December 3, 2004

Interdisciplinary Research Urged

By JOSEPH GIDJUNIS

To foster interdisciplinary research, academic institutions and researchers must change both policies and ideologies, according to a report released in November by the National Academy of Sciences.

Interdisciplinary research is well known for projects such as determining the structure of DNA, mapping the human genome, and analyzing global climate change. Despite those accomplishments, the report says, interdisciplinary researchers face barriers and disincentives to their

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