Document Type
Article
Department/Program
Government
Journal Title
PS: Political Science & Politics
Pub Date
10-2023
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Volume
56
Issue
4
First Page
512
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Abstract
Undergraduate students today face a more demanding and competitive labor market than their parents’ generation. In response, some pursue double majors to signal breadth to potential employers and to improve their job prospects. Some students also realize that a strong signal of workplace readiness is acquiring in-demand skills through independent and collaborative research. In this article, four professors at an undergraduate-focused public university in the United States share their experiences working with undergraduate students on research, focusing on the “supply side” of student research training and mentoring. We discuss how institutions can support differently situated faculty members, who face different career incentives and constraints, to integrate undergraduates in their research. We also address the limits of what is possible for faculty‐student research and suggest ways to overcome them.
Recommended Citation
Zvobgo, Kelebogile; Pickering, Paula M.; Settle, Jamie E.; and Tierney, Michael J., Creating New Knowledge with Undergraduate Students: Institutional Incentives and Faculty Agency (2023). PS: Political Science & Politics, 56(4), 512-518.
https://doi.org/10.1017/S104909652300001X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1017/S104909652300001X
