The Boyer Commission on Educating Undergraduates

in the Research University

REINVENTING   UNDERGRADUATE

EDUCATION:

A Blueprint for America's Research

Universities

Publication Date: 1998

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Table of Contents:

The University as Ecosystem

An Academic Bill of Rights

Ten Ways to Change Undergraduate Education

          I.     Make Research-Based Learning the Standard

        II.     Construct an Inquiry-Based Freshman Year

       III.     Build on the Freshman Foundation

      IV.     Remove Barriers to Interdisciplinary Education

        V.     Link Communication Skills and Course Work

      VI.     Use Information Technology Creatively

     VII.     Culminate with a Capstone Experience

   VIII.     Educate Graduate Students as Apprentice Teachers

      IX.     Change Faculty Reward Systems

        X.     Cultivate a Sense of Community

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