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| Abstract Title: | Access to undergraduate research opportunities at a large research university |
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| Abstract: | The American Physical Society recently released a statement calling on all university physics departments to provide all undergraduate students with access to research experiences. In response, we investigated the current status of access to undergraduate research at CU-Boulder, a large research institution where the number of undergraduate physics majors outnumber faculty by roughly ten to one. We created and administered two surveys within CU-Boulder's Physics Department: one probed undergraduate students' familiarity with, and participation in, research; the other probed faculty members' experiences as research mentors to undergraduates. We describe the development of these instruments, our results, and our corresponding evidence-based recommendations for improving local access to undergraduate research experiences. We further present suggestions for how this process could be adapted for use in other departments. |
| Abstract Type: | Contributed Poster Presentation |
Author/Organizer Information | |
| Primary Contact: |
Stephanie Hanshaw Department of Physics, University of Colorado Boulder 631 W. 123rd Ave #8208 Westminster, CO 80234 Phone: 9703186612 |
| Co-Author(s) and Co-Presenter(s) |
Dimitri Dounas-Frazer, Department of Physics, University of Colorado Boulder Heather Lewandowski, Department of Physics, University of Colorado Boulder |
