| April
2003 |
Preparing
Future Faculty Members for Careers at Primarily Undergraduate
Institutions |
| March
2003 |
Comment on "Evaluation of NSF Support for Undergraduate Research Opportunities", to the Office of Management and Budget and the National Science Foundation |
| February
2003 |
Faculty-Undergraduate Collaborative Research and Publishing |
| January
2003 |
CUR Comments on the
National Science Board Draft Report, "Science and Engineering
Infrastructure for the 21st Century" |
| December
2002 |
NIH AREA Grant Recommendations
from the Council On Undergraduate research |
| August
2002 |
Comments on the NSF Draft Report on a Ten Year Plan for Research and Education in Environmental
Science |
| March
7, 2002 |
Federal Support of Undergraduate Education in Science and Technology:
Using the Undergraduate Research Model
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| March
7, 2002 |
An NSF Recognition Awards Program for the Integration of Research and Education at Comprehensive Universities
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| September
9, 2001 |
Letter to NPS Advisory Board to promote research in the National Parks
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| July
6, 2001 |
Letter to OMB in response to federal registry notice on data integrity |
| June 15, 2000 |
Ethnic Distribution of Students by Carnegie Classification. Addendum to CUR's White Paper on an AIRE program for Comprehensive Universities.
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| May 10, 2000 |
A Recognition Awards Program for the Integration of Research and Education at Comprehensive Universities. A proposal to the National Science Foundation. Distributed to the Director of NSF and the National Science Board; shared with interested Senators & Members of Congress including Sen. Kit Bond.
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| April 5, 2000 |
Education and the Science, Engineering, and Technology Enterprise: A Message to Congress from Faculty and Undergraduate Students Affiliated with the Council on Undergraduate Research. Delivered by Posters on the Hill faculty and students to their Congresspeople; distributed by CUR to Members of Congress. A version of this document was used as talking points by the Science, Engineering, and Technology Work Group (SET-WG) during its Congressional Visits Day.
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| March 11, 2000 |
Views of the Council on Undergraduate Research: NSF's Research Sites for Educators in Chemistry (RSEC) Program. Distributed to NSF officials.
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| March 8, 2000 |
CUR Suggestions to NIH to Improve the AREA Program. Distributed to NIH officials.
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| February 23, 2000 |
Views of the Council on Undergraduate Research: NSF's Research in Undergraduate Institutions (RUI) Program. Distributed to NSF officials.
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| September 6, 1999 |
CUR letter to Sen. Abercrombie calling for restoration of funds for the federal science and engineering budget.
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| August 30, 1999 |
CUR Comments on the Interim Report, Environmental Science and Engineering in the 21st Century. Written comment to the National Science Board Task Force on Environmental Science.
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| August 30, 1999 |
CUR Comments on OMB Circular A-110 Revisions --- Freedom of Information Act and Public Access to Scientific Data. Written response to Federal Register notice for comment.
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| May 25, 1999 |
The Role of Primarily Undergraduate Institutions in the Nation's Federal Government-University Research Partnership. Written and oral testimony before the President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), Neal Lane Presiding.
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| May 10, 1999 |
Comments on a Petition for Rulemaking, Animal Welfare: Should the definition of animal in 9 CFR part 1 be revised to include laboratory rats, laboratory mice, and birds, or any of the three?. Comments to APHIS, USDA on federal register notice.
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| March 8, 1999 |
CUR views on Environmental Science Research and the National Science Foundation. Written and oral testimony to the National Science Board.
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| May 16, 1998 |
Council on Undergraduate Research Suggestions for the National Science Policy Study Report. Follow-up written testimony at the request of the House Science Committee.
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| April 22, 1998 |
The Role of Primarily Undergraduate Institutions in the Nation's Scientific Endeavor. Council on Undergraduate Research Comments to the House Science Committee on US Science Policy. Written testimony.
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| April 22, 1998 |
An Investment in Tomorrow. Petition to Congress by CUR's Posters on the Hill undergraduate students. (Similar petitions are produced each April.)
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| April 20, 1998 |
Testimony by a group of undergraduate students and Neal Abraham to the Secretary of Energy's Advisory Board (U.S. Department of Energy) on the Value of Undergraduate Research. SEAB Task Force on Education (written and oral testimony)
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| March 28, 1998 |
Undergraduate Research: Building a Road to Better Undergraduate Education. White Paper drafted for use by PKAL at its 10th Anniversary.
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| December 18, 1997 |
CUR White Paper: Intellectual Partnerships between the Agricultural Research Service and Undergraduate Faculty. Distributed to the USDA's Agricultural Research Service leadership.
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| 1997 |
Shaping the Future: New Expectations for Undergraduate Education in Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology. Remarks from the Council on Undergraduate Research Elaborating on the Recommendations to and for SMEAT Faculty. CUR White Paper published in the CUR Quarterly and distributed to NSF and the Pew Foundation.
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