Introduction

doi:10.1017/9781108869508.003

1 - Introduction

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 August 2022

Harald A. Mieg and

Edited by

Dominique Galli and

Harald A. Mieg: Affiliation:
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Elizabeth Ambos: Affiliation:
Council on Undergraduate Research, Washington DC
Angela Brew: Affiliation:
Macquarie University, Sydney
Dominique Galli: Affiliation:
Indiana University–Purdue University, Indianapolis
Judith Lehmann: Affiliation:
Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina

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This is the general introduction to the Cambridge Handbook of Undergraduate Research. It deals with the history of the university as an institution (which has been a research institution only since the nineteenth century); with the concept of undergraduate research and its dimesions (e.g., student- or staff-initiated research); with possible alternative concepts (e.g., critical thinking or lifelong learning); with research on undergraduate research (e.g., increased retention rate but necessary mentoring); and with implementation challenges (for universities and faculty). We see a new role for students: that in ever more differentiated modern societies, collaborative, cross-segmental knowledge production becomes a new necessity, the educational means to which might be undergraduate research.

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undergraduate research research university research-teaching nexus mentoring diversity sense-making democratization of research theory disciplines countries

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