Bold Vision for Higher Education

Bonds of Union has developed a transformative new vision for higher education that would orient teaching, learning, and research around the practical act of solving complex problems.

Reimagine Interdisciplinary Learning in Higher Education

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Faculty and student engagement would centre around the act of practical problem solving. Structuring teaching and research around a given, well-defined problem can yield transformative innovations. It is in the passionate pursuit of addressing a given problem that students experience true interdisciplinary research and teaching. This innovative model for the future of higher education provides an opportunity for students to both engage around the issues they care about and make original contributions to research and practice.
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Students

Education as Problem Solving

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Education as Problem Solving

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Interdisciplinary Academic Experience

Innovation | Original Ideas

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Innovation | Original Ideas

Students, Faculty From Multiple Disciplines Work Collaboratively

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Students will have an opportunity to take courses around a given problem/challenge as a part of a cohort that includes students from multiple disciplines and schools to contribute to the design, development, and implementation of a discreet, high impact intuitive.
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Bonds of Union: Arizona State University slides deck page #1 with ASU's logo and title.
Bonds of Union: ASU Impact Labs is a university-wide initiative that serves as an innovation engine to confront persistent social and economic challenges facing our cities, state, and country. We build interdisciplinary, outcome-oriented teams of leaders in research, government, and the private and nonprofit sectors to develop, test, and validate breakthrough innovations.
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Bonds of Union: NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: for Arizona, for the country, and for the world
Bonds of Union: founded on a re-conceptualized research and development process
REIMAGINING INTERDISCIPLINARY LEARNING IN HIGHER EDUCATION
Bonds of Union: Arizona State University INTERDISCIPLINARY, CROSS-SECTOR "IMPACT TEAMS" AROUND SPECIFIC SOCIETAL CHALLENGES
Bonds of Union: Arizona State University slides deck page #8 with ASU's process and impact teams with illustrations.
Bonds of Union: Arizona State University slides deck page #9 in regard to ASU's student & faculty cross-sector.
Bonds of Union: Arizona State University
Bonds of Union: Arizona State University Slides Deck
Bonds of Union: Arizona State University
Bonds of Union: Arizona State University slides deck page #13 with ASU's logo and Impact Labs website.
Bonds of Union: UC Urban Innovation Lab slides deck page #1 with title, statement and logos.
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Bonds of Union: UNEXT LIVES HERE: URBAN IMPACT + INNOVATION
Bonds of Union: UC Urban Innovation Lab A NEW, INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO INTERDISCIPLINARY LEARNING IN HIGHER EDUCATION
Bonds of Union: UC Urban Innovation Lab slides deck page #6 with Phase 1.
Bonds of Union: UC Urban Innovation Lab slides deck page #7 with Phase 2.
Bonds of Union: UC Urban Innovation Lab slides deck page #8 with the current demonstration project.
Bonds of Union: UC Urban Innovation Lab slides deck page #9 with the staff and structure.
Bonds of Union: UC Urban Innovation Lab slides deck page #10 with Bonds of Union logo and website.

University of Cincinnati

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An Urban Innovation Lab designed to leverage its geographic location as a urban mid-south city that is proximate to the most persistent social challenges facing low-income, minority majority communities in the US.

 

Presented to: Navile Pinto, Board Chair Rob Richardson,

Bonds of Union and UW: A Bold University of Washington Initiative to Lead Universities into a New Era of Innovation + Impact
Bonds of Union and UW: We develop and implement bold, high-impact initiatives that inspire hope and create opportunity in low-income communities.
Bonds of Union and UW: SUW's agenda for social innovation and impact
Bonds of Union and UW: BE BOUNDLESS: FOR WASHINGTON, FOR THE REGION, FOR THE COUNTRY | SOCIAL INNOVATION + IMPACT
Bonds of Union and UW:OUR PROCESS + UW STUDENT INVOLVEMENT
Bonds of Union and UW: Social Innovation + Impact slides deck page #7 with reimagining interdisciplinary education.
Bonds of Union UW STUDENTS & FACULTY FROM MULTIPLE DISCIPLINES TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY
Bonds of Union and UW: REIMAGINING INTERDISCLIPINARY LEARNING IN HIGHER EDUCATION
Bonds of Union and UW: SOCIAL INNOVATION + IMPACT + THE HANS ROSLING CENTER FOR POPULATION HEALTH
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University of Washington

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Presentation to UW leadership on leveraging the Bonds of Union vision for teaching, learning, and research focused on the practical act of problem solving.

 

Presented to: President Ana Mari Cauce, Dean and Provost Ed Taylor, Dean Renee Cheng, Senior VP Mary Gresch, Derek Fulwiler

Reimagining Interdisciplinary teaching, learning, and research in Higher Education University Centers and Labs as opportunities to structure focused directed development of a given critical challenge facing our communities, cities, and the planet.

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Reimagining Interdisciplinary teaching, learning, and research in Higher Education

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