Praise for Creating Interdisciplinary Campus Cultures "e;Klein's analysis shows convincingly that from research in the sciences to new graduate-level programs and departments, to new designs for general education, interdisciplinarity is now prevalent throughout American colleges and universities. . . . Klein documents trends, traces historical patterns and precedents, and provides practical advice. Going directly to the heart of our institutional realities, she focuses attention on some of the more challenging aspects of bringing together ambitious goals for interdisciplinary vitality with institutional, budgetary, and governance systems. A singular strength of this book, then, is the practical advice it provides about such nitty-gritty issues as program review, faculty development, tenure and promotion, hiring, and the political economy of interdisciplinarity. . . . We know that readers everywhere will find [this book] simultaneously richly illuminating and intensively useful."e; from the foreword by Carol Geary Schneider, president, Association of American Colleges and Universities "e;Klein reveals how universities can move beyond glib rhetoric about being interdisciplinary toward pervasive full interdisciplinarity. Institutions that heed her call for restructured intellectual environments are most likely to thrive in the new millennium."e; William H. Newell, professor, Interdisciplinary Studies, Miami University, and executive director, Association for Integrative Studies "e;In true interdisciplinary fashion, Julie Klein integrates a tremendous amount of material into this book to tell the story of interdisciplinarity across the sciences, social sciences, and humanities. And she does so both from the theoretical perspective of 'understanding' interdisciplinarity and from the practical vantage of 'doing' interdisciplinarity. This book is a must-read for faculty and administrators thinking about how to maximize the opportunities and minimize the challenges of interdisciplinary programming on their campuses."e; Diana Rhoten, director, Knowledge Institutions Program, and director, Digital Media and Learning Project, Social Science Research Counsel

Praise for Creating Interdisciplinary Campus Cultures"Klein's analysis shows convincingly that from research in thesciences to new graduate-level programs and departments, to newdesigns for general education, interdisciplinarity is now prevalentthroughout American colleges and universities. . . . Kleindocuments trends, traces historical patterns and precedents, andprovides practical advice. Going directly to the heart of ourinstitutional realities, she focuses attention on some of the morechallenging aspects of bringing together ambitious goals forinterdisciplinary vitality with institutional, budgetary, andgovernance systems. A singular strength of this book, then, is thepractical advice it provides about such nitty-gritty issues asprogram review, faculty development, tenure and promotion, hiringand the political economy of interdisciplinarity. . . . We knowthat readers everywhere will find [this book] simultaneously richlyilluminating and intensively useful."from the foreword by Carol Geary Schneider, presidentAssociation of American Colleges and Universities"Klein reveals how universities can move beyond glib rhetoricabout being interdisciplinary toward pervasive fullinterdisciplinarity. Institutions that heed her call forrestructured intellectual environments are most likely to thrive inthe new millennium."William H. Newell, professor, Interdisciplinary StudiesMiami University, and executive director, Association forIntegrative Studies"In true interdisciplinary fashion, Julie Klein integrates atremendous amount of material into this book to tell the story ofinterdisciplinarity across the sciences, social sciences, andhumanities. And she does so both from the theoretical perspectiveof 'understanding' interdisciplinarity and from the practicalvantage of 'doing' interdisciplinarity. This book is a must-readfor faculty and administrators thinking about how to maximize theopportunities and minimize the challenges of interdisciplinaryprogramming on their campuses."Diana Rhoten, director, Knowledge Institutions Program, anddirector, Digital Media and Learning Project, Social ScienceResearch Counsel

The Author xiForeword xiiiAcknowledgments xixIntroduction: A Model for Interdisciplinary Change 11 Mapping National Drivers of Interdisciplinary Change 152 Bridging National and Local Maps 373 Platforming Interdisciplinarity 674 Fostering Programmatic Strength and Sustainability 995 Monitoring the Interdisciplinary Career Life Cycle 127Conclusion: Countering Myths and Situating Practices 153Resources 161Glossary for a Core Vocabulary 181References 183Index 199