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Use of Objective‐Based Undergraduate Research Project Experience as a Graduate Student Recruitment Tool
Author(s) -
Narayanan Ram M.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of engineering education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.896
H-Index - 108
eISSN - 2168-9830
pISSN - 1069-4730
DOI - 10.1002/j.2168-9830.1999.tb00458.x
Subject(s) - undergraduate research , graduate students , medical education , graduate education , undergraduate student , undergraduate education , psychology , work (physics) , quality (philosophy) , pedagogy , engineering , medicine , mechanical engineering , philosophy , epistemology
This paper describes experience in using hands‐on undergraduate research exposure as a tool to identify and recruit potentially successful graduate students. Undergraduate students with an interest in graduate education work toward a well‐defined goal under the guidance of the faculty member, typically supporting a senior graduate student on his/her thesis research. The quality of the undergraduate research is maintained by requiring that the results of the research be presented at a major technical conference. It is found that a large percentage of such undergraduate students ultimately enroll and succeed in graduate school.