February 11, 2005

Collaborative Efforts: Promoting Interdisciplinary Scholars

By STEPHANIE L. PFIRMAN, JAMES P. COLLINS, SUSAN LOWES, and ANTHONY F. MICHAELS

Creative research and teaching increasingly occur at the junction between traditional disciplines. As a result, many colleges and universities have committed themselves to fostering interdisciplinary scholarship. But the scholars who work at that junction are confronted with conventional departmental hiring, review, and tenure procedures that are not suited to interdisciplinary work and that can slow or block the progress of their careers.

To explore the issues confronting

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