|Undergraduate Research, Why Bother?; Kebai Emma Gamblin,
Anntara Smith and Maureen Brandon| The benefit to faculty of
training undergraduate students at primarily undergraduate
institutions may be that undergraduates may be the only way they
get any research done. Other independent researchers view
undergraduate research training as part of their jobs as
educators. Benefits to them may include obtaining a fresh,
unbiased perspective of a problem, making them better teachers,
keeping their research focused, and fostering an atmosphere of
teamwork and mentoring among the students. Faculty can also
predict benefits of research experiences for the students, such
as hands-on experiences with methods described in lectures,
practical applications of concepts, and development of problem
solving skills. In fact, these predictions are often the basic
tenets of undergraduate training grants. However, the
expectations of faculty and the experience of students may be
very different. In this article, undergraduate student