This article includes a brief history of course-based undergraduate research and presents a new publication, STAR JOURNAL, for students in political science and other social science courses at two-year colleges so they can be recognized for their undergraduate research.

The Social Science Text and Academic Research (STAR) Journal is a peer/faculty-reviewed journal limited to students at two-year colleges.

Description of the CCURI project--that includes 44+ community college partners and associate colleges.  The CCURI model of incorporating undergraduate research  into community college curricula and employs a case study method of instruction in freshman coursework.