Central's strengths are its faculty and its curriculum, and I can't underestimate this issue of having a residential campus plus an opportunity to reach out to placebound students. The pieces are all in place and a lot of good things are going on. An educational best buy Conversations with faculty and administrators reveal that much about Central is not well known. Central bills itself as student-centered, and indeed the myriad of opportunities available to undergraduates supports this claim. Students are why we are here.
Undergraduate research is an emphasis for the university.
The UW is committed primarily to leading-edge research that's done primarily by faculty, perhaps with the help of graduate students, rarely with the help of undergraduate students. Our emphasis is primarily on undergraduate research, getting our majors in all of our disciplines into close contact with their professors. It's more about a mentoring partnership with the student. We have research stars here, but our mission is inspiring undergraduates to become professionals in their field. Central students can work with the chimpanzees at CHCI, perform earthquake research in the former Soviet Bloc, go on archeological digs, or study monkeys in Bali.