The Chronicle of Higher Education
AMERICA'S SCIENCE TEST

What Good Is Undergraduate Research, Anyway?

Many students benefit, but studies show weaknesses in current practices

In a basement laboratory at Haverford College, Monica Kishore and Peter J.J. O'Malley, two undergraduates, have hit a snag in a fluid-dynamics experiment they're conducting.

The two physics...

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