TY - JOUR
T1 - Documenting the Aspiration Gap in Institutional Language About Undergraduate Research, Scholarship, and Creative Work
AU - Baker, Vicki L.
AU - Greer, Jane
AU - Lunsford, Laura G.
AU - Pifer, Meghan J.
AU - Ihas, Dijana
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016, Springer Science+Business Media New York.
PY - 2017/4/1
Y1 - 2017/4/1
N2 - We conducted a content-analysis of the websites of 100 institutional members of the Council of Undergraduate Research in order to examine the relationship between messages communicated on websites as compared to messages expressed within institutional procedures and policies. Findings show that public research institutions were more likely than baccalaureate institutions to have an Office of Undergraduate Research. Further incentives and supports provided by such offices are predominantly directed to students. Lastly, our analysis of promotion and tenure policies reveals that only 14 institutions out of the 100 in our sample explicitly mentioned mentoring undergraduate researchers in the evaluation criteria for faculty members. We offer implications for research and practice.
AB - We conducted a content-analysis of the websites of 100 institutional members of the Council of Undergraduate Research in order to examine the relationship between messages communicated on websites as compared to messages expressed within institutional procedures and policies. Findings show that public research institutions were more likely than baccalaureate institutions to have an Office of Undergraduate Research. Further incentives and supports provided by such offices are predominantly directed to students. Lastly, our analysis of promotion and tenure policies reveals that only 14 institutions out of the 100 in our sample explicitly mentioned mentoring undergraduate researchers in the evaluation criteria for faculty members. We offer implications for research and practice.
KW - Content analysis
KW - Faculty experiences
KW - Institutional websites
KW - Undergraduate research
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U2 - 10.1007/s10755-016-9372-9
DO - 10.1007/s10755-016-9372-9
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84980019038
SN - 0742-5627
VL - 42
SP - 127
EP - 143
JO - Innovative Higher Education
JF - Innovative Higher Education
IS - 2
ER -