Long View of Undergraduate Research - Alumni Perspectives on Inquiry, Belonging, and Vocation

Drawing from in-depth interviews with alumni across the disciplines, this book explores the benefits of undergraduate research: meaningful intellectual engagement, a sense of belonging in the campus community, and vocational clarity and career success after college.

List of contents

1. What Alumni Can Teach Us 2. Undergraduate Research as Inquiry 3. Undergraduate Research as Belonging 4. Undergraduate Research as Vocation 5. What Alumni Taught Us Coda: Undergraduate Research 20 Years Later

About the author

Kristine Johnson is Associate Professor of English and University Rhetoric Director at Calvin University, USA, where she teaches writing, writing pedagogy, and linguistics.
J. Michael Rifenburg is Professor of English at the University of North Georgia, USA, where he serves as Senior Faculty Fellow for scholarly writing in UNG’s Center for Teaching, Learning, and Leadership.

Summary

Drawing from in-depth interviews with alumni across the disciplines, this book explores the benefits of undergraduate research: meaningful intellectual engagement, a sense of belonging in the campus community, and vocational clarity and career success after college.

Product details

• Authors: Kristine Johnson, Kristine Rifenburg Johnson, J. Michael Rifenburg
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.11.2024
• EAN: 9781032701271
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3270127-1
• No. of pages: 148
• Series: Series on Engaged Learning and Teaching
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; EDUCATION / Research, Teaching skills and techniques, Philosophy & theory of education, Teaching skills & techniques, Philosophy and theory of education, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Higher education, tertiary education, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher, EDUCATION / Vocational & Technical