HIP Intensive Conversation Series: HIP 6 – Undergraduate Research

HIP 6: Undergraduate Research

Deb Korth and Fred Speigel led a conversation about Undergraduate Research at the first HIP Discussion. HIPs are High Impact Practices that contribute to student success. In this discussion Korth and Speigel asked those gathered to think about Undergraduate Research and how it can be broadened to include more than just STEM related lab work, how it can include both honors and non-honors students, what actually counts as research, how we can coordinate with and encourage faculty from diverse disciplines to work with undergraduates to encourage more collaboartive research endeavors, and what we can do as a campus to increase undergraduate reaserch on our campus since it is a high impact practice that leads to better overall student success.

This event is meant to launch the HIP Intensive Conversation Series as a follow up to the summer retreat, “Are We HIP Enough?” which focused on the 11 High Impact Practices (HIPs) identified by research as contributing to the success of college students.  The summer retreat, sponsored in joint by the Multicultural Center and Offices of Student Success, was attended by 201 campus faculty, staff and GAs.

For more about High Impact Practices and HIP 6: Undergraduate Research, see HIPs: High Impact Practices

This content was developed from a presentation Showcasing High Impact Practices on Campus coordinated by Brande Flack, Danielle Dunn, and Deborah Korth and sponsored by the Multicultural Center and the Offices of Student Success.