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Center for Advancing Undergraduate Science Education

Studying and Improving education through research and practice.

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What We Do

CAUSE works with science faculty to support them in reaching their goals for instruction. This includes support for designing and implementing instructional innovations and research mentoring for conducting scholarship and research on the teaching and learning of undergraduate science and math.  

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Our Mission

The mission of CAUSE is to meaningfully engage faculty as professional educators, in order to fulfill and advance the college’s educational mission.

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