The Study On Undergraduate Research Situation And Development Trend Of Research University In America

Research university is the leading military in higher education system of the UnitedStates, in recent years to make outstanding contributions in Americanpolitics,economy,science and technology is also not be attained compared to otherinstitutions of higher education. Undergraduate research activities is an important measure toimprove the quality of undergraduate education and undergraduate research culture has beendeeply rooted in the lives of students and teachers, it can be seen from the achievements ofresearch universities in the United States.After decades of development and perfection,undergraduate research has formed a relatively complete system, concerned by all countries’higher education more and more.This topic research using the literature method, in-depth analysis of the status,characteristics and trends of undergraduate research of research universities in the UnitedStates, introduces the typical cases of undergraduate research in research universities. To sumup the results experience and provide the beneficial reference for the perfecting universityundergraduate in our country. The body of the text is divided into five parts: in the first partintroduced the origin and development of undergraduate research in American researchuniversities, which includes the background of undergraduate research in the building stepand the process from its origins to the overall rise. The second part describes the policysupport of undergraduate research in American research universities, in turn divided intoexternal support and internal support, from three aspects: the federal government,undergraduate research conference and research journal, other social organizations tointroduce external support; Internal support including dominant support and informalrecessive system support. In the third part, using case method to introduce the typical case ofU.S. research university undergraduate research, activities from access system, declareprocess, performance evaluation and reward system and so on. And then more intuitive andmore comprehensive understanding of the research activities in American researchuniversities. According to the history development, the fourth part summarizes and prospectsthe characteristics and development trend of the undergraduate research in American research universities. Finally, in the fifth part, put forward the enlightenment of research universityundergraduate research to our country. Our country’s university undergraduate researchstarted late, and there is still a gap with American, but in recent years in the support of thesystem also has a certain amount of development and perfection, through to the Americansuccessful experience for reference selectively, We must be able to find a successfuldevelopment way for china’s national conditions about undergraduate research.