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Julie Thompson Klein Wayne State University Oregon State University 12 November 2010

Julie Thompson Klein Wayne State University Oregon State University 12 November 2010. The Mantra of ID. Advances in knowledge and innovation Solution to societal problems New interests and questions New fields and teaching areas Integration, connection, collaboration

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Julie Thompson Klein Wayne State University Oregon State University 12 November 2010

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  1. Julie Thompson Klein Wayne State University Oregon State University 12 November 2010

  2. The Mantra of ID • Advances in knowledge and innovation • Solution to societal problems • New interests and questions • New fields and teaching areas • Integration, connection, collaboration • Competitiveness in funding • Niche identity

  3. Patterns of Growth • SSRC-Teagle 2006 study: IDS in liberal education (Rhoten) • Brint, Turk-Bicakci, Proctor, & Murphy: IDS degrees 1975 to 2000 • 2005 data on MD/ID studies from National Center for Education Statistics and 2010 Classification of Instructional Programs • NRC taxonomy for doctoral programs • AACU on general education reform

  4. Deeply embedded cultural issues • “small but persistent ‘drag’” • “accumulation of disadvantage” • weak arguments • thin evidence and data • shallow knowledge base • underdeveloped plans • under-identified activities • under-identified interests • under-leveraged resources • continuing barriers • weak decision-making • limited outcomes • marginal efforts

  5. The Wisdom of Jerry Gaff Deep Structuring Architecture for a Strong Networked Operating System • Both structure and behavior • Both transformative and incremental approaches • Both strategic targeting and general loosening of barriers • Orchestration of top-down, mid-, and bottom up- levels • Upper-level administration, strategic planning, policy • Mid-lower level planning, management, performance, evaluation • Individual, small group, project- and program-level

  6. Key Concepts • Burton Clark: gap between older simplified expectations and new complex realities that outrun them • Trowler & Knight: contextual simplification vs. unique and dynamic cultural configurations • Keith Clayton: overt vs. concealed interdisciplinarity • Charles Lemert: surface vs. shadow structure • J. Hillis Miller: hidden university • Brown & Duguid: canonical practices vs complexity, variability, and divergence in the “rough terrain” • Aldo Firpo: “points of multidisciplinary convergence”

  7. National and Local Mapping ? Pertinent histories and communities of practice ? Forms they take on campus ? Continuity and shifts over time ? Representation on official maps of campus ? Overt ID and surface structure ? Concealed reality and shadow structure ? “Looped into” local infrastructure ? Diffused interests and distributed ID intelligence

  8. Oversight

  9. Variables of Change • • Nature of the institution • Institutional culture • Nature and level of the change • Requirements of the change • Material and human resources

  10. Strategies of Change • • Toombs and Tierney: modification, integration, transformation • Watzlawick, Weakland, Fisch: second- vs. first-order change • Davidson: small changes <> big ideas • NAS report: both incremental and transformational

  11. Resource Banking

  12. Strength and Sustainability • benchmarking best practices • identifying points of convergence • leveraging existing resources • building capacity and critical mass • platforming and scaffolding architecture for a networked campus • creating a resource bank • deep structuring of a robust portfolio of strategies

  13. The “B” Word

  14. $trategie$ • View space as a “fungible asset” (NAS 2004). • Use indirect cost recover to seed and support. • Partner for ID strength and solidarity. • Work closely with offices of development. • Invest in central oversight and greater efficiencies. • Network with external groups. • Bridge research and the curriculum.

  15. Lowell Low – No Cost Ideas • Assign every ID program a distinct prefix. • Make visible and accessible (website, catalog, directory) • “Loop” ID programs into the Registrar's Office. • Clarify processes for program creation, course approval, mirroring process in place for other programs. • Invite ID Program directors and coordinators to attend Chair and Dean meetings. • Include in Open House and Student Orientation. • Create fair and consistent system for assigning FTE's for team-taught courses.

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