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Reflections on Eight Years of Undergraduate Research at Our Community College

Author(s) -

Dan Gheorghe Dimitriu,

Klaus Bartels,

Dee Dixon

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

2019 asee annual conference & exposition proceedings

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Conference proceedings

DOI - 10.18260/1-2--33230

Subject(s) - undergraduate research , alliance , medical education , underrepresented minority , resource (disambiguation) , engineering education , community college , research center , psychology , mathematics education , engineering , political science , engineering management , computer science , medicine , computer network , law

Since 2010, San Antonio College (SAC) has been the center of a continuously increasing family of undergraduate research projects hosted by Texas’ first Math, Engineering, and Science Achievement (MESA) Center. A paper presented at the 2012 ASEE Conference in San Antonio described the start of this program at this community college. It has been widely reported that undergraduate research programs at four-year institutions increase retention, improve students’ success, and produce higher quality graduates. Results demonstrate that two-year institutions can also initiate and maintain successful undergraduate research programs. This paper presents the evolution of the undergraduate research program started at SAC in 2010 as a summer-only activity into a year-round program. It also describes benefits and limitations, offers advice for starting a research program at community colleges, and outlines future plans.

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