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Chapter 10
Making the Transition: From Performing Graduate and Postdoctoral Research to Directing Undergraduate Research at a Small College David M. Bartley* Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Adrian College, Adrian, Michigan 49221 *E-mail:
[email protected] Undergraduate research is an extremely important part of the education and training of new chemists but many new faculty members at small liberal arts colleges are not prepared for the transition from doing research at a large university to managing a research group at a small college. This chapter will describe some of the major challenges in transitioning from performing research at a research university to directing a research group at a small college.
Introduction This chapter is targeted toward new faculty at small liberal arts colleges, as well as graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, and chemical professionals who are considering a career in chemical education. Under the current Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education (1), these schools would be classified as small (
