Year: 2025
Type: editorial
Abstract: Undergraduate research is a powerful accelerator of STEM leadership, cultivating teamwork, resilience, creativity, and fluency in emerging technologies. By embedding research into undergraduate education, we transform students into innovators and prepare them to push science forward. The real question is not whether undergraduates can do research but whether institutions have the courage to scale it into a modern, competitive practice. How does Artificial Intelligence fit in, and can all undergraduates benefit from having a virtual AI scientific team? The time is now to elevate undergraduate research, nationwide, to a more intentional role in supporting STEM competitiveness.
Source: ACS Omega
Author: Jennifer E. Grant
Institution: University of Wisconsin–Stout
Language: English
Subfield: Information Systems and Management
Field: Decision Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $1,935
OpenAlex ID: W7117764081