People sometimes talk about the need to bring academic disciplines together to tackle complex societal problems. It makes sense. Different disciplines bring different knowledge and methodological ...

Every Thursday morning, I am overwhelmed by apprehension as I head to my staff meeting. It’s not because I have to drag my worn body out of my cozy bed to get there by 7 a.m. or because I can’t play ...

During my fifth year of teaching, my principal asked me to move from the 8th grade to the 6th grade. I suddenly became more aware of the range of students within a middle school: Some students still ...

Journal of Allied Health, Vol. 27, No. 4 (FALL/WINTER 1998), pp. 208-212 (5 pages) Interdisciplinary rural health programs offer a promising solution to the challenge of preparing graduates for rural ...

The typical college general education curriculum, fractured into discipline-based silos, often fails to engage students with the profound questions and pressing controversies that shape human life and ...

Learn how to break higher education out of its silos through course design, assessment and lessons adapted to the real world Four things to consider to create a safe and inspiring interdisciplinary ...

The Department of Linguistics submits this white paper with suggestions on how to overcome what we view to be the greatest challenges to working across disciplinary boundaries at the University of ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A unique curriculum at the University of Louisville is preparing medical, nursing, social work and pastoral care students to work together on interdisciplinary teams, so patients can ...

Alfred University Professor of Dance D. Chase Angier, Division of Performing Arts, will present her recent research in interdisciplinary education through the arts at the upcoming a2ru conference in ...

Is true interdisciplinary work becoming more common, or is it simply a buzzword -- or, perhaps worse, a trumped-up name for flexible academic labor? That’s what a group of graduate students at ...