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Interdisciplinary Task Force Report to the Faculty SenateSubmitted January, 2020This report was created in response to a petition brought to the Facul report_of_the_interdisciplinary_task_forcelty Senate that raised concerns about the University of Northern Iowa's capacity to support collaborative, cross-disciplinary curricula UNI has a long history of interdisciplinary programs and the University's Academic Master Plan seeks an engaged and integrative learning environment. However, such report_of_the_interdisciplinary_task_forcework has been largely informal, with efforts lacking sufficient structures and resources to sustainably operate or grow.A Task Force was charged by threport_of_the_interdisciplinary_task_force
e Faculty Senate in December, 2018 to1)evaluate interdisciplinary infrastructure(s) at UNI and2)research peer institutions’ infrastructure and best prInterdisciplinary Task Force Report to the Faculty SenateSubmitted January, 2020This report was created in response to a petition brought to the Facul report_of_the_interdisciplinary_task_forceh on other institutions' best practices, and3)propose next steps for the University.Executive SummaryThis report is submitted in response to those requests. We acknowledge faculty concerns that UNI remain responsive within a dynamic global environment that increasingly demands collaboration, communi report_of_the_interdisciplinary_task_forcecation, creativity, and problem-solving across traditionally separate academic disciplines Despite the breadth of interdisciplinary scholarship, thisreport_of_the_interdisciplinary_task_force
report focused on curricular programs comprised of courses from multiple academic units.We sought structures and processes that support robust and susInterdisciplinary Task Force Report to the Faculty SenateSubmitted January, 2020This report was created in response to a petition brought to the Facul report_of_the_interdisciplinary_task_forceto 1) develop and implement a new faculty evaluation system. 2) revise the University's General Education core requirements. 3) implement a newly developed Academic Master Plan and Strategic Plan, and 4) develop a 30-year vision for UNI'S future.Research Involved an inventory of UNI programs and a s report_of_the_interdisciplinary_task_forceurvey of program participants, comparisons with administrative structures at peer institutions and across U.S universities Results indicate that UNI preport_of_the_interdisciplinary_task_force
rogram participants lack confidence in the stability of their programs, that UNI lacks the administrative structures that characterize 70% of our peerInterdisciplinary Task Force Report to the Faculty SenateSubmitted January, 2020This report was created in response to a petition brought to the Facul report_of_the_interdisciplinary_task_forcen, communication or resource allocation.We recommendation that interdisciplinary best practices be incorporated within current efforts toward faculty evaluation, general education, strategic planning, and academic positioningScope and Definition of Interdisciplinary ProgramsRecognizing the wide rang report_of_the_interdisciplinary_task_forcee of collaboration recognized by the Academic Master Plan as foundational to UNI'S emphasis on applied learning across the curriculum, our first taskreport_of_the_interdisciplinary_task_force
was to define a reasonable scope for our investigations. As noted in the Academic Master Plan, “intentional collaborations between academic and studenInterdisciplinary Task Force Report to the Faculty SenateSubmitted January, 2020This report was created in response to a petition brought to the Facul report_of_the_interdisciplinary_task_forcews faculty to engage in research evolve curriculum to maintain relevance within dynamic global and local contexts.University support for interdisciplinarity can take many forms We recognize the importance of faculty connections and communications across disciplines to spark interdisciplinary researc report_of_the_interdisciplinary_task_forceh, learning opportunities, and curriculum We realize the degree to which extracurricular cooperation allows students to integrate disciplinary knowledreport_of_the_interdisciplinary_task_force
ge to achieve our overall goals. However, given the initial concern for interdisciplinary infrastructure, we limited our investigation to curricular aInterdisciplinary Task Force Report to the Faculty SenateSubmitted January, 2020This report was created in response to a petition brought to the Facul report_of_the_interdisciplinary_task_forceram as a graduate degree or certificate, or undergraduate major, minor, or certificate that is comprised of courses from multiple departments and/or academic units. We did not address issues of interdisciplinary curriculum content or program design, but limited our attention to administrative and op report_of_the_interdisciplinary_task_forceerational concerns of previously developed instructional programs (Further definitional resources are provided as Appendix A.)Task Force ResultsThe Tareport_of_the_interdisciplinary_task_force
sk Force undertook an internal investigation of interdisciplinary programs currently offered at UNI and external research on administrative issues andInterdisciplinary Task Force Report to the Faculty SenateSubmitted January, 2020This report was created in response to a petition brought to the Facul report_of_the_interdisciplinary_task_forcery of UNI ProgramsUNI currently offers 35 interdisciplinary academic programs: 14 BA or BAS degrees, 8 undergraduate minors, four graduate programs and nine certificates, including one graduate certificate. Total enrollment has risen over the past five years from 212 to 908. Every program has grown, report_of_the_interdisciplinary_task_force with the largest increases in the Mental Health minor (+207), the Liberal Studies degree (+74). the Interactive Digital Studies major (+66), and thereport_of_the_interdisciplinary_task_force
MBA program (+50). (See Appendix B.)Survey of UNI ProgramsGiven the committee members' wide variety of experiences with interdisciplinary programs at Interdisciplinary Task Force Report to the Faculty SenateSubmitted January, 2020This report was created in response to a petition brought to the Facul report_of_the_interdisciplinary_task_forceistrators in order to fully understand what works well and what might be improved across very different curricula, learning goals, and program structures.A voluntary Qualtrics survey was distributed to all UNI faculty and staff identified as working in an interdisciplinary program at UNI. (See Appen report_of_the_interdisciplinary_task_forcedix c for complete results.) A total of 101 responses were collected from 22 programs. Respondents were asked to rate how specific elements impacted treport_of_the_interdisciplinary_task_force
he program on a Likert scale ranging from 1 (Does not negatively impact program) to 4 (Greatly negatively impacted). The mean scores for specific aspeInterdisciplinary Task Force Report to the Faculty SenateSubmitted January, 2020This report was created in response to a petition brought to the Facul report_of_the_interdisciplinary_task_forceial support953.381.61Course scheduling963.071 56Faculty assignments943 261.51Need to explain theoretical justification for program963.011.70Negative impact of additional issues Open-ended responses to the source of that negative impact: •advertising •lack of faculty •lack of science content courses report_of_the_interdisciplinary_task_forceoffered at a distance for the Science Education MA marketing •support from college dean •unable to populate classes to minimum so skills are not learnreport_of_the_interdisciplinary_task_force
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