It is because the cross-disciplinary work has been so fertile for
research and theory that we might naturally want to teach it! And there's
the rub...Which is why so many crossdisciplinary enterprises soon become
interdisciplinary administrative units and then, at last, they become
disciplines with their own departments. Witness the progression of
programs in Africana Studies, Womens Studies, Culture Studies...
Dan Mouer
Virginia Commonwealth University
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On Mon, 22 Feb 1999, Robert Jeske wrote:
> Dan:
> I think you are conflating two very different processes. The university idea of
> collaboration, etc. is merely a cloak for diluting faculty decision making
> authority...
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