Conceptual Barriers to Creating Integrative Universities
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20500032 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Susan Awbrey (Oakland University, Rochester, USA,), Susan M Awbrey (Oakland University, corresponding author), Jon Awbrey (Oakland University, Rochester, USA,, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 269-284 |
| Publication date | 2001-05-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Organization (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1350-5084 • E-ISSN: 1461-7323 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1350508401082013 |
| OpenAlex | W2041044858 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
Today’s society looks to universities for solutions to broad-based issues that require cross-disciplinary expertise. Yet, the organizational structure of our institutions remains locked in academic and administrative silos that have little genuine ability to communicate or to recognize the interdependence of knowledge. Why does the capacity to communicate between disciplines and units remain limited? How do formalizations of our experience create barriers? What kind of reflection would it take to subject our mental models of knowledge and learning to critical inquiry? This discussion highlights one of the most entrenched ‘group identity myths’ that underlie the structure of modern academic institutions, the ‘triviality of integration’ thesis
Discipline · Engineering ethics · Epistemology · Knowledge management · Mythology · Political science · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Engineering · Evaluation of Teaching Practices · Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration
| Highly cited | No |
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