ASBMB Today article: "Changing Course: How Faculty Can Better Engage Students" page 38 
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NIGMS MARC Program Director Shawn Drew discusses strategies that science faculty can use to better engage their students.
ASCB article: "Integrating Theory and Practice to Increase Scientific Workforce Diversity: A Framework for Career Development in Graduate Research Training"
The article discusses the potential of a proposed framework to increase desired career outcomes for URM graduate trainees in mentored research programs and, thereby, strengthen the effectiveness of such interventions on participants’ career behaviors.
Journal of College Science Teaching article: “Moving Research Into the Classroom"
There is a lot of agreement that a research experience is an essential element in motivating students to research careers; however, the number of openings in active, funded research labs may be a limiting factor. There may be other venues to introduce students to the joys and benefits of research. This article offers an idea worth considering as an alternative or possibly a complement to existing opportunities in active research labs.
Life Sciences Education article: "Routes to Research for Novice Undergraduate Neuroscientists"
This article evaluates a 10-week summer experience comparing the typical apprentice model with a structured group learning model. This may be another way to expand the research experiences of undergraduates because placements in even well-funded labs are tight.
Science Magazine article: "Teaching Scientific Inquiry"
This article discusses a phage discovery project at the University of Pittsburgh, which showed that discovery learning can even be extended to high school students.
Reinvention Center article: "Undergraduate Research Centers: A Model for Incorporating Research into the Mainstream Science Curriculum"
This article discusses a new approach for teaching the science of chemistry to freshmen/sophomore level students by introducing an authentic research experience into mainstream course laboratories.