Course-Based Research Experience at Lawrence Technological University

This web site describes the expedition of shifting the educational paradigm of an entire college into course-based research experience (CRE) education. Instead of the traditional lecture-based practice, CRE allows students to learn in a project-oriented environment by conducting authentic research experiments in the classroom.

Funded in the past by the American Association for Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) and currently by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), the project aims at developing an educational paradigm that allows non-traditional students to benefit from high-impact practices developed for traditional students.

While technological and cultural changes have impacted nearly all aspect of modern society, education has largely remained static, based on lectures and textbooks. To create a more relevant education, CRE allows learning the same concepts through an exciting and engaging experience, providing students not merely with knowledge, but also with problem solving tools and capabilities that go outside the textbook.

The infographic on the right summarizes the mission and the activities of our program.