INVENTORY QUESTIONS FOR ASSESSMENT
Campus Mission and Culture
Question
Is UGR included, and/or its
value expressed, in the
following institutional
documents:
• Mission statement
• Core learning
outcomes
Inventory
Yes
Undergraduate research is being supported by the
administration and at the institutional level as
evidenced by the university mission, vision, and
enduring goals statements. Each college has Mission
and/or strategic planning documents which supports
undergraduate research.
No
Support of undergraduate research is less clear at the
department and program level. Both a teaching and
research requirement is in place faculty promotion and
tenure at the university level and by departments.
However, promotion/tenure documents are difficult to
find for some departments/programs making it difficult
to assess value placed on undergraduate research.
While research is a criteria for promotion and tenure is
listed it is not evident what percentage focuses on
research and what percentage focuses on teaching.
There does not seem to be a connection between
research and pedagogy. Recognizing faculty for using
undergraduate research as a teaching strategy goes
unmentioned and unrecognized.
Yes, see “Mission Statement” and goals at
http://www.uwstout.edu/geninfo/stratplan.cfm
Yes, see “Enduring Goals” at
http://www.uwstout.edu/geninfo/stratplan.cfm
College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
http://www.uwstout.edu/rs/definitions-ofresearch.cfm
College of Education, Health and Human Sciences
http://www.uwstout.edu/ehh/about.cfm
College of Management
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http://www.uwstout.edu/com/mission.cfm
Science, Technology, Engineering and Math
http://www.uwstout.edu/stem/mission.cfm
• Strategic plan
• Reappointment,
Tenure, and
Promotion document
Yes, see “Focus 2015” and goals at
http://www.uwstout.edu/geninfo/stratplan.cfm
College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
http://www.uwstout.edu/rs/definitions-ofresearch.cfm
College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences
http://www.uwstout.edu/ehh/ (select CEHSS Strategic
Plan)
Science, Technology, Engineering and Math
http://www.uwstout.edu/stem/stemcollegegoals.cfm
College of Management
http://www.uwstout.edu/com/stratplan.cfm
(mention of global engagement – it is not clear if this
indicates undergraduate research).
UW – Stout “Personnel Rules for Faculty”
http://www.uwstout.edu/hr/upload/IIIb_rules_fac.pdf
AHSS
English and Philosophy
http://www.uwstout.edu/english/hiring.cfm
Social Sciences
http://www.uwstout.edu/socsci/bylaws.cfm
CEHHS
School of Education
http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/upload/IIIb_rules_fac.pdf
STEM
Engineering and Technology
http://www.uwstout.edu/et/techbylaws.cfm
Chemistry
http://www.uwstout.edu/chemistry/upload/Bchembyla
ws1999.pdf
Documents relative to promotion and tenure for other
programs were not readily found.
Inventory
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Does your institution have a
clear articulation of the role
and value of research,
scholarship, and creative
activity?
• For faculty?
While definitions for faculty research are in place there
is a need to so the same for undergraduate research.
There are a number of resources in place that support
undergraduate research. UW-Stout’s “Research
Services” office has web pages and services developed
to support undergraduate research. Colleges, Research
Services, and CORE could work together to more
robustly define and more clearly communicate the value
of undergraduate research. The websites listed below
have information about activities related to graduate
and undergraduate research but the “value” piece is
missing.
November, 2010 Definition of Teaching, Scholarly
Activity, and Service
http://www.uwstout.edu/rs/upload/UniversityDefinition-of-Research.pdf
Definitions of Research (need to be more easily
accessed) can be found at
http://www.uwstout.edu/rs/definitions-ofresearch.cfm
CORE: Creative Original Research Experience
Committee
http://www.uwstout.edu/core/index.cfm
• For graduate
students?
Information relative to graduate studies can be found at:
http://www.uwstout.edu/grad/index.cfm
• For undergraduate
students?
Opportunities for undergraduate research can be found
at:
http://www.uwstout.edu/rs/student_opp.cfm
Inventory
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Is UGR an important
component of your
institution’s culture?
Undergraduate research is supported by the
administration, deans and some faculty. We are
working together to make undergraduate research a
part of UW-Stout’s culture.
There seem to be some areas that can be addressed to
help support the institutionalization of undergraduate
research. This includes looking at undergraduate
research as a teaching/learning tool and recognizing it as
such in promotion and tenure related activities.
Clearly defining and articulating the value of
undergraduate research for UW-Stout’s stakeholders is
an area for improvement.
Administrative and Campus Governance
Question
Is UGR across the campus
centralized or coordinated
through a dedicated unit?
Does your campus have an
‘undergraduate research
office?’
Yes
Undergraduate research is coordinated through Research
Services and a Student Research Manager
http://www.uwstout.edu/rs/staff.cfm
Does your campus have a
‘faculty development office’
The Nakatani Teaching and Learning Center coordinates faculty
development opportunities. This office has worked with CORE
and Research services to promote undergraduate research.
http://www.uwstout.edu/ntlc/AboutNTLC/about.cfm
The Nakatani Learning Center sponsors a number of programs
for new faculty including:
New Instructor Workshop
http://www.uwstout.edu/ntlc/OnCampusOpportunities/newinstr
uctorworkshop.cfm
Communities of Practice
http://www.uwstout.edu/ntlc/OnCampusOpportunities/commun
itypractice.cfm
Sharing Communities
Does your campus have a
‘faculty mentoring’ program
for new and/or ‘newish’
faculty?
Inventory
No
Undergraduate research activities are
coordinated by the Student Research Manager
in Research Services. Student opportunities
for the campus are coordinated by this office
http://www.uwstout.edu/rs/student_opp.cfm
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http://www.uwstout.edu/ntlc/OnCampusOpportunities/commun
itypractice.cfm
Other Resources
http://www.uwstout.edu/ntlc/OnCampusOpportunities/resource
stutorials.cfm
Does the campus have a UGR
campus committee?
Does your institution have a
clear articulation of the role
and value of research,
scholarship, and creative
activity?
CORE: Creative Original Research Experiences Committee
http://www.uwstout.edu/core/
The infrastructure for supporting faculty and
students has been laid at UW-Stout. The
missing piece is the clear articulation of the
role and value of research, scholarship and
creative activities consistently throughout the
campus. A unified “voice” in an easily
accessible, central location is needed.
Grants, Contracts, Sponsored Research
Question
Does your campus have an Office of Sponsored Research
that assists faculty members in seeking external funding
and assisting/submitting external research proposals?
Does your institution provide matching funds when
required for external grants?
Does your institution have an indirect cost policy and
structure?
Does your institution return a portion of grant indirect
costs to individual principal investigators or departments?
Yes
No
Research Services
http://www.uwstout.edu/rs/index.cfm
Funding Opportunities/Research Services
http://www.uwstout.edu/rs/funding.cfm
Yes
Yes
Yes, 10% to PI, 10% to Department, 10% to College;
the Chancellors memo explaining this is on the RS
webpage (put rs when you are on the Stout home
page)
Recognition and Promotion or UGR
Inventory
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Question
Does your institution have a campus-wide celebration of
UGR (i.e symposium, research day, etc.)?
Does your campus publish an undergraduate journal?
• Electronic?
• Paper?
Does your institution recognize faculty via the following
awards:
• ‘Teacher of the year’
• ‘Faculty Scholar of the Year’
• “Teacher-Scholar of the Year’
Yes
UW- Stout Research Gala
UW-Stout Research Day
UW – System Undergraduate Research Symposium
Posters in the Rotunda
http://www.uwstout.edu/rs/student_opp.cfm
Yes
Journal of Student Research
http://www.uwstout.edu/rs/journal-of-studentresearch-2011.cfm
Journal of Student Research
http://www.uwstout.edu/rs/journal-of-studentresearch-2011.cfm
CEHHS recognizes outstanding undergrad and
graduate program director; up to two collaborative
research cohort monetary awards; one Merle Price
mentor-mentee research monetary award each
year.
http://www.uwstout.edu/ntlc/AwardsHonors/show
case.cfm
CEHHS – outstanding graduate instructor,
outstanding undergraduate instructor
Teaching Fellow
http://www.uwstout.edu/ntlc/AwardsHonors/show
case.cfm
Teaching Scholar
http://www.uwstout.edu/ntlc/AwardsHonors/show
case.cfm
• ‘Mentor of the Year’
Does your institution promote UGR in its admissions
efforts for attracting prospective students?
Inventory
No
No
Not found on admissions website
http://www.uwstout.edu/admissi
ons/cpd.cfm but may be
promoted elsewhere. Discussions
for web site revision is planned.
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Does your institution promote UGR in its
advancement/development efforts for attracting and
cultivating prospective donors?
Yes as noted at
Stout Foundation
http://www.uwstout.edu/foundation/about_founda
tion.cfm
Discovery Center
http://www.uwstout.edu/discoverycenter/index.cf
m
Extent of Academic Involvement in UGR
CEHHS = College of Education, Health and Human Sciences
CAHSS = College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
STEM = College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math
CM = College of Management
Question
To what extent do these broad academic sectors
participate in UGR?
• STEM fields
– Physical Sciences
– Life Sciences
– Mathematical and Computational Sciences
– Social Sciences
– Engineering and Technology
• Arts and Humanities
– Arts
– Humanities
• Professional
– Education
– Business
– Allied Health
Inventory
High
STEM
Moderate
Low
None
CEHHS
STEM
CEHHS
STEM
CAHSS
CEHHS
STEM
CAHSS
CAHSS
CEHHS
CEHHS
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Student Involvement in UGR
Question
Which students have access to and participate in UGR?
• All students?
• Specific groups of students?
– Honors students?
– Senior thesis students?
– At-risk students?
Does your campus have special programs that target at-risk students
(e.g., financially needs, underrepresented) to engage in UGR?
Do students at the following class ranks have access to and
participate in UGR?
• First-year
• Sophomore
• Junior
• Senior
How do students participate in UGR?
• For academic credit?
• For institutional pay?
• For pay from grants or contracts?
Yes
No
CAHSS all have access
CEHHS
STEM
CAHSS not all participate
CAHSS
CAHSS
STEM
CAHSS
CEHHS
STEM
CEHHS
STEM
CAHSS
CEHHS
STEM
CAHSS
CEHHS
STEM
CAHSS
CEHHS
STEM
STEM
CEHHS
STEM
• For work study?
Inventory
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• As a pay-back for institutional scholarship support?
• For volunteer?
STEM
CAHSS
CEHHS
STEM
Curriculum and Academic Program for Students
CEHHS: The answers to these questions vary by program. UGR is imbedded in some coursework, and the courses are credit bearing
Question
Is UGR a campus-wide curricular requirement?
Can students receive academic credit for UGR?
Is UGR linked to a graduation requirement for students?
Is UGR part of the required curriculum of individual departments?
Does your institution have a “research-rich” curriculum?
Does your institution provide research-based departmental honors?
Does your institution include notation on student transcripts for
participation in UGR?
Yes
No
CAHSS
STEM
CAHSS
STEM
STEM
CAHSS
STEM
STEM
CAHSS
CAHSS
STEM
CAHSS
CEHHS
CAHSS
CEHHS
STEM
Faculty Roles, Recognition, and Rewards
Question
Is faculty ‘research/scholarship/creative work’ included in faculty
workload?
Is faculty ‘research/scholarship/creative work’ included in
reappointment, tenure, and promotion evaluations?
Inventory
Yes
No
CAHSS
CEHHS
STEM
CAHSS
CEHHS
STEM
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Is mentoring student researchers included in faculty workload?
STEM
Is mentoring included in reappointment, tenure, and promotion
evaluations?
Does your campus celebrate faculty research accomplishments (e.g.,
grants received, publications, external research awards, etc.)?
STEM
Does your institution have a sabbatical leave program?
Are faculty members presented with opportunities to learn how to
support UGR projects?
Do faculty and students produce co-authored scholarly products
(e.g., publications)?
Are co-authored scholarly products (e.g., publications) acceptable in
the promotion and tenure policy?
When you recruit new faculty members, does your campus look for
teacher-scholars who will be actively engaged in UGR?
Does your institution provide differential/flexible teaching loads
(semester to semester, year to year)?
Do new faculty members receive research start-up funds?
Do research-active faculty members have adequate space to work
with students?
CAHSS
CEHHS
CAHSS
CEHHS
CAHSS
CEHHS
STEM
Yes
CAHSS
STEM
CAHSS
CEHHS
STEM
CEHHS
STEM
CAHSS
CEHHS
STEM
CEHHS
STEM
CAHSS
CEHHS - Sometimes
CAHSS
CEHHS
STEM
CAHSS
STEM
Summer Programs for UGR
Question
Does your campus have institutional summer
undergraduate research opportunities?
Inventory
Yes
The Student Research Grant and the recently awarded NSF
Research Opportunities for Undergraduates (REU) grant for
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No
Is campus housing available for summer research
students?
Are there campus funds available for summer student
stipends?
Do faculty members who serve as research mentors for
summer research students receive summer stipends?
Mathematics students.
Yes
The Math REU provides stipends. Also, the Discovery Center
received ATL funding beginning July 2011 for state payroll for
students assisting with research.
There will be REU supported instructors, Discovery Center
supported faculty, grants that faculty receive (ex. FRI) and
college funds used to support faculty mentors.
Institutional Grant Programs and Professional Travel
Question
Does the campus provide funding for UGR projects?
• For faculty?
• For students?
Does your campus have an internal grant program for
research/scholarship/creative activity?
• For faculty research?
Yes
No
Not specifically
Student Research Grant Fund
http://www.uwstout.edu/rs/research-grant.cfm
UW-System and On – Campus
http://www.uwstout.edu/rs/funding.cfm
• For student research?
Student Research Grant Fund
Does the campus provide funding for professional travel
to present research results?
• For faculty?
http://www.uwstout.edu/rs/funding.cfm lists campus funding
opportunities
Also Provost and Deans on case by case basis
• For students?
Student Research Grant Fund; Provost and Deans on case by
case basis
Does the campus provide funding for travel for
professional development-type meetings and
conferences?
Inventory
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• For faculty?
• For students?
http://www.uwstout.edu/rs/funding.cfm
Deans and departments on case by case basis
Involvement with National Professional Organizations
Question
Has your campus sent students to the NCUR
conference (National Conference on Undergraduate
Research) or disciplinary conferences?
Is your campus a member of the Council on
Undergraduate Research (CUR)?
Yes
No
Yes.
25 students in 2011
http://www.uwstout.edu/media/article.cfm?customel_datapa
geid_1273=575149
CNERVE presentations 2006=2009
http://www.uwstout.edu/cnerve/presentations.cfm
Yes see
http://www2.uwstout.edu/content/bpa/planning/spgretreat/2
009/coreprogress.pdf for history
Continuous Improvement and Assessment
Question
Does your institution have an ‘Assessment Office?’
Does your institution have a regular ‘Academic Program
Review’ process?
Does your institution participate in national-level
assessment surveys (e.g., NSSE, FSSE, CLA)?
Has you institution highlighted UGR for its accrediting
body?
Inventory
Yes
No
Applied Research Center
http://www.uwstout.edu/arc/index.cfm
Planning and Review Committee (PRC)
http://www.uwstout.edu/provost/prc.cfm
Assessment in the Major (AIM)
http://www.uwstout.edu/provost/aitm.cfm
ACT and NSSE (FSSE in the past)
http://www2.uwstout.edu/content/bpa/ir/performance/
Accrediting agencies listed at
http://www.uwstout.edu/provost/currhb/accred.cfm with
Applied Research highlighted as one of Stout’s distinctive
objectives in the AQIP portfolio
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Research – Related Resources at UW-Stout
Applied Research Center - www.uwstout.edu/arc/
Discovery Center - www.uwstout.edu/discoverycenter/index.cfm
Social Science Research Center (SSRC) - http://www.uwstout.edu/socsci/center.cfm
Center for Nutrition Education - http://www.uwstout.edu/cne/index.cfm
Clinical Services Center - http://www.uwstout.edu/csc/index.cfm
Stout Vocational Rehabilitation Institute - http://www.uwstout.edu/svri/index.cfm
Child and Family Study Center - http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/cfsc/index.cfm
Journal of Student Research - http://www.uwstout.edu/rs/journal-of-student-research-2011.cfm
Research Services/Student Opportunities - http://www.uwstout.edu/rs/student_opp.cfm
Inventory
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