In defense of disciplines: interdisciplinarity and specialization in the research university

Abstract

Part 1. Academic disciplines, specialization, and scholarly communication -- The critique of disciplinary silos -- Dynamic disciplines -- Specialization, synthesis, and the proliferation of journals / (coauthored with Rebecca Henderson) -- Silos versus Web -- Receptivity curves: educational research and the flow of ideas -- Part 2. Interdisciplinary alternatives -- Antidisciplinarity -- American studies: interdisciplinarity over half a century -- Integrative undergraduate education -- Implementing interdisciplinarity -- Appendix: Data sources