Launching interdisciplinary programs as college signature areas: An example

Innovative Higher Education

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 321-329

  Stone, Tammy ^a   Bollard, Kathleen ^b   Harbor, Jonathan M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b University of Colorado System   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Interdisciplinary programs; Signature areas

Indexed keywords

EID: 76149142136     PISSN: 07425627     EISSN: 15731758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10755-009-9119-y     Document Type: Article

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