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Praise for Creating Interdisciplinary Campus Cultures

Klein''s analysis shows convincingly that from research in the sciences to new graduate-level programs and departments, to new designs for general education, interdisciplinarity is now prevalent throughout American colleges and universities. . . . Klein documents trends, traces historical patterns and precedents, and provides practical advice. Going directly to the heart of our institutional realities, she focuses attention on some of the more challenging aspects of bringing together ambitious goals for interdisciplinary vitality with institutional, budgetary, and governance systems. A singular strength of this book, then, is the practical advice it provides about such nitty-gritty issues as program review, faculty development, tenure and promotion, hiring, and the political economy of interdisciplinarity. . . . We know that readers everywhere will find [this book] simultaneously richly illuminating and intensively useful.

Table of Contents

The Author xi

Foreword xiii

Acknowledgments xix

Introduction: A Model for Interdisciplinary Change 1

1 Mapping National Drivers of Interdisciplinary Change 15

2 Bridging National and Local Maps 37

3 Platforming Interdisciplinarity 67

4 Fostering Programmatic Strength and Sustainability 99

5 Monitoring the Interdisciplinary Career Life Cycle 127

Conclusion: Countering Myths and Situating Practices 153

Resources 161

Glossary for a Core Vocabulary 181

References 183

Index 199

Creating Interdisciplinary Campus Cultures

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      Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc
      Published 28 January 2010
      ISBN-13 9780470550892
      978-0470550892
      ISBN-10 0470550899
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      Higher education, tertiary education

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Praise for Creating Interdisciplinary Campus Cultures

      Klein''s analysis shows convincingly that from research in the sciences to new graduate-level programs and departments, to new designs for general education, interdisciplinarity is now prevalent throughout American colleges and universities. . . . Klein documents trends, traces historical patterns and precedents, and provides practical advice. Going directly to the heart of our institutional realities, she focuses attention on some of the more challenging aspects of bringing together ambitious goals for interdisciplinary vitality with institutional, budgetary, and governance systems. A singular strength of this book, then, is the practical advice it provides about such nitty-gritty issues as program review, faculty development, tenure and promotion, hiring, and the political economy of interdisciplinarity. . . . We know that readers everywhere will find [this book] simultaneously richly illuminating and intensively useful.

      Table of Contents

      The Author xi

      Foreword xiii

      Acknowledgments xix

      Introduction: A Model for Interdisciplinary Change 1

      1 Mapping National Drivers of Interdisciplinary Change 15

      2 Bridging National and Local Maps 37

      3 Platforming Interdisciplinarity 67

      4 Fostering Programmatic Strength and Sustainability 99

      5 Monitoring the Interdisciplinary Career Life Cycle 127

      Conclusion: Countering Myths and Situating Practices 153

      Resources 161

      Glossary for a Core Vocabulary 181

      References 183

      Index 199

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