Note: Part I participation required for Part II involvement

One of the biggest challenges for higher education is creating effective interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary linkages to address the many “wicked problems” facing society. More specifically, higher education needs to develop the capacity of its faculty and administrators to more effectively lead and manage the integration of disciplines and perspectives across diverse disciplinary and professional divides.  This session sponsored by the Association of Environmental Studies and Sciences (AESS) and Council of Environmental Deans and Directors (CEDD) will provide innovative approaches to leading and managing integration across disciplines and perspectives are needed, and these approaches need to be embedded in student education. It will specifically engage participants in the processes, approaches, and products developed by two NSF-funded projects - the InTeGrate Project and the EMBERs project highlighted in Part I of the workshop.  

The goals of this workshop are to:

• Design and develop specific next steps for incorporating workshop resources and/or principles into their courses and programs.
• Increase participant knowledge of strategies to address the administrative challenges that face environmental/sustainability programs including power mapping and a process for including multiple stakeholders within and outside the college or university setting