A recent study, led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst and appearing in the Journal of Higher Education, reveals how undergraduate students engage with interdisciplinary learning throughout ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about psychology and education research and policy. This article is more than 5 years old. In “The illustrated guide to a ...

During my fifth year of teaching, my principal asked me to move from the 8th grade to the 6th grade. I suddenly became more aware of the range of students within a middle school: Some students still ...

In the world of research, collaboration across disciplines is not a novel idea for achieving scientific discovery. It is the norm. Research projects are very complex, so scientific teams must be ...

The most exciting landmark scientific achievements don't happen without researchers sharing and collaborating with others outside their field. When people first landed on the moon in 1969, Neil ...

Society faces problems of growing complexity, and we need scientists collaborating across disciplines in search of better solutions and faster results Advocates for interdisciplinary science need only ...

When the most impactful research collaborations often start with a conversation, it pays for universities to put like-minded scientists in the room together, no matter their expertise Medical science ...

Today’s employers are looking for engineers who bring more than technical expertise—they want professionals who can work across disciplines, lead teams, and solve complex problems. Purdue’s online ...

Interdisciplinary work is considered crucial by scientists, policymakers and funders — but how widespread is it really, and what impact does it have? Scholars say that the concept is complex to define ...