August 7, 2017‘Capstone’ Experience in Higher Educationby Tony Weaver and Caroline Ketchamdefining, characterizing, and assessing as a high impact practice in a multi-institutional research context Capstone experiences are used by institutions and departments across higher education. They are often identified as a high impact culminating experience for student outcomes. But what…
September 22, 2015Mentoring Relationships in Undergraduate Researchby Maureen Vandermaas-Peeler and Caroline KetchamIn the second summer of the CEL seminar on Excellence in Mentoring Undergraduate Research (UR), participants worked to identify the key characteristics of mentoring relationships in the context of student, faculty and institutional development. We identified factors that contribute to…