Abstract

Engaging community college students in research experiences can increase their interest in science, facilitate their transition to four-year colleges, and motivate them to pursue STEM careers. Because of these benefits, many community colleges increasingly emphasize student research beyond “cookbook and taxform” laboratory experiments. The City Colleges of Chicago are a network of seven community colleges serving approximately 120,000 students. In summer 2013 the City Colleges teamed up with DePaul University to train faculty in HAB and conduct a six-week undergraduate research program. City Colleges faculty members subsequently formed a leadership team consisting of science, math, and communication faculty members to investigate how to integrate HAB into science courses, summer research and K-12 outreach. We will discuss some of the unique challenges of conducting undergraduate research at community colleges, as well as future plans and opportunities for collaborative HAB projects.

How to Cite:

Beck-Winchatz, B. & Higgins, T. B., (2014) “Developing an HAB Undergraduate Research Program at the City Colleges of Chicago”, Academic High Altitude Conference 2014(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.31274/ahac.5587