Politics of Interdisciplinary Studies
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- ISBN 9780786441686
- Weight: 386g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 20 Aug 2009
- Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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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 sustainability of undergraduate interdisciplinary studies programs.
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.
