TY - JOUR
AU - Collins, James P.
AB - Articles May You Live in Interesting Times: Using Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Programs to Cope with Change in the Life Sciences JAMES P. COLLINS university departmental chair is often asked what MULTIDISCIPLINARY AND INTERDISCIPLI- A might be needed to improve the unit and to move it to the next level. The question can be applied to everything NARY RESEARCH AND TRAINING PRO- from recruiting faculty members to graduate training to ren- ovations. The question seems to be direct and appropriate be- GRAMS PROVIDE LIFE SCIENCE DEPART- cause it implies “getting better.” But along the way to getting better are tactical questions about how to get there, criteria for MENTS A WAY TO FOSTER THE INNOVATION assessing change, and deeper strategic questions about where NEEDED TO COPE WITH RAPID CHANGE IN “there” is. Universities have institutional needs and values, and since BIOLOGY World War II, especially in the United States, leading research universities have evolved a shared sense of what these are (Abram et al. 1970, Guston and Keniston 1994, Kerr 1995, Cozzens 1996, Duderstadt 1999, Rosenzweig 1999, Savage compete for attention. But what values determine a faculty 1999). But faculty members, university administrators, and member’s answer? How are these values 
TI - May You Live in Interesting Times: Using Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Programs to Cope with Change in the Life Sciences
JF - BioScience
DO - 10.1641/0006-3568(2002)052[0075:MYLIIT]2.0.CO;2
DA - 2002-01-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/may-you-live-in-interesting-times-using-multidisciplinary-and-R2Nf0Avzee
SP - 75
EP - 83
VL - 52
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -