Interdisciplinary trends in higher education

W James Jacob
Additional contact information
W James Jacob: Institute for International Studies in Education, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA (e-mail: wjacob@pitt.edu)

Palgrave Communications, 2015, vol. 1, issue palcomms20151, 15001-

Abstract: The knowledge economy requires an adept workforce and cadre of leaders to help address the many challenges and needs facing companies, governments and societies worldwide. Many of the challenges we face today are new and there will undoubtedly be others arise in the future that will require innovative approaches and solutions to overcome them. No longer are higher education institutions able to train graduates to address all of the current and emerging challenges from a singular disciplinary source. Interdisciplinary (ID) approaches to research and training are essential underpinnings to best meet the dynamic needs of today’s higher education students. As the first in a series of forthcoming articles on ID research, this article examines ID trends in higher education research, instruction and degree offerings. It highlights how central ID solutions are in helping to address some of the most complex needs and challenges in higher education today, including how best to prepare higher education graduates for future employment and leadership positions.

Date: 2015
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (14)

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.nature.com/palcomms/2015/palcomms20151/pdf/palcomms20151.pdf Link to full text PDF (application/pdf)
https://www.nature.com/palcomms/2015/palcomms20151/full/palcomms20151.html Link to full text HTML (text/html)
Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:palcom:v:2015:y:2015:i:palcomms20151:p:15001-

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
https://www.nature.com/palcomms/about

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in Palgrave Communications from Palgrave Macmillan
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sonal Shukla () and Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing ().