The Politics of Interdisciplinary Studies: Essays on Transformations in American Undergraduate Programs - Softcover

9780786441686: The Politics of Interdisciplinary Studies: Essays on Transformations in American Undergraduate Programs

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ISBN 10: 0786441682 ISBN 13: 9780786441686

Verlag: McFarland, 2009

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.

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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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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 new ways undergraduates are educated through the use of interdisciplinary studies.

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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 new ways undergraduates are educated through the use of interdisciplinary studies.

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Verlag: McFarland
Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
Sprache: Englisch
ISBN 10: 0786441682
ISBN 13: 9780786441686
Einband: Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten: 288
Herausgeber: Augsburg Tanya, Henry Stuart
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