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In defense of disciplines : interdisciplinarity and specialization in the research university / Jerry A. Jacobs

By: Jacobs, Jerry A, 1955-.
Publisher: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Description: x, 273 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780226069296 (cloth : alkaline paper); 022606929X (cloth : alkaline paper); 9780226069326 (paperback : alkaline paper); 022606932X (paperback : alkaline paper); 9780226069463 (ebook); 022606946X (ebook).Subject(s): Interdisciplinary research | Interdisciplinary approach in education | Communication in scienceGenre/Form: Print books.
Contents:
Part 1. Academic disciplines, specialization, and scholarly communication -- The critique of disciplinary silos -- Dynamic disciplines -- Specialization, synthesis, and the proliferation of journals / (coauthored with Rebecca Henderson) -- Silos versus Web -- Receptivity curves: educational research and the flow of ideas -- Part 2. Interdisciplinary alternatives -- Antidisciplinarity -- American studies: interdisciplinarity over half a century -- Integrative undergraduate education -- Implementing interdisciplinarity -- Appendix: Data sources
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Includes bibliographical references and index

Part 1. Academic disciplines, specialization, and scholarly communication -- The critique of disciplinary silos -- Dynamic disciplines -- Specialization, synthesis, and the proliferation of journals / (coauthored with Rebecca Henderson) -- Silos versus Web -- Receptivity curves: educational research and the flow of ideas -- Part 2. Interdisciplinary alternatives -- Antidisciplinarity -- American studies: interdisciplinarity over half a century -- Integrative undergraduate education -- Implementing interdisciplinarity -- Appendix: Data sources

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