Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of sustainability-focused, cocurricular, interdisciplinary programming for graduate students at creating future leaders in sustainability, i.e. did interdisciplinary sustainability programming further prepared graduate students in sustainability leadership beyond the scope of the…

Baxter Magolda's Learning Partnerships model was used to create a program designed to foster student epistemological development. To assess its effectiveness, the Measure of Epistemological Reflection was administered to the experimental cohort and a comparable group in the traditional general education program. Results indicate that the model…

The Core Experiment at Staten Island Community College is an interdisciplinary program consisting of a cluster of courses (such as freshman orientation, math, English and social science) offered to incoming students in a block. Selection of students was based on achievement test scores in English, math and physical science and on interest.…

This dissertation study attempted to identify factors related to the success of 27 resource teams charged with the implementation and diffusion of the USMES Program. Thirty-four factors, grouped into three clusters (demographic, Resource Team Workshop, and organizational), were selected for study. The data analysis indicates a number of variables…