Dear CUR Workshop Team Leader:
The following survey is designed to gather information about the longer-term impacts of the workshop you attended and help us understand how we can best be of further assistance to you during our upcoming second round of workshops. The survey is designed to be completed by you in consultation with the other members of your team. If there is not enough room for your answer to a given question, please attach an additional sheet of paper and note the number of the
question you are answering. The last page of the survey has instructions on how to return the completed form. Please take a few moments to let us have your views. Thank you!
Please respond by May 15, 2012
1. Please indicate the degree to which you agree with each of the following statements by placing an “X” in the appropriate box.
1. We are sharing the information we acquired at the workshop with other faculty and/or
administrators on our campus.
Not at All A Little A Fair Amount
A Great Deal X 2. Based on the workshop information we
received we are modifying or planning to modify the undergraduate research program goals we want to accomplish over the next 1-3 years.
Not at All A Little A Fair Amount
A Great Deal X
3. The contacts we made at the workshop are helping to support the work that we are
currently doing to institutionalize undergraduate research on our campus.
Not at All A Little A Fair Amount X
A Great Deal
4. We are using the self-study exercise
completed by our team prior to the workshop as input to our implementation of
undergraduate research on our campus.
Strongly Disagree
Disagree Neutral Agree X
Strongly Agree
5. The Institutional Action Plan our team
developed at the workshop is proving to be a useful guide to the implementation of
undergraduate research on our campus.
Strongly Disagree
Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly Agree X
6. Based on what we learned at the workshop we are continuing to work on plans for
institutionalizing undergraduate research on our campus.
Strongly Disagree
Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly Agree X
7. Using what we learned at the workshop we are taking or planning to take specific actions to help institutionalize undergraduate research on our campus.
Strongly Disagree
Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly Agree X
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2. Since the workshop, what obstacles to the full implementation of undergraduate research on your campus have you encountered or do you anticipate?
Encountered Anticipate
1. Developing a shared campus-wide vision for UR X ___
2. Resource limitations X ___
3. Difficulty obtaining faculty buy-in X ___
4. Difficulty integrating UR into curriculum X ___
5. Difficulty adjusting faculty workload X ___
6. Difficulty developing appropriate assessments ___ X
7. Inadequate administrative support X ___
8. Widely varying campus standards for UR X ___
9. Constraints on student time X ___
10. Lack of student awareness X ___
11. Other ________________________________ ___ ___
12. Other ________________________________ ___ ___
13. Other ________________________________ ___ ___
3. Please briefly list the strategies you are currently emphasizing in order to overcome the obstacles you have identified above.
#1. Faculty team will be crafting institution-wide goals at a summer institute on June 29, 2012 #2. The initiative committee is pursuing conversations with the National Science Foundation and AACU on bringing theory to practice._______________________________________________ #3. Some resistance; not much; however, we initiated our campus-wide dissemination with 11 departments/13 disciplines via a CETL-sponsored event where departmental representatives developed action plans; we plan to host a fall poster session for departments to showcase their plans; we also plan to use this first cohort of faculty as mentors for a subsequent event if we repeat this activity in fall 2012._________________________________________________ #4. We initiated a year-long Teaching Circle on Integrating UR into the Curriculum where a team of faculty studied this issue and made recommendations; we plan to use this information to make formal recommendations to our Academic Affairs who sponsor the circles; we also hosted a teaching circle “dine and learn” showcase for conversations with faculty/administrators about these findings.________________________________________________________________ #5. We have a new faculty evaluation plan hosted at the departmental level; we envision that conversations about faculty load will occur there. At the same time, no activities have occurred to date on how to access conversations on this issue. We are planning to see this occur via the departmental action plans but we need to address this directly._________________________ #7. Inherent to our work was significant administrative support. However, since we are
transitioning to a new Provost/VP of Academic Affairs, detailed conversations on this issue were not addressed to the degree that we anticipated; at the same time, we are securing a new Center for Engaged Learning and searching for a director for engaged learning and Coordinator of Undergraduate Research.
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4. How would you summarize the current status of undergraduate research implementation on your campus?
___ Still in planning stage
___ Implementation scheduled to begin during _______________ term ___ Underway with a handful of faculty and students
___ Has begun in _____ STEM-related departments ___ Has begun in _____ non-STEM related departments
___ Is being implemented department-wide in _____ STEM-related departments ___ Is being implemented department-wide in _____ non-STEM-related departments X Other _Is underway with STEM and non-STEM-related faculty in 11 departments_ ___ Other _______________________________________________________________ 5. In light of what you learned at the first workshop, what topics would you like to revisit in more detail, or what new topics would you like to see covered at the upcoming second workshop?
1. crafting institution-wide learning outcomes for UR__________________________ 2. strategies for communicating UR across campus at ALL levels_________________ 3. integrating UR into curricula____________________________________________ 4. ___________________________________________________________________ 5. ___________________________________________________________________
6. At the first workshop, CUR provided participants with various types of information, including a binder with hard copies of the PowerPoint slides used during presentations, references to research and resources, contact information for CUR and other materials. Looking at the binder you received at the first workshop and considering your current information needs, what
information do you think CUR should omit or provide only in digital form at the Round 2 workshop, and what information would you like to see added?
1. Omit altogether:
_______N/A___________________ __________________________
______________________________ __________________________
______________________________ __________________________
2. Provide only in digital format:
______________________________ __________________________ ______________________________ __________________________ ______________________________ __________________________ 3. Add: ______________________________ __________________________ ______________________________ __________________________ ______________________________ __________________________
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Please return this survey by: [Insert date from first page]
By e-mail to: By fax to: By regular mail to: [email protected] Shontay Kincaid Shontay Kincaid CUR CUR
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Washington, DC 20005
Thank You!
Institutionalizing Undergraduate Research at Georgia College Progress Report July 2012