If
there were no CUR, What programs and opportunities would be absent
from the Undergraduate Research landscape?
Without a CUR, there would be: |
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No organization with the focal
mission to speak on behalf of faculty in undergraduate institutions to help strengthen their
research programs and to generate awareness and national support for
undergraduate research |
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No national conferences where
faculty from undergraduate institutions, college/university administrators, corporate
leaders and government representatives join together to exchange
information and debate current issues affecting undergraduate research |
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No April Dialogue in Washington, DC
where faculty and administrators from undergraduate institutions can
learn about and help set the national science agenda |
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No April Dialogue where faculty and
administrators can learn about funding opportunities directly from the
program officers, and can discuss these opportunities in depth |
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No Institutes program where faculty
and administrators participate as a learning community in developing
action plans relating to "How to Institutionalize Undergraduate
Research", "The Vital Faculty: Issues after Tenure",
"Proposal Writing", "Mentorship, Collaboration and
Undergraduate Research in the Social Sciences and Humanities" and other topics |
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No consulting service available
specifically for undergraduate institutions wishing to conduct external reviews of science
departments, divisions, curricula, and undergraduate research programs |
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No Quarterly Journal devoted to
addressing issues of undergraduate research and faculty development
and funding opportunities of particular interest to faculty in
undergraduate institutions |
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No effective national network for
faculty in undergraduate institutions to connect to one another |
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No electronic service providing
un-moderated opportunities for faculty in undergraduate institutions to debate and discuss
current issues and to receive and exchange information in a timely
manner |
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No multi-disciplinary, national
organization where volunteers are the governing and guiding body on
policy and programs |
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No CUR E - News with
advanced news about upcoming grant competitions |
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No organization to provide catalysts
for faculty and administrator interaction away from one's own campus
setting |
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No organizational home for faculty
to gain experience that may lead towards administrative positions and
other career opportunities |
