This collection of essays first highlights the popularity of interdisciplinary undergraduate studies and their recent gains in the world of higher education, and then addresses the paradoxical failure of these studies to achieve a permanent position in the curricula of individual universities and colleges. This question and its attendant issues are explored in three ways: (1) an overview of how these changes are affected by the political economy, (2) case studies from actual universities and colleges, and (3) a discussion of the sustainability of undergraduate interdisciplinary studies programs.…mehr
This collection of essays first highlights the popularity of interdisciplinary undergraduate studies and their recent gains in the world of higher education, and then addresses the paradoxical failure of these studies to achieve a permanent position in the curricula of individual universities and colleges. This question and its attendant issues are explored in three ways: (1) an overview of how these changes are affected by the political economy, (2) case studies from actual universities and colleges, and (3) a discussion of the sustainability of undergraduate interdisciplinary studies programs.
Tanya Augsburg is an assistant professor of liberal studies (creative arts and humanities) at San Francisco State University. She is an executive board member of the Association for Integrative Studies. Stuart Henry is a professor and the director of the School of Public Affairs at San Diego State University. Previously he served seven years at Wayne State University as chair of the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies. He is a member of the executive board of the Association for Integrative Studies.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface-Tanya Augsburg and Stuart Henry Introduction-Tanya Augsburg and Stuart Henry PART I. The History of Interdisciplinary Programs 1. The Political Life Cycle of a Cluster College: The Western College Program at Miami University-William H. Newell 2. The Devolution of the Individualized Degree at the University Without Walls/University of Massachusetts-Amherst-Rick F. Hendra 3. To Educate the People: The Department of Interdisciplinary Studies at Wayne State University-Andre Furtado, Linda Lora Hulbert, Julie Thompson Klein, Lisa Maruca, Caroline Maun, Daphne W. Ntiri and Roslyn Abt Schindler
4. Phoenix: From Ashes to Reincarnation at Appalachian State University- Jay Wentworth and Richard M. Carp 5. From Cutting Edge to Cutting Board: The Inter-Arts Center at San Francisco State University-James W. Davis 6. Interdisciplinary Studies at San Francisco State University: A Personal Perspective-Raymond C. Miller PART II. New Directions 7. Interdisciplinarity and Teacher Preparation at San Francisco State University-Helen Goldsmith 8. Transforming an Experimental Innovation into a Sustainable Academic Program at the University of Texas-Arlington-Allen F. Repko 9. Interdisciplinarity Within Emory University's Academic Community-Peter W. Wakefield 10. Turning Points: New Century College at George Mason University-Janette Kenner Muir 11. Barriers and Solutions to Launching an Interdisciplinary Movement: The University of Massachusetts-Lowell-Diana C. Archibald 12. A Canadian and Collaborative Perspective: The Office of Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of Alberta-Rick Szostak Conclusion-Tanya Augsburg, Stuart Henry, William H. Newell and Rick Szostak
Chapter 3 Appendices Chapter 11 Appendix About the Contributors Index
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface-Tanya Augsburg and Stuart Henry Introduction-Tanya Augsburg and Stuart Henry PART I. The History of Interdisciplinary Programs 1. The Political Life Cycle of a Cluster College: The Western College Program at Miami University-William H. Newell 2. The Devolution of the Individualized Degree at the University Without Walls/University of Massachusetts-Amherst-Rick F. Hendra 3. To Educate the People: The Department of Interdisciplinary Studies at Wayne State University-Andre Furtado, Linda Lora Hulbert, Julie Thompson Klein, Lisa Maruca, Caroline Maun, Daphne W. Ntiri and Roslyn Abt Schindler
4. Phoenix: From Ashes to Reincarnation at Appalachian State University- Jay Wentworth and Richard M. Carp 5. From Cutting Edge to Cutting Board: The Inter-Arts Center at San Francisco State University-James W. Davis 6. Interdisciplinary Studies at San Francisco State University: A Personal Perspective-Raymond C. Miller PART II. New Directions 7. Interdisciplinarity and Teacher Preparation at San Francisco State University-Helen Goldsmith 8. Transforming an Experimental Innovation into a Sustainable Academic Program at the University of Texas-Arlington-Allen F. Repko 9. Interdisciplinarity Within Emory University's Academic Community-Peter W. Wakefield 10. Turning Points: New Century College at George Mason University-Janette Kenner Muir 11. Barriers and Solutions to Launching an Interdisciplinary Movement: The University of Massachusetts-Lowell-Diana C. Archibald 12. A Canadian and Collaborative Perspective: The Office of Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of Alberta-Rick Szostak Conclusion-Tanya Augsburg, Stuart Henry, William H. Newell and Rick Szostak
Chapter 3 Appendices Chapter 11 Appendix About the Contributors Index
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