Understanding Interdisciplinary Challenges and Opportunities in Higher Education: Ashe Higher Education Report, Volume 35, Number 2

by AEHE and Karri A. Holley

Interdisciplinary teaching, learning, and research are often heralded as necessary responses to the many pressures facing contemporary higher education. Defined as the integration of knowledge from two or more disciplines, interdisciplinary work requires a change in the boundaries and norms that have long defined the academy. Through examples from a range of disciplines and institutional types, this volume considers how successful interdisciplinary...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0470553375
• ISBN13: 9780470553374
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.8" x 8.9"