Resources and Publications on Undergraduate and Faculty Research

Peer Review, Vol. 8, No. 1, Winter 2006 (a publication of the Association of American Colleges and Universities).
http://www.aacu.org/peerreview/pr-wi06/index.cfm
This issue focuses on undergraduate research. The following four articles are available online:

• "Undergraduate Research Experiences: Synergies between Scholarship and Teaching," Tim Elgren and Nancy Hensel.
  Describes the benefits of undergraduate research to both student researcher and faculty member: students growth as researchers, contributions to the faculty member's own scholarly work, and new contributions to the field.
  http://www.aacu.org/peerreview/ pr-wi06/PR-WI06_analysis.cfm
  
• "Community-Based Research as Scientific and Civic Pedagogy," Elizabeth Paul.
  Of special interest to those in the Social Sciences, this article promotes research projects in partnership with community organizations.
  http://www.aacu.org/peerreview/pr-wi06/pr-wi06_practice1.cfm
  
• "Creative Activity and Undergraduate Research across the Disciplines," Lori Bettison-Varga.
  Describes the "transformative experience" of Wooster College's independent research project for all undergraduates.
  http://www.aacu.org/peerreview/pr-wi06/pr-wi06_practice2.cfm
  
• "Undergraduate Research as the Next Great Faculty Divide,"
  Mitchell Malachowski.
  Discusses the new faculty divide as one between faculty who engage students in their research projects and those who don't.
  http://www.aacu.org/peerreview/pr-wi06/pr-wi06_Reality.cfm

The Research-rich Undergraduate Community, Project Kaleidoscope (PKAL), September 9, 2005, Vol. IV.
Calls for a supportive institutional culture to encourage undergraduate research in the sciences. See below for a list of links to articles on undergraduate research from the PKAL website.
http://www.pkal.org/collections/
Vol4ResearchRichUndergradCommunity.cfm

• Undergraduate Research Experience (Project Kaleidoscope).
  Contains links to several articles and Internet sites related to undergraduate research, including an article on promoting undergraduate research in sociology.
  http://www.pkal.org/keywords/UndergraduateResearchExpe.cfm
  
• "What Undergraduate Research Can Tell Us About Research on Learning," David Lopatto, University of Colorado Boulder (Project Kaleidoscope).
  Scroll down to this article and click to open the PDF. Drawing on experiences at four colleges, this article documents the benefits of the undergraduate research experience on student learning
  http://www.pkal.org/keywords/HowPeopleLearn.cfm
  
• Arts and Humanities Scholars (Undergraduate Research Program, University of Delaware).
  Contains samples of undergraduate student research proposals and excerpts from the faculty letter of support. Samples are from art, English, foreign language, history, music, and philosophy. Also links to a student handbook describing the Arts and Humanities Scholars Undergraduate Research Program.
  http://urp.udel.edu/ahpage.html