Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education

 

Date of this Version

2001

Document Type

Article

Citation

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development (2001) 19

http://dx.doi.org/10.3998/tia.17063888.0019.014

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License: CC BY-NC-ND

Abstract

Rethinking the undergraduate experience at research universities is a necessary goal for the new millennium according to the Boyer Commission on Educating Undergraduates (1998). Faculty development efforts provide a starting place for a transformation of the traditional teaching-learning model. This essay describes the faculty development support structure included in a FIPSE sponsored program to promote learning by inquiry. The Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities (CURO) at the University of Georgia meshes teaching and research so that undergraduate students become participants in the strengths of a research university by becoming part of a community of learners.

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