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Cross-Discipline Perceptions of the Undergraduate Research Experience
- The Journal of Higher Education
- The Ohio State University Press
- Volume 82, Number 1, January/February 2011
- pp. 92-113
- 10.1353/jhe.2011.0000
- Article
- Additional Information
Multi-year assessment of self-reported benefits, outcomes, learning goals, and awards for diverse, liberal arts college undergraduate researchers found consistent benefits but discipline- and ethnicity-dependent outcomes. The role of the mentor-protégé relationship and the research projects' initiation both show disciplinary and ethnic group dependence. Research participation is associated with student achievement.