Interdisciplinary Programming
Initiatives that break down silos and engage multiple spaces on campus
About this approach
Transformational learning often emerges from collaboration across traditional boundaries. Interdepartmental programming brings together faculty, student affairs staff, career professionals, and other campus leaders to design experiences that support students’ academic, personal, and professional development. These programs may span multiple divisions or units—linking coursework to advising, leadership development, or internships—and aim to create a more integrated student experience. Strong partnerships across campus help reinforce shared goals and expand the reach of high-impact practices.
LearningWell Magazine Articles
Navigate U
Integrating previously siloed student data across departments into a centralized platform to alleviate student struggles at University of Utah
Principled Innovations
Integrating character education and ethical decision-making across the university with Arizona State University's Principled Innovation framework
Making a Living, Making a Life
Promoting top-down, leadership focused on identifying personal purpose and core values with Texas Tech University's Leader & Culture Development program
What’s Your Story?
Teaching students to craft multimedia personal narratives with The University of Michigan-Dearborn's Digital Storytelling Program
A Constellation of Support
Integrating intellectual growth, purpose-driven careers, well-being, and character exploration across Denver University’s whole campus
Experience U
Making experiential learning a curricular requirement for all students enabled by equity-driven grants at Nazareth University
LearningWell Radio Episodes
Invented Here | Character at Scale with Steve Sosland, Texas Tech University System
How the Office of Leader & Culture Development creates top-down leadership opportunities for over 80,000 students and faculty across five campuses
Invented Here | Cultivating Purpose-Driven Leaders with Julia Macias, Washington University of St. Louis
How WashU’s purpose-driven student leadership program evolved, its impact, and the lessons learned in building the initiative
Invented Here | Sukhwant Jhaj, Arizona State University
How ASU’s student employment program evolved, its impact, and the lessons learned in building the initiative
Videos
Teaching Wellbeing with Engelhard Project
Georgetown University
Holistic Student Success with The Cane Commitment
University of Miami
Ignite Talk: Student Employment with Work+
Arizona State University
Ignite Talk: More Than a Single Story
University of Michigan Dearborn
Ignite Talk: Beyond Graduation with Vision Venture
University of Southern California
Ignite Talk: Purpose-driven Leadership
Washington University in St. Louis
Best Practices
The 4D Experience at the University of Denver
The Four-Dimensional (4D) Experience is a university-wide strategic imperative at the University of Denver that prepares students for lifelong learning, engagement, and flourishing. It does so through nurturing students’ growth across the four dimensions of intellect, character, well-being, and purpose, both in and out of the classroom. Championed by senior leadership, the initiative focuses on […]
University of Denver