A New Culture Of Cooperation In Academia Is Emerging: Students can gain a big-picture perspective from this brief essay. “Questions that span the curriculum (for a wide sample, go here) are essential to both scientific and humanistic research, having broad social implications. To a large extent, they are at the core of a liberal arts curriculum, as students and academics tackle what can be called the “big questions.” They go alongside more practical concerns, of course — and also for these a joint effort, a complementary approach between disciplines, is essential.”
