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Bettencourt, Genia M.; Wells, Ryan S.; Auerbach, Scott M.; Fermann, Justin T.; Kimball, Ezekiel – Journal of Higher Education, 2023
Higher education has increasingly been called upon to develop interdisciplinary programs -- particularly in STEM fields -- that prepare students to address multi-faceted, real world problems. While the tensions between disciplinary cultures and interdisciplinary programs have been previously studied, relatively little is known about the…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Undergraduate Study, Interdisciplinary Approach, Public Colleges
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Skorton, David, Ed.; Bear, Ashley, Ed. – National Academies Press, 2018
In the United States, broad study in an array of different disciplines--arts, humanities, science, mathematics, engineering--as well as an in-depth study within a special area of interest, have been defining characteristics of a higher education. But over time, in-depth study in a major discipline has come to dominate the curricula at many…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, STEM Education, Humanities, Art Education