Institutionalization and Sustainability of Undergraduate Research across Disciplines at a Public, Urban Community College: Successes and Challenges (original) (raw)

This article describes various approaches of Queensborough Community College-CUNY to institutionalize, promote, and support undergraduate research (UR); approaches to handling the challenging aspects of sustaining UR at a community college; and recent initiatives to expand UR across disciplines. Although a large proportion of the research occurs within STEM fields, the social sciences, nursing, business, arts, and the humanities are also represented and have increased research activity each year.