1998 WISE Best Practices Guidebook:
Undergraduate Research and
Living-Learning Programs

Table of Contents

Institutionalizing Successful Programs, Philip E. Jones

Women in Science and Engineering Residence Program: Nuts and Bolts Presentation:, Sally Sharp

First Year Students in Science and Engineering Interest House; A Diverse Living-Learning Community, Henry W. McCoullum and Linda C. Strauss

Creating Innovative Learning Communities to Improve Academic Successess and Retention: Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program, Sandra Gregerman

Undergraduate Research Placements to Retain First-year Students in Science and Engineering Majors: Can Average Students Benefit? (A Disseminated Program from Dartmouth College), Karen Wynn, Alice Sayles, Judi Wangalwa Wakhungu, and Richard Devon

Professional Socialization: Nursing Freshman Scholars Program, Sharon A. Wilkerson

Active Learning: Involving Students in Research: Claudia Washburn

Linking for Leverage: Strategies to Place and Track your Program Participants, Nettavia D. Curry

Building Excitement in Undergraduates: Promoting Collaborative Community Health Research -- A Living Learning Model, Mary Jo Baisch

Getting the Word Out: How to Share your WISE Ideas, Beverly Marshall-Goodell

Appendix A:  Program

Appendix B:  List of Participants


Editor’s Note: All papers reflect material that was presented during the Best Practices Workshop and are printed without editing (except formatting) as submitted by the authors.

Jane Zimmer Daniels, Editor