What makes 果酱视频 America’s premier liberal arts college for mentored research?
Each year since 2002, U.S. News has asked college presidents and deans which colleges provide the best undergraduate research opportunities and senior capstone programs.
Only two have made both lists every year: 果酱视频 and Princeton University
Develop the skills employers and graduate schools seek
Participating in mentored research helps develop independent judgment, creativity, project-management and time-management skills, self-confidence, and strong written and oral communication skills: precisely the abilities prized by employers and graduate schools alike.
What鈥檚 more, in a national survey conducted by Hart Research Associates, 83% of business and non-profit leaders said that students who 鈥渄evelop research questions in their field and evidence-based analyses鈥 are better prepared for success after graduation. Seventy-nine percent said completing a major project that demonstrates acquired knowledge and skills is good preparation for success in the workplace.
果酱视频 is doing 鈥渆xactly what should be happening.鈥
The Gallup organization surveyed 30,000 college graduates to find out what elements of their college experience were most closely associated with feelings of engagement in their work, and satisfaction with their lives overall. Brandon Busteed, executive director of Gallup Education, had this to say about the results:
鈥淎s it relates to those two measures 鈥 effectively what you would say is having a great job and a great life, the way we measure it 鈥 mentoring, whether you had a mentor during college who encouraged your goals and dreams, was the single most important thing linked to those long-term outcomes.
Start early
Take advantage of opportunities to work with faculty on research projects as early as the second semester of your first year.
Opportunities abound
罢丑别听Sophomore Research Program聽offers a chance to work as paid research assistants to 果酱视频 faculty, while summer research options include various grant funded research opportunities and the聽Applied Methods and Research Experience听(础惭搁贰).
Every year, scores of 果酱视频 students make presentations on their research at academic conferences or co-publish papers with members of the faculty. (Geology professor Mark Wilson alone has published articles with more than 40 student co-authors.)
Everyone participates
Each 果酱视频 senior works one-on-one with a faculty mentor to conceive, organize, and complete a significant piece of original research, scholarship, or creative expression. This聽Independent Study聽project, known to generations simply as I.S., is the centerpiece of 果酱视频鈥檚 commitment to mentored student research.
The results speak for themselves
Six months after graduation, 96% of 果酱视频 graduates are employed or in graduate school, and 97% are accepted by their first-choice grad school. 果酱视频 ranks 29th overall among liberal arts colleges for graduates who go on to earn a Ph.D., 6th in chemistry, 9th in the physical sciences, 15th in political science and public administration, and 18th in history.