greater enjoyment of their own apprenticeship experience. Notably, graduate/postdoctoral mentors
reported twice as many gains as challenges, neither of which were limited by their motives for mentoring. Indeed, their motives
were fairly narrow and immediate, focusing on how mentoring would serve as a means to an end, while the gains and challenges
they reported indicated a longer-term vision of how mentoring influenced their personal, cognitive, and professional growth.
We propose that understanding the impact of mentoring undergraduates on the education and training of graduate/postdoctoral
students may uncover new ideas about the benefits reaped through undergraduate research experiences. 相似文献
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Among science educators, current interest in undergraduate research (UR) is influenced both by the traditional role of the
research apprenticeship in scientists’ preparation and by concerns about replacing the current scientific workforce. Recent
research has begun to demonstrate the range of personal, professional, and intellectual benefits for STEM students from participating
in UR, yet the processes by which student-advisor interactions contribute to these benefits are little understood. We employ
situated learning theory (Lave and Wenger, Situated learning: legitimate peripheral participation, Cambridge University Press,
Cambridge in 1991) to examine the role of student-advisor interactions in apprenticing undergraduate researchers, particularly in terms of
acculturating students to the norms, values, and professional practice of science. This qualitative study examines interviews
with a diverse sample of 73 undergraduate research students from two research-extensive institutions. From these interviews,
we articulate a continuum of practices that research mentors employed in three domains to support undergraduate scientists-in-training:
professional socialization, intellectual support, and personal/emotional support. The needs of novice students differed from
those of experienced students in each of these areas. Novice students needed clear expectations, guidelines, and orientation
to their specific research project, while experienced students needed broader socialization in adopting the traits, habits,
and temperament of scientific researchers. Underrepresented minority students, and to a lesser extent, women, gained confidence
from their interactions with their research mentors and broadened their future career and educational possibilities. Undergraduate
research at research-extensive universities exemplifies a cycle of scientific learning and practice where undergraduate researchers
are mentored by graduate students and postdoctoral researchers, who are themselves apprentices to faculty members. As such,
research mentors of undergraduate students should be aware of the dual scientific and educational aspects of their advising
role and its significance in shaping students’ identities and career trajectories. 相似文献
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Foreign-born women faculty work roles and productivity at research universities in the United States
Ketevan Mamiseishvili 《Higher Education》2010,60(2):139-156
Using the data from the 2004 National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF:04) survey, the study examined foreign-born women
faculty members’ work roles and productivity in the areas of teaching, research, and service in comparison with their US-born
counterparts at research universities in the US. The findings provided some evidence to suggest that foreign-born women faculty
members’ patterns of engagement in work activities contradicted the gendered division of labor in academia. The findings indicated
that foreign-born female academics were significantly more engaged in research that was evident in the number of scholarly
outputs they produced compared to US-born women faculty colleagues. On the other hand, they seemed to be less involved in
teaching and service functions of their work than their US-born women peers. The study could serve as a good starting point
to further examine foreign-born women faculty socialization into faculty roles and their academic work culture. 相似文献
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Thais Dutra Nascimento Silva Lúcia Cristina da Cunha Aguiar Jaqueline Leta Dilvani Oliveira Santos Fernanda Serpa Cardoso Lúcio Mendes Cabral Carlos Rangel Rodrigues Helena Carla Castro 《CBE life sciences education》2004,3(4):235-240
In this study, we analyze the contribution of the undergraduate student who participates in the process of generating scientific data and developing a research project using Brazilian research as an example. Historically, undergraduate students have performed the critical role of research assistants in developing countries. This aspect has been underappreciated as a means of generating scientific data in Brazilian research facilities. Brazilian educational institutions are facing major age-related generational changes among the science faculty within the next 5–10 yr. A lack of adequate support for graduate students leads to a concern that undergraduates will not be interested in choosing research assistant programs and, subsequently, academic research careers. To remedy this situation it is important to focus on ways to encourage new research careers and enhance university–industry collaborations. 相似文献
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The Influences of Faculty on Undergraduate Student Participation in Research and Creative Activities
Using data collected from surveys of college juniors and seniors and faculty members in related academic departments, this
study examined whether faculty teaching and research orientations, as well as faculty external funding, had any impact on
undergraduate student participation in research and creative activities. The results of the study indicated that faculty research
orientation and external funding were indeed positively related to student participation in research activities. However,
faculty members’ teaching orientation was not significant. Further analyses indicated that faculty teaching and research orientations
had different impacts on a range of research and creative activities by undergraduate students. The findings from this study
provide insight on ways of improving college teaching and learning as well as informing the development of institutional academic
policies related to faculty and undergraduate education.
Shouping Hu is Associate Professor of Higher Education at Florida State University. He received his M.S. degree in Economics and Ph.D.
in Higher Education from Indiana University. His research and scholarship focus on college access and success, student engagement,
and higher education policy.
Kathyrine Scheuch is the Deputy Director of Research and Evaluation in the Division of Community Colleges, Florida Department of Education.
She received her Ed.D. in Higher Education from Florida State University. Her research interests include undergraduate research
activities and minority student issues.
Joy Gaston Gayles is Associate Professor of Higher Education at North Carolina State University. She received her Ph.D. in Higher Education
from Ohio State University. Her research interests include the college student experience and its impact on student development
and learning. 相似文献
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Carson S 《CBE life sciences education》2007,6(4):343-349
Science educators agree that an undergraduate research experience is critical for students who are considering graduate school or research careers. The process of researching a topic in the primary literature, designing experiments, implementing those experiments, and analyzing the results is essential in developing the analytical skills necessary to become a true scientist. Because training undergraduates who will only be in the laboratory for a short period is time consuming for faculty mentors, many students are unable to find appropriate research opportunities. We hypothesized that we could effectively mentor several students simultaneously, using a method that is a hybrid of traditional undergraduate research and a traditional laboratory course. This article describes a paradigm for mentored undergraduate research in molecular microbiology where students have ownership of their individual projects, but the projects are done in parallel, enabling the faculty mentor to guide multiple students efficiently. 相似文献
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Faculty Organizational Commitment and Citizenship 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
Building on a theoretical framework that links characteristics of individuals and their work settings to organizational commitment
(OC) and citizenship behavior, this study considers why faculty may be disengaging from institutional service. Analyses of
survey data collected from a state system of higher education suggest that job characteristics, exchanges and social learning
are associated with faculty members’ OC. For instance, opportunities for advancement and research support, as well as responsiveness
of administrators to faculty, contributed to the likelihood that faculty would accept a position at their institution again
if given the chance. Commitment, however, did not significantly affect time spent on institutional service. Two job characteristics—time
spent on research and time spent on teaching—were negatively associated with this behavior. 相似文献
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Many institutions of higher education confront seemingly unrelated needs of graduate students, who need not only to complete their dissertations but also to learn how to become proficient mentors for undergraduates as they move on to faculty roles. The graduate students are increasingly searching out high-impact learning experiences such as involvement with undergraduate research. The program we describe in this article offers a solution to these issues by pairing undergraduates with graduate students to work on their dissertation research. Undergraduates undertake hands-on research while learning about graduate school, and the graduate students learn about the mentoring process while receiving assistance that allows them to keep their dissertations moving toward completion. 相似文献
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John C. Smart Corinna A. Ethington Paul D. Umbach Louis M. Rocconi 《Research in higher education》2009,50(5):483-501
This study examines variability in the extent to which faculty members in the disciplinary-based academic environments of
Holland’s theory emphasize different student learning outcomes in their classes and whether such differences are comparable
for those in “consistent” versus “inconsistent” environments. The findings show wide variation in the extent to which faculty
members in four of the academic environments of Holland’s theory emphasize the alternative student learning outcomes and that
such differences vary based on the level of consistency or inconsistency in the environmental profiles of the environments.
The implications of these findings for future research using Holland’s theory to understand longitudinal patterns of change
and stability in the attitudes, interests, and abilities of college students as well as variability in the patterns of professional
attitudes and behaviors of college faculty are discussed. Attention is also devoted to the policy development and practical
implications of these findings for academic advisors, career counselors, and other college and university leaders. 相似文献
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Pamela A. Harvey Christopher Wall Stephen W. Luckey Stephen Langer Leslie A. Leinwand 《CBE life sciences education》2014,13(4):698-710
Undergraduate science education curricula are traditionally composed of didactic instruction with a small number of laboratory courses that provide introductory training in research techniques. Research on learning methodologies suggests this model is relatively ineffective, whereas participation in independent research projects promotes enhanced knowledge acquisition and improves retention of students in science. However, availability of faculty mentors and limited departmental budgets prevent the majority of students from participating in research. A need therefore exists for this important component in undergraduate education in both small and large university settings. A course was designed to provide students with the opportunity to engage in a research project in a classroom setting. Importantly, the course collaborates with a sponsor''s laboratory, producing a symbiotic relationship between the classroom and the laboratory and an evolving course curriculum. Students conduct a novel gene expression study, with their collective data being relevant to the ongoing research project in the sponsor''s lab. The success of this course was assessed based on the quality of the data produced by the students, student perception data, student learning gains, and on whether the course promoted interest in and preparation for careers in science. In this paper, we describe the strategies and outcomes of this course, which represents a model for efficiently providing research opportunities to undergraduates. 相似文献
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Kristen Abernathy Zachary Abernathy Beth Costner Joseph Rusinko Kristi Westover 《PRIMUS》2017,27(3):337-351
AbstractWinthrop University is a public comprehensive university of about 6000 students, 5000 of whom are undergraduates. The Department of Mathematics offers a baccalaureate degree in mathematics, but has no graduate degree programs. As late as 2009, there was essentially no undergraduate research in the department. At this time, faculty made efforts to cultivate a research program that would motivate faculty to pursue more scholarly opportunities and include undergraduates in their scholarship. These efforts began with in-house-sponsored summer programs that lasted a few weeks and grew over the subsequent 5 year period to several externally funded undergraduate research programs, including a National Science Foundation-sponsored Research Experience for Undergraduates program. In this paper, we discuss some lessons we learned in developing a culture of undergraduate research. We focus on the advantages and challenges of undergraduate research at primarily undergraduate universities, offer advice for starting or growing a research program, and provide resources for funding undergraduate research. 相似文献