DISI: A Model for Practical Interdisciplinary Education and Social Impact
dc.contributor.advisor | Carnes, Nicholas William | |
dc.contributor.author | Heller, Daniel | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-04-25T17:24:49Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-04-25T17:24:49Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014-04-25 | |
dc.department | The Sanford School of Public Policy | |
dc.description.abstract | Introduction Duke Interdisciplinary Social Innovators (DISI) is a model for organizing graduate students at universities to do interdisciplinary, problem-oriented projects for non-profit clients. In its first year, 149 students from eight different Duke graduate schools will complete 24 projects for North Carolina social organizations. Eighty-five percent of students and 100 percent of clients expressed satisfaction with their first semester DISI project experience. As a result, The Scholar Strategy Network (SSN) is exploring the possibility of expanding the model to other Universities and has asked me to answer the following question. Policy Question How can graduate students set up an interdisciplinary, client-oriented service organization? Recommendations: The MP analyzes the steps DISI’s Co-Founders took to set up DISI at Duke and their successes and failures. It is too early to tell if the model will work in the long term. However, others who want to set-up similar organizations at other universities should use the following steps:
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dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.subject | Interdisciplinary | |
dc.subject | project | |
dc.subject | Social | |
dc.subject | Higher education | |
dc.title | DISI: A Model for Practical Interdisciplinary Education and Social Impact | |
dc.type | Master's project |
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