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Establishing an Undergraduate Research Program in Physics: How it was Done

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Cohen, Samuel A.; MacVicar, Margaret L. A. – American Journal of Physics, 1976

Reports on the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) physics department. Surveys the philosophy and objectives of the program, its organization, rules, funding, growth, atmosphere, problems, and accomplishments. (Author/CP)

Descriptors: College Science, Higher Education, Physics, Program Descriptions

Finding a Ph.D. Thesis Topic

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Cohen, Samuel A. – American Journal of Physics, 1974

Reproduces the foreward of a Ph.D. thesis for the purpose of reflecting the author's story of finding a research topic. (CC)

Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Higher Education, Physics, Research Design