Foreword.

Preface.

Acknowledgments.

1 What Is Undergraduate Research, and Why Does It Matter?

2 What Is Known About the Student Outcomes of Undergraduate Research?

3 What Do Students Gain from Conducting Research?

4 Are the Gains from Research Unique?

5 What Are the Career and Longer-Term Impacts of Undergraduate Research?

6 How Do Minority Students Benefit from Research?

7 How Do Research Advisors Work with Students?

8 How Do Research Advisors Mentor, Advise, and Evaluate Students?

9 What Are the Costs and Benefits to Research Advisors?

10 Summary, Implications, and Issues for the Future.

Appendix A: Interview Samples.

Appendix B: Research Design and Methodology.

Appendix C: Interview Protocols.

Appendix D: Detailed Frequency Counts for Observations of Student Gains.

References.

Index.