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Suggested Citation:"Appendix III: Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. The Integration of the Humanities and Arts with Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in Higher Education: Branches from the Same Tree. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/24988.
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Appendix III

Meeting Agendas

COMMITTEE MEETING 1:

July 27-July 28, 2016
NAS Building Room 120
2101 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, D.C.

Wednesday, July 27, 2016

CLOSED SESSION
2:00 PM Committee Introductions and Review of Statement of Task
David J. Skorton, Committee Chair
Ashley Bear, Study Director
OPEN SESSION
3:00 PM Committee hears from project sponsors (National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment for the Humanities)
4:00 PM Committee discusses the goals of the study and broader questions, such as:
  • What evidence exists on the impact of educational experiences that integrate the arts, humanities, and STEM?
  • What kinds of integrated programs exist and which disciplines and sub-disciplines from the humanities, arts, and STEM are most typically integrated?
  • How are the arts, humanities, and STEM distinct from each other? Are they really so different?
Suggested Citation:"Appendix III: Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. The Integration of the Humanities and Arts with Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in Higher Education: Branches from the Same Tree. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/24988.
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  • Are there skills and competencies that are distinctly developed through the study of the arts, vs. the humanities, vs. STEM?
5:30 PM Committee hears input from audience members and guests
6:00 PM Reception in the Great Hall
Thursday, July 28, 2016
CLOSED SESSION
8:30 AM Continental Breakfast
9:00 AM Committee reflects on discussion from previous day Committee begins to identify the key questions the study should address
OPEN SESSION
10:00 AM Presentation and Committee Discussion
Robert Root-Bernstein, Professor of Physiology, Michigan State University
10:45 AM Coffee Break
11:00 AM Panel Discussion
William “Bro” Adams, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities
Richard Miller, President of Olin College of Engineering
12:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM Committee hears input from audience members and guests
CLOSED SESSION
2:00 PM Committee Discussion of Presentations, possible subcommittee working group topics based on expertise and interest, topics and venues for regional workshops.
4:00 PM Adjourn
Suggested Citation:"Appendix III: Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. The Integration of the Humanities and Arts with Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in Higher Education: Branches from the Same Tree. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/24988.
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REGIONAL WORKSHOP 1

Le Laboratoire Cambridge
650 East Kendall Street
Cambridge, MA
October 13-October 14, 2016

Thursday, October 13, 2016

OPEN SESSION
12:00 PM Informal boxed lunch
1:00 PM Panel I: Models, Practices, Opportunities, and Challenges for Mutual Integration of the Arts, Humanities, and Engineering
Amy Banzaert, Lecturer in Engineering at Wellesley College
Rick Vaz, Director, Center for Project-Based Learning, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Emma Smith Zbarsky, Associate Professor, Department of Applied Mathematics, Wentworth Institute of Technology
2:00 PM Presentation on concepts of integration in higher education
Kevin Hamilton, Professor and Senior Associate Dean in the College of Fine and Applied Arts at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
3:00 PM Informal committee discussion with Howard Gardner, John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education
CLOSED SESSION
3:30 PM Committee closed session
5:30 PM Committee closed reception (CaféArt Science)
6:30 PM Committee closed working dinner
Suggested Citation:"Appendix III: Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. The Integration of the Humanities and Arts with Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in Higher Education: Branches from the Same Tree. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/24988.
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Friday, October 14, 2016
OPEN SESSION
8:00 AM Continental breakfast
8:30 AM Presentation on integrative teaching and learning in the scholarly literature
Matthew Mayhew, William Ray and Marie Adamson
Flesher Professor of Educational Administration at The Ohio State University
9:30 AM Panel II: Models, Practices, Opportunities, and Challenges for Mutual Integration of the Arts, Humanities, and Technology
Ben Schmidt, Assistant Professor of History, Northeastern University
Rosalind Williams, Bern Dibner Professor of the History of Science and Technology, MIT
Bret Eynon, Historian and Associate Provost at LaGuardia Community College (CUNY)
10:30 AM Coffee Break
10:45 AM Panel III: Models, Practices, Opportunities, and Challenges for Mutual Integration of the Arts, Humanities, and Science
Dan Brabander, Professor of Geosciences, Wellesley College
Vandana Singh, Professor of Physics, STIRS Scholar, Framingham State University
Catherine Pride, STIRS Fellow, Associate Professor of Psychology, Middlesex Community College
Loren B. Byrne, Associate Professor of Biology and Environmental Science Coordinator, STIRS Scholar, Roger Williams University
12:00 PM Welcome remarks by David Edwards, Professor of the Practice of Idea Translation in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University and Founder of Le Laboratiore followed by a musical performance of excerpts from Bach Goldberg Variations by Justin Lo, violin (HMS ‘17); Michael Wu, cello (HMS ‘18); and committee member Lisa Wong, viola
Suggested Citation:"Appendix III: Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. The Integration of the Humanities and Arts with Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in Higher Education: Branches from the Same Tree. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/24988.
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12:15 PM Lunch
1:00 PM Discussion of Institutional Barriers and Opportunities for Mutual Integration of the Arts, Humanities, Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, and Medicine
Bob Pura, President of Greenfield Community College
Lee Pelton, President of Emerson College
Helen Drinan, President of Simmons College
Pam Eddinger, President of Bunker Hill Community College
2:00 PM Panel V: Models, Practices, Opportunities, and Challenges for Mutual Integration of the Arts, Humanities, and Medicine
Joel Katz, Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program, Harvard Medical School
Michelle Morse, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Partners In Health, Founding Co-Director, EqualHealth, Assistant Program Director, Brigham and Women’s Internal Medicine Residency
Rita Charon, Director of the Program in Narrative Medicine at the Columbia University
Ed Hundert, Dean for Medical Education, Harvard Medical School
3:15 PM Closed committee discussion
5:00 PM Adjourn

COMMITTEE MEETING 2:

NAS Building Room 120
2101 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, D.C.
February 8-9, 2017

Wednesday, February 8, 2017

OPEN SESSION
8:30 AM Continental breakfast
Suggested Citation:"Appendix III: Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. The Integration of the Humanities and Arts with Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in Higher Education: Branches from the Same Tree. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/24988.
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9:00 AM Presentation on review of the published research on the integration of the humanities, arts, and STEM in undergraduate education followed by discussion with the committee
Matthew Mayhew, William Ray and Marie Adamson
Flesher Professor of Educational Administration at The Ohio State University
10:00 AM Coffee break
10:15 AM Overview of the literature on the integration of the humanities, arts, and medicine
Kellyann Jones-Jamtgaard, 2017 Mirzayan Fellow
10:45 AM Results of research effort to capture and categorize integrative models and practices in higher education
Irene Ngun, Research Associate, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
11:00 AM Committee discussion of the results of the literature review and the research on integrative models and practices
11:30 AM Committee hears input from the public
12:00 PM Lunch
CLOSED SESSION
1:00 PM Overview of the report writing and review process
Marilyn Baker, Director for Reports and Communications
2:00 PM Closed discussion of the report outline in subcommittee working groups
6:00 PM Closed Committee working dinner at Ris (2275 L St NW, Washington, DC 20037)
Suggested Citation:"Appendix III: Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. The Integration of the Humanities and Arts with Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in Higher Education: Branches from the Same Tree. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/24988.
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Thursday, February 9, 2017
CLOSED SESSION
8:30 AM Continental Breakfast
9:00 AM Closed Committee reflection on discussion from previous day and the outline
10:30 AM Coffee Break
10:45 AM Committee discussion on next steps
12:00 PM Adjourn

REGIONAL WORKSHOP 2:

April 6-7, 2017
Arizona State University
Life Sciences Building Room C202
C Wing 401 E. Tyler Mall
Tempe, Arizona

Thursday, April 6, 2017

OPEN SESSION
8:30 AM Continental breakfast
9:00 AM Introduction and welcome from the National Academies
Ashley Bear, Study Director
9:15 AM Session I: The Faculty and Practitioner’s Perspective on Integration (Panel I). Moderated by Guna Nadarajan, Dean and Professor at the Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design at the University of Michigan (member of the study committee)
David Guston, Director for the Future of Innovation in Society, Arizona State University
David Weaver, Professor of Physics, Estrella Mountain Community College
Suggested Citation:"Appendix III: Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. The Integration of the Humanities and Arts with Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in Higher Education: Branches from the Same Tree. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/24988.
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Sha Xin Wei, Professor and Director, School of Arts, Media and Engineering, Arizona State University
Liz Lerman, Founder of Liz Lerman Dance Exchange and Institute, Professor at the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, Arizona State University
10:30 AM Coffee Break
10:45 AM Session II: The Faculty and Practitioner’s Perspective on Integration (Panel II). Moderated by Pamela Jennings, President and CEO of CONSTRUKTS, Inc. (member of the study committee)
Andrea Polli, Professor of Art and Ecology, University of New Mexico
JoAnn Kuchera-Morin, Professor of Media Arts & Technology and Music, University of California
Ed Finn, Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Media + Engineering, Arizona State University
Fritz Breithaupt, Professor of Germanic Studies, Indiana University Bloomington
12:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM Session III: The Academic Administrator’s Perspective on Integration. Moderated by Bonnie Thornton Dill, Dean and Professor of Women’s Studies, University of Maryland, College of Arts and Humanities (member of the study committee)
Raymond Tymas-Jones, Associate Vice President for the Arts and Dean, University of Utah College of Fine Arts
Joaquin Ruiz, Executive Dean, College of Letters, Arts, and Science, University of Arizona
Maria Hesse, Vice Provost for Academic Partnerships, Arizona State University
2:00 PM Session IV: Perspectives on Integration from Emerging and Established Thought Leaders in Innovation. Moderated by Laurie Baefsky, Executive Director, ArtsEngine and the Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities (a2ru) (member of the study committee)
Jim Spohrer, Director of Cognitive OpenTech, IBM Research – Almaden
Suggested Citation:"Appendix III: Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. The Integration of the Humanities and Arts with Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in Higher Education: Branches from the Same Tree. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/24988.
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Dan Nathan-Roberts, Assistant Professor in Industrial and Systems Engineering, San Jose State University
Ethan Eagle, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Wayne State University
Aileen Huang-Saad, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Entrepreneurship and Engineering Education
3:15 PM Coffee Break
3:30 PM Session V: The ASU Student’s Perspective on Integration. Moderated by Ben Hurlbut, Assistant Professor of Biology and Society in the School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University (member of the study committee)
Tess Doezema, Doctoral Student in Human and Social Dimensions of Science and Technology
Anna Guerrero, Undergraduate Biology Major and Artist
Cecilia Chou, Masters Student in Biology and Society
Matt Contursi, Undergraduate Double Major in English and Molecular Biosciences and Biotechnologies
4:45 PM Committee hears comments from the audience
5:45 PM Closing Remarks from the National Academies
Ashley Bear, Study Director
6:00 PM-7:00 PM Reception
Friday, April 7, 2017
CLOSED SESSION
8:30 AM Continental breakfast
9:00 AM Committee reflection on the workshop presentations
9:45 AM Lessons learned from the dissemination process “Rising Above the Gathering Storm” report
Norman Augustine, Committee Member
10:15 AM Committee breaks up into writing groups to discuss drafts
Suggested Citation:"Appendix III: Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. The Integration of the Humanities and Arts with Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in Higher Education: Branches from the Same Tree. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/24988.
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11:15 AM Full committee discussion of next steps
12:00 PM Adjourn

COMMITTEE MEETING 3:

July 13-14, 2017
Keck Building Room 201
500 5th Street NW, Washington, D.C.
Thursday, July 13, 2017

CLOSED SESSION
8:30 PM Continental breakfast
9:00 AM Full committee discussion about the report
10:00 AM Coffee break
10:30 AM Full committee discussion of report continued
11:45 AM Lunch
OPEN SESSION
12:00 PM Presentation on “The Liberal Sciences: Questioning and Learning from History”
Dr. Peter Pesic, Director of the Science Institute and Musician-in-Residence at St. John’s College, Santa Fe and author of the book Music and the Making of Modern Science
CLOSED SESSION
1:00 PM Committee writing group breakout sessions
3:00 PM Writing groups report out to the full committee and offer initial suggestions for findings and recommendations
6:00 PM Closed Committee working dinner at Jaleo (480 7th St. NW)
Suggested Citation:"Appendix III: Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. The Integration of the Humanities and Arts with Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in Higher Education: Branches from the Same Tree. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/24988.
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Friday, July 14, 2017
8:30 AM Continental Breakfast
OPEN SESSION
9:00 AM Virtual presentation on the Value of Cognitive Diversity on Complex Tasks
Dr. Scott Page, Leonid Hurwicz Collegiate Professor of Complex Systems, Political Science, and Economics at the University of Michigan
10:00 AM Coffee break
CLOSED SESSION
10:15 AM Committee discussion about the report
12:15 PM Lunch
1:30 PM Committee discussion on next steps
3:30 PM Adjourn

COMMITTEE MEETING 4:

October 19-20, 2017
Keck Building
500 5th Street NW, Washington, D.C.

Thursday, October 19, 2017

CLOSED SESSION
8:30 PM Continental breakfast and thank you remarks from Bill O’Brien from the National Endowment from the Arts
9:00 AM Discussion on the nature of findings and recommendations in National Academies reports
David J. Skorton, Committee Chair
Ashley Bear, Study Director
9:15 AM Committee discussion about the final report
Ashley Bear, Study Director
Suggested Citation:"Appendix III: Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. The Integration of the Humanities and Arts with Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in Higher Education: Branches from the Same Tree. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/24988.
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10:00 AM Coffee break
10:15 AM Continued discussion about the final report
12:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM Committee discussion on Integration at the Graduate Level
3:00 PM Coffee Break
OPEN SESSION
3:30 PM Discussion of dissemination strategy
5:00 PM Reception
6:30 PM Closed Committee working dinner
Friday, October 20, 2017
CLOSED SESSION
8:30 AM Continental Breakfast
9:00 AM Committee feedback for National Academies staff via short anonymous survey
9:15 AM Discussion of the review process and recommendations from committee member
10:30 AM Coffee Break
10:45 AM Final committee discussion about the report
12:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM Committee sign-off on the report and recommendations
Suggested Citation:"Appendix III: Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. The Integration of the Humanities and Arts with Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in Higher Education: Branches from the Same Tree. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/24988.
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In the United States, broad study in an array of different disciplines —arts, humanities, science, mathematics, engineering— as well as an in-depth study within a special area of interest, have been defining characteristics of a higher education. But over time, in-depth study in a major discipline has come to dominate the curricula at many institutions. This evolution of the curriculum has been driven, in part, by increasing specialization in the academic disciplines. There is little doubt that disciplinary specialization has helped produce many of the achievement of the past century. Researchers in all academic disciplines have been able to delve more deeply into their areas of expertise, grappling with ever more specialized and fundamental problems.

Yet today, many leaders, scholars, parents, and students are asking whether higher education has moved too far from its integrative tradition towards an approach heavily rooted in disciplinary "silos". These "silos" represent what many see as an artificial separation of academic disciplines. This study reflects a growing concern that the approach to higher education that favors disciplinary specialization is poorly calibrated to the challenges and opportunities of our time.

The Integration of the Humanities and Arts with Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in Higher Education examines the evidence behind the assertion that educational programs that mutually integrate learning experiences in the humanities and arts with science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM) lead to improved educational and career outcomes for undergraduate and graduate students. It explores evidence regarding the value of integrating more STEMM curricula and labs into the academic programs of students majoring in the humanities and arts and evidence regarding the value of integrating curricula and experiences in the arts and humanities into college and university STEMM education programs.

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