Undergraduate Research and Change: A Scholarly Discussion

Dear James:

Building on the successful meetings held prior to the ISSOTL conferences in Liverpool (2010) and Milwaukee (2011), the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) will be again be offering a pre-conference symposium at the ISSOTL 2012 conference in Hamilton, Canada.

This year’s symposium is entitled: UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AND CHANGE IN HIGHER EDUCATION: A SCHOLARLY DISCUSSION.  In this day-long symposium we plan to explore how undergraduate research effects change in Higher Education, and how a variety of changes in Higher Education affect undergraduate research. Posters will play key roles in this seminar.

We are interested in posters about undergraduate research and inquiry, focused on the theme and subthemes of the symposium:

    * Students as change agents

    * Undergraduate research generating transformative learning

    * The role of undergraduate research in curriculum renewal

    * The influence of technological changes on undergraduate research

    * The influence of changing student demographics on undergraduate research

    * Supporting and sustaining UR in times of times of fiscal challenge

The deadline to submit a poster for consideration is September 1, 2012. For details on specifications, please visit: http://www.cur.org/pre-ISSOTLposter.html

Submissions are also being accepted for the ISSOTL conference proper. We welcome proposals for papers, panels, posters and pre-conference workshops. Proposal guidelines and a link to the online submission form can be found at: http://issotl12.com/call-for-proposals/.  The deadline has been extended through March 25, 2012 for submissions. 

For detailed information on the 2012 event, including registration information please visit http://www.cur.org/issotl/2011/information.html.  Please note the early registration deadline is September 15, 2012.

Should you have any questions regarding this event, please contact the Seminar Convenors, Kelly McConnaughay, Council on Undergraduate Research, US kdm@bradley.edu and Rachel Spronken-Smith, ISSOTL, NZ, rachel.spronken-smith@otago.ac.nz.

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